Black Matsumoto Castle, Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan More images: Matsumoto Stock Images | Japan Stock Images | Travel Stock Photography
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Namba Parks Shopping Centre at Night, Osaka, Kansai region, Honshu Island, Japan More images: Osaka Stock Images | Japan Stock Images | Travel Stock Photography
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Picture: Matsumoto Castle at Sunset, Matsumoto, Nagano Prefecture, Chubu region, Honshu Island, Japan More images: Matsumoto Stock Images | Japan Stock Images | Travel Stock Photography
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Picture: Storm Clearing Over Mountains Near Matsumoto, Japan I just realised I’m shooting more and more black and white photographs. Don’t know why. I always considered myself as a colour landscape person until recently. Now I’m converting some of my photos to B/W and truly speaking I like it. More images: Japan Stock Images |...
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Picture: Ten Thousands of Red Torii Gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto, Kansai, Honshu, Japan Yesterday I was reading about hurricanes and tropical cyclones with category 5, like Katrina that destroyed New Orleans or Yasi that recently hit Queensland, Australia. To my surprise the typhoon Melor that hit Japan and Tokyo on October 8, 2009,...
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Fushimi Inari Taisha is a shinto jinja (shrine) dedicated to the spirit Inari, located in Fushimi-ku in about 2km south-east of Kyoto station, Japan. Fushimi Inari Taisha is without doubt the largest and most impressive Inari shrine in Japan. Fushimi Inari Taisha is also famous for appearing in the film Memoirs of a Geisha. Fushimi...
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Himeji Castle, also called Hakurojo or Shirasagijo (“White Heron Castle”) due to its white outer walls and it is widely considered Japan’s most spectacular castle. Unlike many other Japanese castles, Himeji Castle was never destroyed in wars, earthquakes or fires and survives in its original form. It is the best preserved castle in all of...
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“Anything that can go wrong will go wrong.” This is almost Murphy’s law photo. I tried to shoot this eagle while it was flying above me. Unfortunately it was so fast and so close that I couldn’t make any decent shot of it. As soon as I gave up and decided to shoot a range...
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Okayama Castle, also known as “Crow Castle” (U-jo) due to its black exterior, was built in 1597 in the style of the Azuchi-Momoyama Period. It is located in the Okayama city on the Asahi River, which was used as a moat, and next to the famous Korankuen Garden. The original castle was destroyed on June...
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Korakuen (Koraku-en) Garden is one of Japan’s official Three Great Gardens (along with Kanazawa’s Kenrokuen and Mito’s Kairakuen) and hence Okayama’s number one attraction. The name means “Garden of Pleasure After”, a reference to a famous Confucian quote stating that a wise ruler must attend to his subjects’ needs first and only then attend to...
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