It’s all a matter of style
Welcome to architecture-playground Japan. Iconic buildings and variegate neighborhoods gently blended in Osaka and Tokyo. If architecture really affects the way we feel, you will feel good in Japan!
Outskirts between Osaka and Tokyo
Asahi beer HQ, Tokyo: notice the white foam on the golden beer glass
Tokyo bay area
Ginza district, Tokyo
Osaka main station area
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Portals
Subway doors, Osaka
The glass floor on Tokyo TV Tower
Paper doors, Higashi-Hongan-ji Temple, Kyoto
Main entrance, Higashi-Hongan-ji Temple, Kyoto
Nanzen-ji gardens, Kyoto
The massive Sanmon gate,Nanzen-ji Temple, Kyoto
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It smells like fish
Tsukiji is the largest fish and seafood market of the world, actually, it is one of the largest markets of the world of any kind. Located in Tokyo bay, it is organized in inner and outer markets: the first for buying, the second for eating. Either you manage being there at 4am for the tuna auction or before 11am to watch all-the-creatures-of-the-vast-ocean for sale, don’t miss it before it moves out of the city in 2018!
Nose-to-tail eating: with tuna fishes nothing goes to waste.
How many packages can you prepare with one 680 Kg tuna fish?
Death on the table … but life still crawling below it …
In the outer market, dry shrimps, fishy fishes and fish soups!
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Hidden
Large gardens and thick forests are landmarks to several metropolitan areas of Japan. Hidden in these peaceful greens, Japanese tradition unfolds.
Temple roof, Miyajima island, Hiroshima Bay
Nanzenji Temple, girls in traditional Yukata clothes, view from the entrance gate, Kyoto
Covered bridge above tree tops, Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto
Waiting groom at Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo
The golden phoenix of Kinkaku-ji (Rokuon-ji) Zen Buddhist temple, Kyoto
End of the working day at Umeo gardens, Tokyo
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Not all is Geisha
For their 20th birthday, Japanese girls dress kimonos and walk the streets of Kyoto (and to a lesser extent of Tokyo). Much rarer is to meet a Geisha. It happened in Kyoto, just before she quickly disappeared in a taxi after a special evening at the restaurant.
Kyoto’s motto: dress (kimonos) ’til you drop
Tourists at Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo
Kimono girls at Kiyomizu-dera Temple, Kyoto
It is a tradition of many to get married (or just photo-shooted?) at Meiji Jingu Shrine, Tokyo
A Geisha in Gion, the theater district of Kyoto
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Spiritual elements
Stone, water and wood: the spiritual geometry of Japan is based on few natural elements, blended as nature would do.
Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Kyoto
Wooden bridge, Shosei-en Garden ,Kyoto
The Zen garden at Ryoan-ji Temple, Kyoto
Tea room, Nanzen-ji gardens, Kyoto
Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima island, Hiroshima Bay
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Never alone
Either single or surrounded by crowd: the giant banners of Tokyo and Osaka will never let you alone.
Ueno entertainment district, Tokyo
Shinjuku shopping street, Tokyo
Harajuku
Dotonbori, night-life hottest-spot of Osaka.
Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo, world’s most busy crossing
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