As the title says: Anyway, another day, another photowalk. I'm lucky enough to have fairly flexible hours so I can do these at least once a week. And even after all these years, I am still just as curious about Japan, so I never get bored. Good exercise and occasionally I get a great photo out if it that I can sell.
Let's look at a few shots from my latest walk.
First off: look at those leaves! You can see in a few of them that the leaves are just barely starting to change. It'll be late November before they turn red and orange, though. It's often a long transition in Japan. This is as opposed to back home in Indiana where they seem to change overnight from totally green to yellow and orange.
The river you see is the Oto River (乙川, otogawa) which is one of the main rivers through this city.
Okazaki Castle was built along this river. At one time not so long ago the rice tax payment would have gone up this river to the Yahagi River and then off towards the Shogun. Large parts of this river have the banks paved for easy walking with ample spots to sit and enjoy watching the water flow by. Lots of business people walk here to eat their lunch in peace.
Speaking of business people, next I walked to city hall. On the way:
It used to be about half this size when I moved here twenty years ago, but it was renovated and greatly expanded a few years ago. The design is a little odd, but it's nice enough.
Nearby is a big temple. Unfortunately none of my shots of it turned out. The sun was starting to set and the light was just no good at this location. So here is one from a previous year.
Same location, but a few years before. As I was exporting the photos to show, I switched to geolocation view and there were all my photos from previous years around the same area. This one popped out at me so I decided to include it.
Finally we have the sunset.
Beautiful as always. The clouds had been growing thicker and thicker all day, but luckily they started to thin out at just the right time.
As maybe you can tell, I was shooting with a pretty wide lens, so I didn't take many people shots. Wide lens tend to distort people and make them look pretty strange and stretched out. Maybe next time I'll try to get some people for you guys.
For all you wonderful people in the #colourblackandwhite group, I converted them to monochrome for you. Let me know which you prefer in the comments!
Anyway, another day, another photowalk. Good times from Japan!
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David LaSpina is an American photographer and translator lost in Japan, trying to capture the beauty of this country one photo at a time and searching for the perfect haiku. |
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