This bronze statue of the Amida Buddha can be found at Kotokuin Temple in Kamakura, Japan. It has a height of 13.35 meters, making it the second tallest bronze Buddha statue in Japan. The Kamakura Buddha was cast in 1252.
March, 2016
Category Archives: Japan
Perfect Plums
Plum trees in Japan are starting to bloom. Spring is here!
Kofu, Japan
March 2016
Closing Time
Two middle-school boys ride their bikes home in the late afternoon.
Kofu, Japan
March 2016
out there in the dark
This is a self-portrait that I took at the Sakamiko Illumination. I am standing in an enclosed walk-through tube that has walls which project a revolving kaleidoscope of colored light. I was only able to look directly at the ceiling for a few seconds before the luminance’s intensity forced me to look away.
Sagamihara, Japan
February 2016
Radiant Route
Yesterday, I visited the Sagamiko Illumination. In Japan, light displays are very popular during the winter season.
The Sakamiko display is the largest illumination in the Kanto area. The theme this year is Great Britain and they used 5.5 million lights!
The Sagamiko Illumination will run until April 10th. Catch it if you can!
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Sagamiko Illumination
Sun Sneak
I found this cat sunning itself on our laundry deck. She let me take this photograph before she ran away.
Kofu, Japan/February 2016
Genbaku Dome (Atomic Bomb Dome)
On August 6th, 1945 at 8:15 a.m, the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, Japan. The bomb exploded in close proximity to the Genbaku Dome; it virtually destroyed the entire city. Former Hiroshima mayor, Shinzo Hamai, was instrumental in collecting funds for the dome’s preservation. The Genbaku Dome has undergone two preservation projects since the 1960s.
one and the same
This is a 30 second self-portrait that was taken by Kofu’s Kanente Station.
Kofu, Japan
February 2016
this moment
A blackbird makes its way towards the top spire of the Buddhist stupa that sits upon Kofu’s Atago Mountain.
Kofu, Japan – February 2016
Naked Knots
A man adjusts vines at a small vineyard in Kofu, Japan.
February 2016
sundry folly 