Tokyo (page 1/16)

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Alley

Tokyo is a city of contrasts; the old and the new are everywhere intermixed.

Temple door

A stone inscription in Tokyo. What does it mean? I do not know.

Tokyo tower

I turned around and there it was.

Street sign and lines

The streets in Japan do not have names, only numbers.

The cart

I don’t yet knnow the name for this cart with its pieces of paper.

Guardian temple lion on the other side

It looks a little mean.

Golden Head in a Shrine

A dragon’s head, maybe?

Line of trees 1

A line of trees by the side of the road.

Before the ceremony

A group of people discussing (I imagine) the procession they were about to start.

Lantern

A lantern in a doorway, for the day’s festival. I am not sure what festival it was, since every shrine or temple, and sometimes even different households, have their orn festivals. [more...]

Gray-green building

Interesting colours and textures on a Japanese building, looking incongruous near the newer towers.

Mikoshi 1

A closer view of the whole mikoshi.

Procession 3

Carrying the mikoshi out onto the street. You can see the phœnix (the hoo) on the top of the mikoshi. [more...]