Nippon Express, Marine Pier, Kobe, Japan
Fishing at Marine Pier in Kobe, Japan, with a container ship passing in the background.
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Downtown Buddha, Kobe, Japan
The Hyōgo Daibutsu (兵庫大仏) in Kobe is known as one of the three big Buddhas in Japan, in the same class with the Nara and Kamakura Daibutsus.
Issen Yoshoku, Gion, Kyoto, Japan
Figure display outside Issen Yoshoku (壹錢洋食), a restaurant on Nawate-dori in the Gion district of Kyoto, Japan.
A Surprising Fortune, Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto, Japan
Two women in kimono reading Omikuji (御御籤, fortune-telling paper strips) at Yasaka Shrine (八坂神社) in the Gion district of Kyoto, Japan.
Ninenzaka, Kyoto, Japan
Ninenzaka (二年坂) is a lane lined with beautifully restored traditional shop houses,
Garden View, Kenninji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Kenninji (建仁寺) claims to be the oldest Zen temple in Kyoto, Japan, founded in the early 13th century.
Bizen Pottery Festival, Okayama Pref., Japan
Every year in October, the Festival of Bizen Pottery (備前焼まつり, Bizen-yaki Matsuri) is held in the small town of Imbe (伊部) in the former Bizen province, now part of Okayama Prefecture.
Light Traffic, Myoshinji Temple, Kyoto, Japan
A priest pushing his bicycle through the premises of Myōshinji Temple (妙心寺) in Kyoto, Japan.
Side Street Traffic, Higashiyama, Kyoto, Japan
A jinricksha driver making a turn into a side street at Higashiyama, Kyoto, Japan.
Harbor View, Kobe, Japan
Taken from the upper level of the Mosaic Shopping Complex at Kobe Harborland, Japan, this view looks northeast towards Kobe Port Tower.
Mosaic, Harborland, Kobe, Japan
View of a restaurant patio in a quiet corner of the Mosaic Shopping Center at Harborland, Kobe, Japan.
Evian Coffee, Motomachi, Kobe, Japan
In a side corner of the Motomachi Shopping Street in Kobe, Japan, I saw this scene at Evian Coffee,
