Kinkaku-ji, Kyoto
Also known as the Temple of the Golden Pavilion – for obvious reasons. The present pavilion is a modern one, dating from the 1950s, after the previous structure was burned down by a… Read More
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Shichi-Go-San, Tokyo
An annual festival for three, five and seven year old children where they dress up in their finest and go to the shrine with their families.
Akihabara Electric Town, Tokyo
Electronics, maid cafes, anime, video games. What more could you want?
Rock garden of Ryoan-ji, Kyoto
The quintessence of Zen.
Hatsune Miku cosplay, Tokyo
Some people just love to dress up.
Walls of Tokyo’s Imperial Palace
At the height of the Japanese property bubble in the 1980s, it was said that the value of the land on which the Imperial Palace and Gardens stood was worth more than the… Read More
Autumn leaves, Kyoto
Beautiful colours of turning leaves, together with the warm days and cool evenings, make autumn one of the best times to visit Japan.
Electric Tokyo
No city lights up like Tokyo when darkness falls.
The white foxes of Inari
These foxes or kitsune are messengers of Shinto deity Inari and offer good luck and protection against evil spirits.
The gardens of Nijo Castle, Kyoto
Japanese gardens are rightfully famous and imitated around the world.
Rockabillies of Yoyogi Park, Tokyo
Sunday afternoons in Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park play host to rockabillies drinking, swivelling and generally rocking out to their favourite tunes.
Sunday weddings, Tokyo
Wedding procession. Beautiful bride and groom. Preparing for formal portraits.
Omikuji
Paper fortunes, found in Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples all over Japan.
Congress of cows, Jaisalmer
Cows lounge in the shade of one of Jaisalmer’s beautiful havelis (private mansion), with their intricately carved sandstone walls and balconies. Rajasthan, India.
Red Fort of Agra
The Red Fort of Agra is an immense fortress-palace and was the seat of government of the Mughal Empire for much of its existence. It sits not far from the Taj Mahal, near… Read More
