Imamiya Jinja was founded in 994 to protect Kyoto from pestilence. Most of its current buildings are rebuilds dating to the Meiji period (1868-1912). This set of film photographs was taken there around New Year’s some years ago - a flea market was held on the premises at the time.
A set of film photography impressions taken around this old shopping arcade in Nagano City. All shot with Mamiya 6 and 50mm f/4 lens on Kodak Portra 400 film. Developed and scanned by Yamamoto Camera in Yamaguchi Prefecture.
The old town of Takayama in Gifu Prefecture has been beautifully preserved with many buildings and whole streets of houses dating back to the feudal ages, when the city thrived as a wealthy merchant town. This kind of scenery lends itself to being photographed on film, so here is a photo set taken with Mamiya 6 and 50mm f/4 lens on Fujicolor Pro 160 NS.
Naka-in is a Buddhist temple in Kawagoe built in the year 828, said to be the origin of tea culture in Kawagoe and Saitama Prefecture. It is also a pretty nice spot to view autumn leaves, a little away from Kawagoe’s frequently overcrowded historic city center.
All photos shot with Mamiya 6 and 50mm f/4 lens on Fujicolor Professional Pro 400H film.
Harmonica Yokocho is a hidden alleyway of small restaurants, shops and bars located on the north side of Kichijoji Station in Tokyo. A flea market in 1940s postwar Japan, it is named from the way in which its narrow alleys resemble harmonica reeds.
Shot with Mamiya 6 and 75mm f/3.5 lens on Kodak Portra 160 film.
The quiet and peaceful entrance to Gannenji (願念寺), a small temple in Kanazawa. This location is in close proximity to Myōryūji, which is commonly known as “Ninja Temple”.
Shot with Mamiya 6 and 50mm f/4 lens on Fujicolor Pro 400H medium-format film.
No, it’s not a spaceship. It’s a #Mamiya RZ67 Medium Format Camera with a „low” cost digital back :) Yes, after many years I finally received it and managed to mount it in a working way.
Rokkakudō (“hexagonal hall”) is a Buddhist temple in Kyoto. It is famous as the birthplace of Ikebana. When you approach it from Karasuma-dori, you will see it make an impactful appearance behind Starbucks Coffee. I also found an aerial vantage point in an adjacent building.
Shot with Mamiya 6 and 50mm f/4 lens on Fujicolor Pro 400H film.
This photo was taken while walking along a quiet side street in the Naramachi area of Nara, Japan. A nice and typical mellow scene from this part of the country.
Shot with Mamiya 6 and 50mm f/4 lens on Fuji Astia 100F medium-format slide film. The film was expired for 16 years by the time I shot it, but fortunately the typical Astia colors held up pretty nicely.
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.
I bought my Mamiya 6 in 2015 at Nisshin Camera near Akihabara. I also got two lenses, a 75mm and a 50mm. The shop owner threw in a free roll of Portra so that I could start shooting right away. And so, out of the shop I went to Hijiri-bashi, the bridge outside Ochanomizu Station that affords this famous view along the Kanda River.
Shot with Mamiya 6 and 75mm f/3.5 lens on Kodak Portra 160 film.
Oya Temple (大谷寺, Ōyaji) is a 1200 year old Buddhist temple constructed in the volcanic stone cliffs on the outskirts of Utsunomiya in Tochigi Prefecture, Japan.
Photo shot with Mamiya 6 and 50mm f/4 lens on Fujicolor Pro 400H medium-format film.
Natural Bridges, near Secret Beach (2017)
Oregon Coast
Taken during a roadtrip between San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. Six years ago this month.
I have a fear of heights and had to crawl on my hands and knees to this location. The trail is narrow with cliffs to either side which plunge into the ocean.
Today is the five-year anniversary of my wife and me leaving Germany to move to Japan.
An opportunity to take a fond look back at the area in which we had lived. Tübingen is a traditional university town located around 30km south of Stuttgart, with an impossibly picturesque historic city center.
All photos shot with Mamiya 6 and 50mm f/4 lens on Fujicolor Pro 400H medium-format film.