Tokyo (page 5/16)

Side street

A side street at a wonky angle.

Street sign and lines

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

Street

One of the small streets; there are many like this in Tokyo.

Road Closed

Please go around, the shrine is on the move. The portable shrine here is called a mikoshi; I have more pictures of these. [more...]

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...]

Sign

I don’t know what it says.

parked vehicle

A van, or SUV; Japanese vehicles are actually quite different in Japan than in the West.

Japanese Woman

Going shopping I think, with her umbrella or parisol.

Temple door

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

The drum is waiting

The drum on its wheeled cart sits waiting
for the people, for the ceremony, for the spirit.

The drum is waiting

Another shot.