The Flickr Tokyo Photo Session (FTPS) group had last month’s photo walk in Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park in Minami-Azabu, Tokyo. [Map] History Arisugawa-no-miya Memorial Park was originally the urban villa of a feudal lord, Minonokami Nambu. In 1896 it was acquired by the noble Arisugawa-no-miya family. However, as Japan modernized, more and more importance began to [...]
Categories: Japan, Photowalk
Tagged: arisugawa, ftps, Japan, park, Photowalk, tokyo
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- February 10, 2010 – 2:12 pm
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- By jesslee
Japan, as a non-Christian country, does not celebrate Christmas. December 25th is not a national holiday. But Japanese people, as great lovers of festivals and celebrations, try to celebrate it in a commercial way. Local government and big companies decorate parks and buildings with colorful illumination. Last Saturday, I went to Tokyo Midtown, Shiodome, and [...]
Categories: Feature, Japan, Photowalk
Tagged: christmas, Feature, illumination, Japan, Photowalk, roppongi, shiodome, tokyo, tokyo midtown, tokyo tower
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- December 21, 2009 – 2:00 pm
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- By jesslee
Rikugien Garden, in Bunyo-ku, Tokyo, is one of the best-preserved Japanese landscape gardens of the Edo period. The name, Rikugi-en, came from “six elements of Waka poems” that had been derived from “six styles of poems” written in the old Chinese poetry book “Mao-shi”. The garden is most beautiful in the autumn season because trees [...]
Categories: Japan, Photowalk
Tagged: autumn, garden, illumination, Japan, Photowalk, rikugien, tokyo
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- December 2, 2009 – 2:00 pm
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- By jesslee
Two weekends ago, I, with 3 photo buddies, had an early morning photowalk again. This time in Kabukicho at around 5:30 in the morning. Kabukichō is an entertainment and red-light district in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Kabukichō is the location of many hostess bars, host bars, love hotels, shops, restaurants, and nightclubs, and is often called [...]
Categories: Feature, Japan, Photowalk
Tagged: black-and-white, Feature, Japan, kabukicho, kalandrakas, Photowalk, red-light district, shinjuku, tokyo
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- July 27, 2009 – 5:49 am
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- By jesslee
Tanabata was originally about a Chinese love story of a princess and a cowherd being separated by the king. Traditionally in present-day Japan, people celebrate Tanabata by writing their wishes on colorful, small strips of paper called tanzaku…
Categories: Festival, Japan, Photowalk
Tagged: colorful, Festival, hiratsuka, Japan, kanagawa, Photography, Photowalk, tanabata
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- July 6, 2009 – 11:14 pm
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- By jesslee
