I'm Going To Japan

Stunning photos! The colours are brightening my day. lol

Lots of familiar places and some new ones! Did you mostly just wander about?

Wynter wrote:Stunning photos! The colours are brightening my day. lol

Lots of familiar places and some new ones! Did you mostly just wander about?

Thanks!

The autumn colors are quite beautiful. I didn't have any set agenda as far as places that I saw. I ate really well and hung out with a few friends that I know in Tokyo and Osaka, some new and some old.

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

ah, good. i'll search for those...

Tu_triky wrote:

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

ic. i didnt realize sapporo was in hokkaido...
hehehe. goes ot show havent really started researching yet...

although noboribetsu sounds familiar though - i think there was a reference to noboribetsu in Azumanga Daio - someting about the hot spring?!?

arnel98 wrote:
ic. i didnt realize sapporo was in hokkaido...
hehehe. goes ot show havent really started researching yet...

although noboribetsu sounds familiar though - i think there was a reference to noboribetsu in Azumanga Daio - someting about the hot spring?!?

Hehe. Yes, Noboribetsu is a famous area in Japan for "onsen" (hotspring), which is why I went there, and Sapporo is the largest city on the island of Hokkaido. :)

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’z’n³–{ (Tsukiji Masamoto). Thanks to a friend's gracious assistance, the Japanese chef knife that I picked out but which was out of stock at the time, while I was visiting the Tsukiji Masamoto knife shop, recently arrived.

Founded in 1845, today the 7th generation owner, Misao Hirano, runs this venerable business within the famed Tsukiji wholesale fish market.

^ Beautiful knife.

I'll bet it cuts like a dream. :victory:

bmwracer wrote:^ Beautiful knife.

Thanks :)

I'll bet it cuts like a dream. :victory:

I have a smaller petty knife from another knife maker called Aritsugu that is quite sharp...it does in fact cut like a dream so I decided to cop for a larger chef's knife because it would be more practical for different uses.

This smaller knife was given to me as a gift. Here it is. Check out the engraving. :hehe:

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Tu_triky wrote:

I have a smaller petty knife from another knife maker called Aritsugu that is quite sharp...it does in fact cut like a dream so I decided to cop for a larger chef's knife because it would be more practical for different uses.

This smaller knife was given to me as a gift. Here it is. Check out the engraving. :hehe:

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WOW! So jealous!

Wynter wrote:

WOW! So jealous!

Haha. Chop Chop. It's a really thoughtful gift. I love it. :)

Tu_triky wrote:

This smaller knife was given to me as a gift. Here it is. Check out the engraving. :hehe:

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So Beautiful!! :smitten:

Eve wrote:

So Beautiful!! :smitten:

Thanks. :)

WhiteHawk wrote:

I waited 20 years to take that photo...

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Amazing group of photos but this one is something else. :applaud:

@Tu- Just checked out your offerings here.
What an amazing trip you had.

Since Im never in Japan I dont often come to this thread.
:victory: :victory:

Eve wrote:

Amazing group of photos but this one is something else. :applaud:

@Tu- Just checked out your offerings here.
What an amazing trip you had.

Since Im never in Japan I dont often come to this thread.
:victory: :victory:

Hehe. Thanks, friend. :) Fun times for sure.

Next time anybody's going to Japan, check this out, you can get a home cooked meal: http://www.nagomivisit.com/

A photo I took of Sanjusangendo Temple in Kyoto.

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Strolling through Shinsaibashi in Osaka.

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Zen rock garden at the hotel in Osaka, The St. Regis.

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Kapturing my klimatic klimb to Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto. Alliteration. :P

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Tu_triky wrote:Kapturing my klimatic klimb to Kiyomizu-dera in Kyoto. Alliteration. :P

Krazy Kool. :victory: