JAPAN 2017: DAY 8 – Osaka & Himeji – Hozen-ji Temple, TKP Gate Tower Building Umeda, Himeji Castle (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… ;] )
The moss covered statue of the deity Fudomyoo at Hozen ji Temple OsakaAn early morning visit to Hozen ji Temple OsakaInteresting building that reminds me of bird cages OsakaJapanese salaryman mascot posing for the camera OsakaThe Gate Tower Building in Umeda that has a highway exit run through it OsakaReflection of The Gate Tower Building in Umeda OsakaThe TKP Gate Tower Building in Umeda OsakaView from the street of the Gate Tower Building in Umeda OsakaOsaka manhole cover OsakaThe Umeda Sky Building OsakaUmeda OsakaLooking up a the architecture marvel of the Umeda Sky Building and the sky escalators OsakaView of Osaka from the Umeda Sky Building OsakaView from the Umeda Sky Building of the TKP Gate Tower Building OsakaLooking out onto the Yodo river from the top deck of the Umeda Sky Building OsakaClose up view of the Hep Five Ferris Wheel from the Umeda Sky Building OsakaYodobashi building in Umeda OsakaSOGO shopping mall in Umeda Osaka
Himeji Castle Photos
Kyowa Dori shopping centre HimejiTraffic cop and Himeji Castle in the background HimejiStatue of a naked man playing the saxophone HimejiCool street signage of the happy castle and friends HimejiLook where your going whilst on the mobile phone HimejiThe magnificent Himeji Castle at dusk HimejiJapanese man posing with his bike companion his pet dog HimejiClose up of Himeji Castles white white temple roof tiles HimejiManga HimejiHimeji decorative drain cover HimejiArtistic shop shutter HimejiRun down shop front HimejiTaiyaki waffle shaped like a fish with bean paste filling and ice cream HimejiAnimate store two floors chocked full of Manga HimejiTaiyaki shop HimejiBurger and beer at Himeji station Himeji
