Oden is a popular type of dish in Japan. It was a very windy day when I took this photograph. I liked how the lines of the photograph are going in different directions.

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This is a typical paper New Year fortune found tied to trees at most temples in Japan. This is located at Zenkoji Temple in Nagano City Japan. I experimented with some selective focusing to try and come up with something interesting with an otherwise ordinary piece of paper with writing on it. […]

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I was sneaking around in this adjacent cemetery to Zenkoji and found this interesting view over yonder of the big temple gateway. It was a beautiful day today as you can see. Shot was taken with my Nikon 28mm f/1.4 lens.

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Temple Guardian located at Zenkoji Temple in Nagano City, Japan.

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Aily overlooking the Nagano Alps in Japan.

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