A line of Stone Lanterns (tōrō) at Yugasan Rendaiji Temple in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture. The temple was opened about 1,300 years ago on a mountain with a main peak of 300 meters.
On my first Japan trip 18 years ago, I ran into this surprising scene at Ninenzaka along the hills of Higashiyama in Kyoto. Three women (likely tourists) in Maiko attire are passing a more contemporarily-dressed young couple. There are services allowing people to rent a full “package experience” including make-up and wearing kimono and traditional accessories.
This Sunday, Selene (Ambaran) and I will play Japanese sea musics on flutes & harps in the manga studio of "Keep In Mind" by Kim Houtzager in Nieuwegein.
Supported by @japanfans & the Japans Cultureel Centrum Utrecht, with artwork by Selene, by Kim and by BudoGirl. 😉
Sustainability explained for a Japan-based audience in today’s training:
“Failure of the parent turtle (the environment) will lead to the failure of the child turtle (society) and the grandchild turtle (the economy), and ultimately impact companies as well.”
Presentation and cosplay! Colorful scenes with faculty and staff from Kindai University (近畿大学) in Osaka and Rangsit University near Bangkok, and students from several Asian countries. For the first time I presented on American culture and multiculturalism, drawing from my Intercultural Communication class. The slideshow is at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374143089 or https://www.academia.edu/107508712
The Kindai faculty presenter on Japanese culture let us dress up in yukata, and I could even get a pair of geta wooden slippers for cosplay photos!
The historic Higashi Chayagai (ひがし茶屋街) district of Kanazawa is home to many shops and cafés in restored old tea houses. As visible in this photo, even the oldest establishments are keeping up to speed in providing the technology expected by today’s patrons.
Shot with Mamiya 6 and 50mm f/4 lens on Fujicolor Pro 400H film.
> When arriving in Japan, ordinarily one of the first things you’d want to do is to get yourself a Suica card. As of Wednesday, though, that’s not an option, as sales of the rechargeable e-money card, issued by East Japan Railway (JR East), have been suspended…
Unnamed woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi from the book “Tsuki hyakushi” (One Hundred Aspects of the Moon). The book depicts various aspects of the moon, drawing upon Japanese and Chinese anecdotes, historical events, and mythology. The final book printing was in 1892, the year Tsuki printed this and the year he died.