January 16, 2013 • red-bird.org
This is a “cheat”. It’s basically a tonemapped version of one of the two dozen pictures I took at this spot of that far away building on the Imperial Grounds in Tokyo in April 2012. My red-bird photos actually are all pre-processing.  Many of these post-processed images I put into a photo album with only one copy. tsk tsk. This was a crazy trip, but I really love how much I  packed in. I can’t wait to go back and this time EXPLORE THE GROUNDS.  When we returned to Tokyo I failed to realize that the grounds close at 430pm and so walked in twenty minutes before it was time to go. Oops bad :[ 

This is a “cheat”. It’s basically a tonemapped version of one of the two dozen pictures I took at this spot of that far away building on the Imperial Grounds in Tokyo in April 2012.

My red-bird photos actually are all pre-processing.  Many of these post-processed images I put into a photo album with only one copy. tsk tsk.

This was a crazy trip, but I really love how much I  packed in. I can’t wait to go back and this time EXPLORE THE GROUNDS.  When we returned to Tokyo I failed to realize that the grounds close at 430pm and so walked in twenty minutes before it was time to go. Oops bad :[ 

September 20, 2012 • 12 notes
Harujuku Graffiti by =s-girl

Harujuku Graffiti by =s-girl

September 20, 2012 • 5 notes
The Courtyard at Nikko Toshogu Shrine by =s-girl

The Courtyard at Nikko Toshogu Shrine by =s-girl

September 16, 2012 • 2 notes
Temple Lines by =s-girl

Temple Lines by =s-girl

August 22, 2012 • 3 notes
Kinkaji or Golden Pavilion, Kyoto April 2012 by =s-girl

Kinkaji or Golden Pavilion, Kyoto April 2012 by =s-girl

June 7, 2012 • 2 notes
Lanterns of Kasuga Shrine, Nara, Japan by =s-girl

Lanterns of Kasuga Shrine, Nara, Japan by =s-girl

June 5, 2012 • 18 notes
Fushimi Inari - Run the Torii by =s-girl

Fushimi Inari - Run the Torii by =s-girl

June 5, 2012 • 8 notes
Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Japan by =s-girl

Nikko Toshogu Shrine, Japan by =s-girl

May 21, 2012 • 3 notes
I fell hard for this lion in Japan. Found them on eBay!

I fell hard for this lion in Japan. Found them on eBay!

May 3, 2012 • 2 notes
Part of the package tour includes a tea ceremony component. What they don’t tell you is that it is held at the Happoen gardens in Tokyo - a common place for weddings and other formal affairs. The grounds are beautiful to say the least and were still flowering with various cherry trees when I was there last month. The tea ceremony was lovely too. I don’t know why we get Sencha so wrong in the states but it’s not bitter at all — actually quite good! In any case trying to get myself back to normal and hoping to write full explanations of the entire day for those of you curious about the JTB tour experience.

Part of the package tour includes a tea ceremony component. What they don’t tell you is that it is held at the Happoen gardens in Tokyo - a common place for weddings and other formal affairs. The grounds are beautiful to say the least and were still flowering with various cherry trees when I was there last month. The tea ceremony was lovely too. I don’t know why we get Sencha so wrong in the states but it’s not bitter at all — actually quite good! In any case trying to get myself back to normal and hoping to write full explanations of the entire day for those of you curious about the JTB tour experience.