Saturday, December 24, 2011

Japan: Tokyo 11th - 15th


Intersection, Ikebukuro North.

Tokyo at night, looking north from the Ryokan.

My waypoint, Pasela Karaoke.

Kimi Ryokan's sunken entrance.

Tokyo from the Ryokan by day.

Outside Tokyo International Forum.

From a pedestrian bridge in Ginza.

Kurokawa's Nakagin Capsule Tower.

Mori Tower, Roppongi Hills.

The roof of Tokyo University's main gate.

Neo-Gothic through the trees.

Harajuku's famous Takeshita Street.

Prada Building's facade.

The bridge in the garden of Nezu Museum.

Japan 8th-10th


One Gotaiku-ji karesansui, dry rock garden.

One of Gotaiku-ji's dwarfing pagoda structures.

From Hosomi san's tea ceremony on the roof of the museum.

On the rooftop terrace of Kyoto Central.

Sayonara, Kyoto. From the shinkansen.

Friday, December 9, 2011

Japan 4th-7th

Riding rented bikes.
An intersection around northwestern Kyoto somewhere.
Nijo-jo's garden.
From the ramparts of Nijo-jo.
Much the same.
Fushimi Inari - at the start of the gates.
Having entered the tunnel.
Bridge upriver on the way to Byodo-in.
Garden path towards the monk's quarters.
Autumn leaves reflected in Ryoan-ji's lake.
Persimmon tree over the same lake.
The manicured lake and garden at Ginkaku-ji.
Looking west across Kyoto.
The karesansui and hillside of Ginkaku-ji.

Monday, December 5, 2011