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Lilies and Goldfish in Terra Cotta Jar
Outside the entrance of a shop in Kyoto. I guess this could be called "Fish In A Barrel" The Japanese aesthetic is so impressive. Just seeing something like this outside the entrance to a shop makes one want to pass the threshold to see what lies inside.
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Reflection At The Golden Pavilion - Kyoto
The ambiguity of this photograph is its main strength. One doesn't really know if they are looking at the silhouette of a tree or the reflection a tree in a pond. Taken at The Golden Pavilion in Kyoto.
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Ise Shrine -Ise
Ise Shrine is arguably the most important Shinto Shrine in Japan. In architectural terms it is certainly the most purely Japanese, showing no influence from the Asian mainland. Within the Shinto mantra of death and rebirth the shrine is torn down and rebuilt every twenty years. Ise's 62nd rebuilding will take place in 2013.
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Year Of The Boar Ema
Shrine visitors write their wishes on these wooden plates called Ema and leave them at the shrine in the hopes that their wishes will be fulfilled.
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Saki Barrel Offerings
Saki barrels as an offering at a shrine. The offering is for the Gods, thanking them for a good harvest.
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Hida Village Folk House
The Hida Folk Village is basically an open air museum that features over thirty typical traditional farmhouses and other buildings from the Hida region near the wonderful old city of Takyama.
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Hida Village Folk House 2
The main attractions are a number of gassho-zukuri houses. These farmhouses with their massive steeply pitched thatched roofs bring to ming praying hands. These structures were moved here from the nearby Shirakawa-go region.
