Japan on March 2008

TOKYO SUBWAY

First photo with my new camera in Minamisenju, our subway station.

TOKYO TEMPLE DOOR
Sara, my trip fellow! standing in front of a temple main door in Tokyo.

BIG DESIRE TREE
Small wood pieces containing hundreds of people desires.

SARA’S DESIRE
Desiring or voting?

WALKING TO SHIBUYA
Sara, just waiting for green light in some Tokyo street.

CITY MIRROR
This is the most common frame you can find in Tokyo.

ENJOYING
Complicity between Sara and me enjoying first hours in Tokyo.

TRYING MACHA LATTE
Like Latte but mixed with dust of green tea called Macha.

GIRLS WORKING IN FASHION
But looks like other subjects.

SHIBUYA PEDESTRIAN CROSSING
It’s the most crowded place of Tokyo.

STUDIO GHIBLI’s SCULPTURE
This is a sculpture of Lapuntu Movie (Hayao Yimazaki).

STUDIO GHIBLI’s GUARD DOG
Studio Ghibli it’s a magic place, you can find unexpected things.

STUDIO GHIBLI’s DECORATION
Keekps a classic old vintage style such as their movies.

GINZA IN TOKYO
Beautiful corner building mirror to please.

SPECIAL BUILDING
I’ve never had seen something similar.

LIGHT COLUMNS AND COLUMNS
You can feel a big mess inside these streets.

MORE GINZA
Comparing this with NY Times Square, there’s no words.

NAUTILUS BARBECUE
This place looks special, you can eat a Japanese Barbecue, most of it, Fish.

RESTAURANT IN GINZA
It’s quite difficult to choose your food in Japanese menus.

EMPEROR PALACE GARDENS AND LAKE
The palace it’s not opened to public, just only for Emperor’s Birthday.

JAPANESE TILE ROOF
It’s awesome and you can find different reliefs.

ROPPONGI HILLS SKYSCRAPER
The left building is perfect to see Tokyo.

TOP OF THE SKYSCRAPER
A nice design, this tower is quite young, only 3 years.

LOOKING TOKYO
You can seat to observe this amazing city.

OBSERVATION ROOM
I guess Tokyo isn’t a real Touristic city yet. Just 8 sofas on the Tokyo Sky!

MAIN CITY AREA
This is 12,790,000 of population.

TOKYO TOWER
Japanese red version of Effiel.

SIM CITY ?
Have you played some time to Sim City? It reminds me…

APARTMENTS
With a lovely sightseeing.

MONTE FUJI CLOUDY
Unfortunately, we didn’t see Monte Fuji from Tokyo, just far away.

FISH MARKET IS COMING
This picture says welcome to the Biggest Fish Market of the World.

CUTTING FISH WITH GINZU KNIFE!
This is a big slice of fish.

SCALE IN THE MARKET
That fish has to be really cut to enter in this scale.

ORDERS
Lot’s of orders to be packaged for customers.

THREE HEADS
Maybe to do some soup?

SALE
So silver and so alive.

MY FIRST BUDDHA
This photo gave me the opportunity to meet with Buddha, a beautiful golden Buddha.

NICO’S BRIDGE
This bridge gave access to a magnificent temple region.

SMALL TEMPLE
This was my favorite smallest temple in Nico.

WATER FOUNTAIN
These fountains are always close to an Altar allowing to clean your hands and mouth before enter.

DESIRES AND PRAYERS
I love these white papers, specially when they’re crowded. I tried to find it over a tree, but I hadn’t fortune.

HANG WHAT YOU WANT
It’s allowed to hang anything to wish your desire or prayers.

SIR MONTE FUJIYAMA
In spite of some clouds finally we met Sir Fuji.

WINDY DAY
Was easy to see Fuji between clouds with variety of shapes.

SUMO
We went to see the first Spring Sumo Match of the Season in Osaka. Here one player is launched by other direct out of the ring.

OSAKA
This city contains lots of building with special features like this free falling for people on the facade.

ZEN GARDEN IN KYOTO
This was my first Zend Garden in Japan, this had a peaceful lake and a lot of harmony.

FANCY WALK ON THE TERRACE?
There’s no more to say.

DUCKS AND TOTEMS
As you can see, Zen garden means Nature and Buddhism as a Balance.

KYOTO SUNSET
Walking beside the river in Kyoto.

JAPANESE CROW
Just a crow flying over Kyoto.

ORIGAMI PRESENTS
Paper folding is really common in Japan as an offering to Buddha.

PAPER CRANE
The Crane is a religous bird represented in lots of Japanese art works.

PAPER LAMPS
Red paper lamps surrounding one small Buddha altar.

ALMOND TREES

ALMODN TREE FLOWERS

MY FIRST BEE
This is quite special, it was the beginning of the Spring in Japan.

NARA
Sara enjoying a walk over this wood made bridge with terrace.

LAKE IN NARA
Nara was really quiet and you could enjoy the walk in this peaceful town.

NARA’S DEER
Japanese Bambi, looking for food!

THE NEW PRINCE
Well, Nara is full of Deers, they have a long story inside this Town and now people respect them as a sacred animal.

BIGGEST BUDDHA OF JAPAN
In Nara, and he’s made of metal. Gorgeous.

PUPIL’S HAT
I found this hat in Nara’s park, some children forgot it playing with a Deer!

JUST ANOTHER DEER
I’ll send this to National Geographic… he he.

LAMP TO PRAY
This lamps are everywhere close to temples, for me are really mystic.

WOOD BOARDS

To get entering in a temple and write your prays in the back side.

HANGED LAMPS SURROUND A TEMPLE

Simply mystic balance.

DEER EMBEDDED IN STONE LAMP
As I told you, the deer is related with the religion.

TWO BIG GUARDING LAMPS

SCARING CROW

GEIKO SAN
For me was really emotive to see these Geiko San in Nara. We saw other ones in Kyoto.

CHERRY BLOSSOM
This temple is sharing the frame with a splendid Cherry Blossom and a Japanese stone lyon.

SMALL BUDDHAS

KYOTO SUNSET

TWO GEIKO SAN RETURNING AT HOME

WET TILE ROOF

HIMEJI CASTLE
This is the best Wood Castle existing in Japan. Incredible.

BREATH THE MISTERY

OLD EVIDENCES
It’s normal if we consider the age when it was built (1333-1346).

MIYAJIMA TEMPLE
This was a temple located in the island of Miyajima, close to Hiroshima, where the tide changes the landscape in a fascinating way.

BIG HEAD DEER
Testing my new fish eye lenz, amazing.

MIYAJIMA TORI DOOR
These doors signs the beginning of a sacred area, this is the biggest of Japan.

KAMAKURA BUDDHA
This Buddha is located in Kamakura and it’s quite special because he is in a opened space.

JAPANESE SQUIREL
I guess this Squirrel was less scared than English Squirrels!