I saw this beautiful orange temple while I was out and about in the car. I stopped for a few minutes and grabbed some photographs. I’m glad I always have my camera with me.

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Here is a Japanese Construction worker atop a large temple roof looking to repair some of the tiles. I really wanted to get this guys face, but he just wouldn’t look over at me. I thought about whistling, but I didn’t know how to do that…laugh. So I did the best I […]

This is a Japanese gentleman picking out some incense sticks to burn and toss into the metal pot behind him. ( not picture ). The blue sticker on his cap means he belongs to a tour group. He is also sporting the big glasses which are common for this generation. The younger […]

This is a typical construction worker in Japan. Here he is working on replacing the special tiles on a Japanese temple. These plates are give that special design we’ve all seen on temples, castles, and houses. The plates come in little bundles and carefully each one is placed on the roof. […]

This lantern represents "to" in Yakotori, the famous japanese shishikabob style food. Photo was taken at night with the Nikkor 28mm f/1.4 lens in Nagano City, Japan. I would have liked to have taken all of the lanterns, but as some will understand, Japan is so jammed together I just couldn’t come up […]