[eikin] A Photo A Day 2007

[eikin]

070809 Kinkaku 金閣 (Kyoto)

Famous icon of Kyoto
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[eikin]

070810 Nara's Lanterns

Nara's summer event for the Obon period (お&#30406 where Japanese return to their
hometown to pay respect to their ancestors. It's actually the Japanese version
of the Chinese's 7th month festival or Buddhist's Ullambana (盂兰&#30406
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[eikin]

070811 Maiko-san

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[eikin]

:bigeyes: Simply love this! Din know Japan also got desert. Which part of Japan is this at? :think:

north-central part of kansai (western Honshu) :sweat:

 

[night86mare]

So many nice pictures ! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

:heart:

\kowtow

 

[madmacs]

070807 Tottori Desert

Japan's naturally formed desert with sand dune systems stretching over 16km* east to west.
(*according to http://wikitravel.org/en/Tottori)
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eikin is back!

love this shot! you asked the chap to go walk there? ;p

 

[madmacs]

070809 Kinkaku ?? (Kyoto)

Famous icon of Kyoto
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classic japan :thumbsup:

 

[schon]

070809 Kinkaku 金閣 (Kyoto)

Famous icon of Kyoto
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i've seen this in person and a million other postcard-type iterations of it and nothing beats an eikin-ed version of it. :thumbsup:

 

[Sjourn]

070807 Tottori Desert

Japan's naturally formed desert with sand dune systems stretching over 16km* east to west.
(*according to http://wikitravel.org/en/Tottori)
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bro, this is breath taking. Can you email me this and the lallang one that u won in the contest, i want to print poster sizze and frame in my office.:thumbsup:

 

[eikin]

mm: no lah, that chap happened to be there ... actually i think that was a lady if i remember correctly :bsmilie:

schon: thanks, actually was there during afternoon, blistering sun and harsh light, no way to get those postcard frames :bsmilie:

Sjourn: give me sometime ah ... now PC very messy, need to tidy up the pictures :sweat: send to you soon

070812 Prayers at Atsuta Shrine

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[eikin]

070813 Nagoya Castle

Main castle was destroyed in WW2, and rebuilt after that.
This is one of the 3 smaller original towers that survived the war.
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[schon]

schon: thanks, actually was there during afternoon, blistering sun and harsh light, no way to get those postcard frames :bsmilie:

now that's effective improvision. :thumbsup: looks like you had a great time travelling.

 

[wiz23]

070807 Tottori Desert​

Japan's naturally formed desert with sand dune systems stretching over 16km* east to west.
(*according to http://wikitravel.org/en/Tottori)​

Yo, bro! Long time no visit ... But, I'm not surprised that u are still producing classic shots like this! 一番！:thumbsup:

 

[erthling]

ohisashiburi...
oh u visited my hometown...neighbourhood. nice shot u have there of the desert. did u go real early? the wind waves on the sand dunes are usually 'messed up' after hordes of people trample on the sand.

 

[eikin]

yup i was there like 4 plus in the morning!

070814 Nagoya Television Tower

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[eikin]

070815 Nagoya Oasis 21

 

[eikin]

070816 Ise Inner Shrine Tori Gate

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[eikin]

070817 Uji

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[Sjourn]

Seems like you take more pics in JP than in SG...:bsmilie:

 

[zoossh]

290407 bells

is that white roses?