andrise.com » Kyoto http://andrise.com join the revolution, And Rise Thu, 21 May 2015 13:44:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 Japan: a photographic journey http://andrise.com/japan-a-photographic-journey/ http://andrise.com/japan-a-photographic-journey/#comments Thu, 25 Jul 2013 14:55:05 +0000 Mookie http://andrise.com/?p=224 Japan — a country of confusingly contrasting cultures. Traditional temples mix with high tech mega-cities. Straight-laced, non-amorous conservatism on the streets is belied by the kinkiest of fetishes behind closed doors and in comic book shops. Funky fashions in Tokyo’s famous Harajuku district at the other end of the spectrum from formal kimonos. This is [...]

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This is a photographic journey through just some aspects of this amazing country.

Old and New in Tokyo 8707961468_b11ecb9732_o Kakunodate - a traditional Samurai town in the north A traditional guesthouse in Nara 8705423176_ffb8fa94b5_o One of the busiest pedestrian crossings in the world - Tokyo Subway steps, Akasaka Hiroshima Castle Sakura The phenomenal taxi rank system in Sendai 8702316714_bff2428b1d_o The remaining evidence of the atomic bomb, Hiroshima 8696224198_236d2427ae_o 8694822303_d888950033_o 8694808783_5b5e2f0189_o Kyoto Kyoto (copyright Mookie Schiralli) 8688827898_e48ee604fc_o 8687741870_e248c31d6a_o Political campaigning Little league, Kyoto 8685481675_c1dfac261d_o 8683892019_5fdf45ba26_o 8683794037_f426ba8050_o Osamu Tezuka Museum - the home of Astro Boy 8682578049_255fee577f_o Deer in Nara 8676798457_20d9a225f0_o 8677881130_bfff76e9c9_o 8676645019_a1098daf16_o 8671785661_48bc0606fb_o Vending machines are ubiquitous in Japan Tokyo street hoops Harajuku style Pet shopping, Tokyo Kyoto wedding 8687887041_288128c203_b 8688999840_ef44a88052_b 8688977240_0874588ee3_b 8671034167_30292bdafe_b IMAG0369 DSC_0731 IMAG0348 IMAG0355 IMAG0357 DSC_0707

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