Tag: travel
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Frog watch with my dog.
How hot was it today? I dunno, perhaps in the mid thirties. Too hot to walk my dog until the the setting sun was sliced in half by Mt Taylor. I took him down to a small pond a short distance from my house. We both sat for a while amongst the captured coolness of…
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Not Japan.
Im back home (here in Australia) again. Its funny, but for the first time in a long while I missed the Australian landscape. I have never really felt at home in the bush. To me, it oftentimes feels abrasive, and desiccated and ancient and unwelcoming. Sometimes it feels like beautiful danger. Is that not strange?…
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Last day in Japan. My best pics.
Final day in Japan today. Out to an airport hotel this afternoon, 10 hr flight home leaves early tomorrow. 25 days never passed so fast. Here is a selection of my favourite photos from this trip. If I had to pick one top photo, I would pick two. Me doing a peace sign, and the…
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Peak hour transit.
Camera: iPhone17 pro max Catching the Tokyo subway during peak hour is an unforgettable experience. There is nowhere left to sit. There is nowhere left to hold. There is nowhere left to fall. On the curves, and the stops, we all move as one. Everyone crushed together yet totally encapsulated in their own withdrawn internal…
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That person.
Camera: Fujifilm XT5 Snapped this photo at an underpass in Tokyo. The torn poster caught my eye and as I was composing the shot this dude walked into shot. I am happy with both these photos: 7/10. —ooOoo— I just don’t want to be that person. I have been pretty diligent about wearing a mask in Japan.…
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Torii gate.
Not a barrier, but a welcoming. Ive walked through a few Torii gates this trip. At first I just strolled through, looking up ahead at the temple or shrine or whatnot. But I learned. It is a gateway. A liminal space. A threshold. Intended to separate the sacred from the mundane. A portal to mix…
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