I'm Going To Japan

Tu_triky wrote:Double the fun.

Maman sculpture by Louise Bourgeois and the Mori Tower in the background in Roppongi Hills near my hotel the Grand Hyatt.

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For a minute, I thought there was a spider on your lens. :mrgreen:

bmwracer wrote:
For a minute, I thought there was a spider on your lens. :mrgreen:

HAHAHA.

Tu_triky wrote:

It's quite magical...but don't fret....all it means is that you'll have to go back sometime in the future. :)

I can live with that. :woot:

Your Golden Hour photo in Ginza is awesome.

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Finally got to see Mt. Fuji! (It was too hazy or cloudy on my last trip.) This is from the shinkansen going to Kyoto. Anybody who takes that line, be sure to grab an "E" seat, as that is the widow seat on the Mt. Fuji side. I was lucky and got the last one in the car.

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Ginkaku-ji.

WhiteHawk wrote:
I can live with that. :woot:

There you go. :)

Your Golden Hour photo in Ginza is awesome.

Thank you! :) Yeah my friend, who lives in Tokyo, and I both stopped to take photographs because the lighting was just perfect. It's so cool that on Sundays they close down the street in Ginza so you can actually walk on it freely.

Cool photos of Kyoto, man.

shin2 wrote:

When I visited Kiyomizudera in November of 2012, I was so impressed with the amazing fall foliage. As you well know, Tu, we here in Southern California have nothing like that.

That is so true. I guess that what makes it look so wondrous to us, aside from the fact it is simply beautiful.

arnel98 wrote:

yeah, makes me want to go back to japan :-)
but sadly, its not for another couple of years...

The important thing is that you have the opportunity to go back! :)

Tu_triky wrote:

The important thing is that you have the opportunity to go back! :)

true, hehe...
Btw. has anyone been to Hokkaido?
My next visit, im pondering to add Hokkaido aside from Osaka and Hiroshima.

Shinnyo-do:

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Kiyomizu:

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I waited 20 years to take that photo...

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arnel98 wrote:

true, hehe...
Btw. has anyone been to Hokkaido?
My next visit, im pondering to add Hokkaido aside from Osaka and Hiroshima.

I was there in 2012. Posted a bunch of pics several pages back. Definitely worth the trip!

arnel98 wrote:

true, hehe...
Btw. has anyone been to Hokkaido?
My next visit, im pondering to add Hokkaido aside from Osaka and Hiroshima.

I was just in Hokkaido on this trip! I went to Sapporo and Noboribetsu.

arnel98 wrote:

true, hehe...
Btw. has anyone been to Hokkaido?
My next visit, im pondering to add Hokkaido aside from Osaka and Hiroshima.

Some videos from Noboribetsu Hokkaido. Click to view.

The view from the balcony of my room at the ryokan I stayed in...forest blanketed in snow.
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This next scene was AMAZING. Here is the private rotenburo (outdoor bath) on the balcony of my room. It was literally snowing a few feet from the bath as I soaked in the stone bath that is supplied with naturally hot water from local volcanic hot springs.
It was like a scene straight out of a movie
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More holiday illuminations LED videos from Tokyo Midtown in Roppongi. Click to view.

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Ryouan-ji:

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I make friends everywhere I go. Arashiyama, for instance...

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Tenryu-ji:

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WhiteHawk wrote:Ryouan-ji:

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That is awesome... I'd love to turn part of my backyard into something like that.

My kind of cafe.

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Streetcars in Hiroshima.

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Not everything is what it seems.

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Approaching Okunoshima.

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BUNNIES!

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The shinkansen travels - fast - while you sleep.

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Nicely restored Toyota Sports 800 in Utsunomiya.

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The length of the 33 intervals or bays of Sanjusangendo in Kyoto
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The meditative Daibutsu in Kamakura
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Osaka sunrise viewed from my 24th floor room window at the St. Regis in Honmachi
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Spying the old dame through the hustle and bustle of Roppongi
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Morning stroll on Keyakizaka-dori in Roppongi Hills
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The incredulous density of Tokyo as seen from 450 meters up. Really hard to believe sometimes.
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Another view of a Kamakura sunset

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Autumn colors, the tower and a Tokyo sky. Shot from Roppongi Hills.

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