One thing I love about Japan is the often visible collision between old and new – especially when it comes to buildings! Take this scene for example. I am standing in a park here that is clearly meant for relaxation. A tiny river, trees, old traditional buildings (though they are just for show) – but …
New Photo: Small Door, Big Room
A thing I really love about Japan is the way that you find restaurants. Take this door for instance. Looks like a tiny door leading to either nowhere or a tiny space. However, I learned that these seemingly tiny places can be humongous once you go in and downstairs. I find this interesting – you …
New Photo: The City in a Building
One evening, after a museum visit, we tried making our way back from outer Tokyo towards the centre. It was so freezing though, that we looked for ways to move indoors. We went through this ginormous shopping centre that had an exhibition going on for old cars. Instead of just showing the cars, they really …
New Photo: Vibrant Tokyo and the Unknown Passenger
This turned out to be one of my favourite images from Tokyo! I got the shot of the car driving by and only later realised the neon lights that are visible in the reflection. This is a great symbol for the city – vibrant, fast moving and absolutely overwhelming at first. -Phill
New Photo: The Stage of the Yasaka Shrine
It’s a stage! I have no idea what kind of performances are happening here, but I wish I would have seen one. The whole place is called the Yasaka Shrine, which, to be fair, was a completely random find. After a while we stopped trying to move from temple to temple (there are simply so …
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