Category Archive: Japan

Moments

Moments

We three were armed with feet. I was armed with a map and directional sense. The other two were strengthened by laid back patience. We ...

 

Night

Night

Exploring during the day, a multitude of conversations are overheard. Exploring during the night, there are no words. Even the moving lips spied from far away, ...

 

Cake!

Cake!

Japan has marvelous cakes. We had this one after a day of walking in Nara. ate so many there I don't quite remember the ...

 

Cafe Windows

Cafe Windows

This photo has a problem: what are those blurry translucent blocks on the right? They are distracting, confusing, out of place. Poor cafe photos are taken ...

 

Little Creatures

Little Creatures

It's probably cruel, but they were cute! I have no justification for my childish delight over round, little things.

 

合羽橋

合羽橋

合羽橋 is Kappabashi - Kitchen Town. It's a wonderful street that stocks anything one could ever want for the food industry: cooking utensils, commercial ovens, ...

 

東大寺

東大寺

Beams. Not a single nail. Things were just put into place. And they stay, sturdy as can be, resistant even to the onslaught of tourists ...

 

Sibilant Messengers

Sibilant Messengers

Even though the street was barely 10 feet wide, he was effortlessly removed from my realm across the street. We were talking home from our ...

 

To See the World in a Grain of Sand

To See the World in a Grain of Sand

To see the world in a grain of sand, And heaven in a wildflower, To hold Infinity in the palm of your hand, and Eternity in an hour. ...

 

To See Heaven in a (Wild)flower

To See Heaven in a (Wild)flower

Tokyo is comprised of...plants! It is a city of endless buckets of eggplant, bittermelon, strawberry, orange, herb, flowery, and even non-flowering, bushes. They grow like ...