Japanese Shopping Experiences
Why don’t theme everything if there is a theme? Cute overload
Tokyo: TeamLab Borderless
teamLab Borderless feels like stepping into a different world for a while. You take off your sense of direction almost immediately. There are no clear paths, no signs telling you where to go next. You just walk — and suddenly you’re surrounded by moving light, shifting spaces, and rooms that don’t stay the same twice. Some […]
Japan: Messages
Japan seems to have a lot of them. Mostly hints on how to behave. And what shall I say: It obviously works 🙂
Japanese Still lives
Japan: Welcome!
I love capturing the ordinary to get a glimpse of the sense of style of a country. The entrances of houses in Japan seemed a very good way to show the diversity of different owners and regions.
Japan: People
With a fixed focal length lens there is no taking pictures in an inconspicuous manner 🙂
Kyoto: The Bamboo Groves of Arashiyama
Arashiyama is one of Kyoto’s most visited districts, located on the western edge of the city where the urban area meets the surrounding mountains.
Kyoto: The Kiyomizu-dera Shrine
Kiyomizu-dera is one of Kyoto’s most well-known temple complexes, set on the eastern hills overlooking the city. Despite often being called a shrine, it is actually a Buddhist temple, founded in the 8th century and later associated with the Hosso Buddhism.
The Kyoto City Kyocera Museum of Art
The Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art is one of the oldest public art museums in Japan, originally opened in 1933 and extensively renovated in 2020. The redesign carefully balances preservation and modernity, keeping the original imperial-style façade while adding clean, contemporary elements like glass entrances and open interior spaces.
Kyoto: The 10,000 Toriis of Fushimi Inari Shrine
Fushimi Inari Taisha is one of Japan’s most recognizable Shinto shrines, known for its thousands of bright red torii gates that form pathways up the mountain behind the main complex.
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