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[tokyostreetphoto]

Izakaya, Oimachi 大井町

[inefekt69]

Oimachi - Tokyo, Japan

[asiaphotostudio]

Tokyo, 1989 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. 日本 東京都 渋谷区 宇田川町 渋谷ロフト Photography by Michitaka Kurata

[gon-iii]

夏風に踊る

2011年、下町七夕まつり。

まだスカイツリーに赤白のクレーンがある。パッと見は出来上がってる風だけど、この時はまだ工事中のようです。

[arcadebroke]

[kyokocanary777]

お久しぶりです。最近は音楽の方に熱が入っているのと、関東によく��ってるのもあって、写真を撮る時間をなかなか取れませんでした。

けれども、梅雨になると雨の風景に心動かされるのか、気がつくとスマホで何枚か撮影してました。

まずはこの写真。犬と紫陽花。

雨の日でしたね。

そして、最寄りの駅から帰る途中、白いアナベル（アメリカ紫陽花）が咲いてたけど、今年はお疲れの様子で、ポストにもたれかかっておられました。

京都府向日市で、帰り道に見かけるこのお家には、バラもたくさん咲いてます。

雨の日のバラも綺麗。

インスタグラムには、加工した写真を投稿しましたが、加工なしの方がよかったかもなぁとも思えてきました笑。

横浜の山手のフェリス女学院の横にも、紫陽花が咲いてました。

公式ブログには、Instagramに投稿したそのほかの写真も載せました。

もうすぐ梅雨が終わりますね☔️▶︎☀️▶︎🏖

[merpmonde]

Temples on the high street: Kyôto Teramachi and Shinkyôgoku

A typical Japanese covered high street, right? Yes, there are lots of shops left and right, but this is Kyôto, a millennial capital and centre of cultural and religious tradition in Japan. So what happens when a modern high street encounters a centuries-old temple, bearing in mind that it would be very bad form to ask the priests to sell up?

Well you leave the temple alone and build around it. So, in between the big name drugstores, Animate, clothes shops and cafés lined with the street's signature bricks and tile floor, here's the entrance to Seishin-in, with traditional wooden doors and tile roofing. It is also just visible in the first picture - see if you can notice it.

Seigan-ji is easier to spot, further illustrating the contrast. Online maps show that this temple even has a cemetery in the middle of the next block, completely encircled by shopping streets and businesses.

It's a similar situation for Tenshô-ji, though, this far up the high street, the commercial tissue becomes less dense. These temples seem a bit larger and own more land. Still, we've gone from a towering, mineral, covered street in the top photo, to an open path with low buildings and plenty of vegetation, with no transition.

These scenes of coexistence fascinated me when I first visited Kyôto in 2016, with a hotel in this area, so it was great to see them again on my brief return to the city in 2023. More fascinating still is the fact that one of these "just off the high street" temples is not only very old, but hugely historically significant... and I'm yet to mention it!

[missmyloko]

September 2024: There's a new minarai in town! Kimihana (君花) of Honjo (本城) in Miyagawa Cho is now on the path to becoming a maiko! However, she isn't alone! There's a second minarai in Miyagawa Cho right now too! Fukuhisa (ふく久) of Horiyae (堀八重) has also started her minarai period! Both girls will be debuting at the end of October! BUT THAT'S NOT ALL! Maiko darling Kanohisa (叶久) of Kanoya (叶家) in Gion Higashi is BACK! However, this time she is a geiko! This is fantastic news for Gion Higashi! Image is courtesy of Honjo Okiya.

[chitaka45]

京都　時代祭2024 京都御所

kyoto jidaimatsuri festival 2024

[brownie-pics]

'24.2.24 京都 三条にて

写真展絡みの街ブラシリーズ。ストックあるのでまた出してみるｗ

[shisasan]

Tokyo International Forum (東京国際フォーラム) Tokyo (東京), Japan April 2024

Ph. Aleksandra Alba IG: tanzdreamer

[tokyostreetphoto]

Beauty Salon Ohno, Oimachi 大井町

[inefekt69]

Oimachi - Tokyo, Japan

[asiaphotostudio]

Tokyo, 1989 Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. 日本 東京都 渋谷区 宇田川町 渋谷ロフト Photography by Michitaka Kurata

[gon-iii]

涼しい甘味

2015年、日本橋人形町。

夏は水ようかんがいいですね。と言いつつ、しばらく食べてないな。

[tokyoandsky]

Godzilla on the wall at Kabukicho, Tokyo.