I previously featured a beautiful Buddhist temple near my hometown, lit up for the festival of obon with a twinkling canvas of stone lanterns Day 14- Welcoming the Dead. I thought it would be good to go back in the day time and photograph it in a new light. The sweeping angles and patterns, all […]
Temples in Japan are strewn with effigies of Buddha, often lined in a orderly queue wearing a matching red hat and bib. I have featured this in a blog post once before (ok, maybe twice). Perhaps a third Buddha is a bit excessive. I just find the vivid reds in combination with distressed and weather […]
My hometown in Japan, Hagi, is famous for oranges. As soon as Autumn turned to winter they were everywhere. Beach towns are a little depressing in winter, as though they are hibernating for a while, so the oranges were a welcome addition to brighten up the town. There are groves where you can walk for […]
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