Tag: photography

Ishigaki – Taketomi island
31/05/2013

Ishigaki – Taketomi island

Nearby to Ishigaki is Taketomi Island. To get there, you take a short ferry ride from Ishigaki.  To be greeted my a quaint village of traditional houses. It looks like the village from Totoro!  Or so one of my friends exclaimed.  The one who likes …

Japan, travel
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by Chris
Ishigaki – seaside, sunset and a puppy
16/05/2013

Ishigaki – seaside, sunset and a puppy

eating, Japan, travel
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by Chris
Ishigaki – taco rice, sea and pottery
09/05/2013

Ishigaki – taco rice, sea and pottery

As my last trip outside of Tokyo, a couple friends and I decided to visit Ishigaki.  One of the most southern parts of Japan.  Its about an hour south of the main island of Okinawa. It was meant to be a really chill trip! The …

Japan, travel
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by Chris
Koyasan
03/05/2013

Koyasan

So after our jaunt in Kyoto, we went off to Koyasan to see a different side of Japan. It was still very ancient. And still very touristy. And the food was still very good. But this difference was that this was a place of meditation. …

eating, Japan, travel
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by Chris
Kyoto – Ginkakuji, the Philosopher’s path and a petal shower
25/04/2013

Kyoto – Ginkakuji, the Philosopher’s path and a petal shower

We also went to visit Ginkakuji, the silver temple. As you can see from the photos, it isn’t really silver. I was looking high and low for it too. Apparently, the name the silver temple comes about when the moon shines on the water and …

Japan, travel
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by Chris