Richard Flynn

Japan, January–February 2006

Part of my East Asia travels, this album includes photos from Tokyo and Takayama, Kyoto, Nara, Nagasaki, Hiroshima, Osaka, Kobe, Ise and Tokyo.

At the Naiku
Shrine Trees Winter rhjf 20060214 1626
Carp • Carp in a pond at the Naiku
Fish Shrine Winter rhjf 20060214 1638
At the Naiku
People Shrine Trees Winter rhjf 20060214 1640
At the Naiku
Building Shrine Winter rhjf 20060214 1652
Trees at the Naiku
Shrine Trees Winter rhjf 20060214 1660
Ginza • One of the streets in Ginza, an area of Tokyo.
City Street Traffic Winter rhjf 20060216 1668
View across Tokyo Bay • Tokyo Bay, as seen from the observatory at the top of the Mori Building in Roppongi Hills.
Building City City Views Traffic Winter rhjf 20060217 1680
Busy roads • One of many raised busy roads running through Tokyo, as seen from the Mori Building in Roppongi Hills.
Building City City Views Traffic Winter rhjf 20060217 1703
Houses • Tokyo consists of very few high-rise buildings: the majority of buildings are like these houses and other low-rise buildings seen here, from the Mori Building in Roppongi Hills.
Building City City Views Traffic Winter rhjf 20060217 1709
Imperial Palace moat • The moat outside the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
Building City City Views River Winter rhjf 20060218 1719
Imperial Palace entrance • Looking out through the gateway into the grounds which are open to the public of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
Building City Palace Winter rhjf 20060218 1728
Imperial bridge • A stone bridge across the moat surrounding the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
Bridge City Palace River Winter rhjf 20060218 1731
Changing of the Guard • As I walked around the public grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo, I saw the changing of the guard outisde this gate, which encloses the palace proper.
City Military Palace Winter rhjf 20060218 1738
Watch tower • One of many similar watch towers positioned around the moat of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo.
Building City Palace Reflection Swan Winter rhjf 20060218 1752
Tokyo tower • In the middle of the photo you can see Tokyo Tower, which was openly copied from the Eiffel Tower in Paris. One thing which they neglected to copy was the colour, and so the one in Tokyo, while being slightly taller, is also this garish red-and-white combination.
City River Winter rhjf 20060218 1768