JAPAN 2017: DAY 2, PART 3 – Nara & Kyoto – Kasuga-taisha, Gion (Inc. Video)
These 18 new galleries are a combination of a month and a half’s work of whittling down & post-processing around 5000 photos that I took on this dream trip to Japan in November 2017 down to 561, many late nights & tired eyeballs, 5 months planning & preparation for the actual trip (no package holiday tours here!), raising the funds, praying everyday that war wouldn’t break out in Korea, surviving two crazy long flights on zero sleep, navigating around the Japanese cities of Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, Tokyo & Hiroshima, getting up crazy early to get to some of these places before the hoards of mostly Chinese tourists arrive and generally walking & hiking until I couldn’t feel my feet anymore! I present to you ‘Me, Myself and Japan 2017 Trip!’ (and my camera of course… ;] )
Dream like thatched house in the woods near Mizuya Shrine NaraBronze lantern in the grounds of Kasuga taisha NaraRow of bronze hanging lanterns in the grounds of Kasuga taisha NaraThe entrance to Kasuga taisha NaraMany stone lanterns line the path near Wakamiya Shrine just outside Kasuga taisha NaraBig Taiko or drums spotted in a museum on the path back to Nara station NaraEntrance to Nara National Museum Buddhist Art Library NaraKofukuji Five Storied Pagoda lit up at night NaraJapanese man watching the Sumo wrestling in Higashimuki Minamimachi NaraHigashimuki Minamimachi shopping street NaraGyoki Statue with a Fountain outside Kintetsu Nara Station NaraWelcome to Nara sign in Kintetsu Nara Station Nara
Gion & General Kyoto Photos
Geisha in the distance walking through a side street of Gion KyotoCartoon street sign in Gion KyotoStreet poster showing how shijo dori bridge in Gion used to look KyotoView from Shijo dori bridge in Gion KyotoOld restaurant alongside the Shirakawa Canal that runs through Gion KyotoTravelling coffee sign in Gion KyotoShirakawa Canal in Gion KyotoBar alongside the Shirakawa Canal in Gion KyotoArt Complex 1928 built in 1928 in central KyotoThe futuristic inside Kyoto Station rebuilt in 1997 KyotoThe Big Stairs inside Kyoto Station 171 steps studded with about 15000 LEDs KyotoHaving a perfect meal in Kyoto station after a long day KyotoSlot machine mansion in downtown KyotoAutomated Car Parking found in a back street of Gion KyotoAnother restaurant alongside the Shirakawa Canal Gion KyotoYasaka Shrine at night in Gion KyotoGeisha saying goodbye to some clients after a night in a traditional teahouse in Gion KyotoGeisha shows me the umbrella to hide her face down a back street at night in Gion KyotoA classic statue at the restaurant Issen Yoshoku in Gion KyotoKyoto Tower lit up at night KyotoLooking down into the streets from the top of Kyoto Tower KyotoFound these Geisha models in the Kyoto Tower Kyoto
