Japan IV: into the city...

Well, into Nagoya and Kyoto. Those are the cities I visited... :)

Japan, III (my little loves)

I get so excited when I find the time to edit images of the people that I love. Here are some portraits of my Fay-chan and her Masaru, my hosts in Japan. Faith was kind enough to invite me into her home for the three weeks I was there, which is no small task. Masaru brought me all around Japan and showed me (and Faith, even though she lives there) the ins and outs of a culture far different from my own.






Now, its only fair that I humiliate myself as much as the people that I care about. :) (Really, I am kidding... ) BUT... this is one of my favorite portraits of myself ever. Faith took it on the subway in Nagoya, and it makes me so happy. Faith and I went to photo school together and she makes beautiful images. Such as...
SIDE NOTE:: I still have two full more posts from Japan!! Expect them soon...

Japan: Temples and so forth

Maybe now I should introduce the obvious... the many beautiful temples that we visited while I was there. The temples that we went to were primarily around Nara, which is known for (temples) and its deer, that roam the whole town freely and people come to pet and feed them as well. As I have a bit of a cold right now, so I won't say much more... ahh, hence the purpose of a blog that is composed primarily of imagery.

Japan, at last...

Ahhh... finally, I have had a chance to look through the images I make for myself. I am very excited about getting my Japan pics here on the ole' blog, and I believe that I am going to introduce them in parts. SO, for the first part, I shall do what is only appropriate: Japan, daily. Living in Japan for a few weeks is a little bit different than the traveling I have done where I have constantly been in motion. In Japan, I moved in with Faith, and lived like she, and the other residents of Ogaki lived. To gather groceries, we took a bicycle and a basket. To go to the city, we biked to the train station and took the trains. Where I live now, in the more sub (urban) part of Atlanta, I drive always, everywhere, constantly. Life was quiet, like I imagined it would be, but in a different way. But, I did not go to see the metro-politan Japan. I went to see what it was like living there in a small town. :) So, here are some day to day impressions of Japan.