Pixeldawg Loc: Suzhou, China

Here is part 2 of the photos from Japan. There were several who told me they could not see the images from the FB link I posted, so here are a few that I picked out. Hope you enjoy!

Another one of the temples in Keyoto. All of them are magnificent, and if you have to pick ONE city in Japan to visit, it should be Keyoto.


A couple who just got married and taking a selfie in a field of flowers. I wish I knew this couple, I'd send them a print of this as a wedding gift. :-)


A view of Tokyo at night from Tokyo Tower.


Perhaps my very favorite of the Kyoto temples.


A shinto priest adding paper covers for one of the lanterns on temple grounds.


Modern day Hiroshima with the famed remnants of the atomic bombing.


A more detailed shot of the famed building.


In many ways, the Japanese can be quite curious. This is a street blocade in Keyoto.


A mountain top temple complex in Keyoto.

marine73 Loc: Modesto California

I was stationed in Japan for six months and visited the museum in peace park. I really enjoyed Japan while I was there. I also have a photo of the building from a different perspective then you took.

Pixeldawg Loc: Suzhou, China

You may want to go to the original post that I wrote about Japan. I was not quite as charitable about the Peace Museum as you may think. I tend to be one of those people who thinks that Japanese need to own-up for their acts in WW2, but as of yet have not.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Amen Brother!

pecohen Loc: Central Maine

Nice captures. I made many trips to Japan but always on business and I spent most of my time there in Tokyo or Yokohama. So I find your set of pictures interesting to see in that they include little from those cities - only the view from Tokyo tower. I did make it to Kyoto once and I recall seeing that temple, but I don't quite recall exactly where - was is just a short walk from Kyoto station?

You mis-spelled Kyoto a couple times but in an interesting way. In Japanese Kana, words are written phonetically with each symbol representing a syllable. In the case of Kyoto, there are two symbols, the first representing the syllable "kyo" and the second representing "to". Notice that in this alphabet, Tokyo is Kyoto spelled backwards - perhaps this is because Kyoto was the old capital. In English we do not ever use the sound "kyo" so we are apt to (mistakenly) substitute the two syllables "key-yo" for the Japanese sound and we don't hear the difference. This is much like the opposite phenomena where Japanese people don't hear the difference between "l" and "r" since in their language there is only a single sound that is somewhere in-between what we hear as two different sounds. By the way, the Japanese language does have the two sounds "key" and "yo" and to them "key-yo" sounds quite distinct from "kyo".

Pixeldawg Loc: Suzhou, China

Actually, two from Tokyo. One in the original post and one here. I wasn't too impressed with Tokyo, quite honestly, so not too much to shoot. After living in Shanghai, it just seems like an average city to me. I also didn't mention Yokohama because we didn't go there. ;-) Not sure that I will go back to Japan again. Just so-so and most of the people were less than cordial. Was disappointing, honestly.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

More good work, Mark! Thanks for sharing.

pecohen Loc: Central Maine

Tokyo was mostly destroyed in WWII so there is not much traditional architecture there. Asakusa is an exception and another is the Imperial Palace. Yokohama is similar, with mostly post-WWII buildings, but Kamakura is in that metropolitan area and it has quite a bit to see.

Tokyo and Yokohama do have one advantage for tourists however and that is that most people speak a bit of English. In Kyoto I found that to be much less the case. Also, the mass transit system around Tokyo and Yokohama makes it easy to get around.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

Went to Japan several times while I was in the Navy and have the same luke warm attitude toward the country and the people. Kamakura was mentioned and I agree, that it is an exception. There is a giant Bhudda statue and a grove of giant trees originally donated by the U.S. as saplings there. It was an oasis of quiet and serenity in the midst of the noise and hubub of an industrialized city.
I climbed Mt Fuji and was astonished to see what I thought was old growth forest planted in straight lines like an orchard.
I also went to Hiroshima and the Peace Park. While the devastation of the bomb was sobering, I had a hard time feeling much sympathy and certainly felt no need to apologize. The complete story of the horrors committed by the Japanese during WW2 have yet to be told.

gregoryd45 Loc: Fakahatchee Strand

Very nice Pixeldawg

Pixeldawg Loc: Suzhou, China

Japan has the oldest land management system in the world, dating back several humdred years, so it does not surprise me that you saw this.

As for Hiroshima, I completely agree. Seeing the presentation of the Nanjing massacure is appalling, and I also had an uncle who was in Baatan, and the stories he told were equally horrific.

raymondh Loc: Walker, MI

Nicely done- love the selfie shot!