Every Sunday, young people dressed in a variety of styles including gothic lolita, visual kei, and decora, as well as cosplayers spend the day in Harajuku socializing. The fashion styles of these youths rarely conform to one particular style and are usually a mesh of many. Most young people gather on Jingu Bridge, which is a pedestrian bridge that connects Harajuku to the neighboring Meiji Shrine area. I have always enjoyed visiting and spending time...
Fushimi Inari Taisha Srine, Kyoto, Japan, Dec 2010 Fushimi Inari is an important Shinto shrine in southern Kyoto. It is famous for its thousands of vermilion torii gates, which straddle a network of trails behind its main buildings. The trails lead into the wooded forest of the sacred Mount Inari. Fushimi Inari is the most important of several thousands of shrines dedicated to Inari, the Shinto god of rice. Foxes are thought to be Inari’s...
Amber Fort, Jaipur, India, Dec 2008 We were walking in a corridor, going up toward the terrace of the fort when I saw this woman carrying something on her head. I thought right away that her position at the end of the long corridor and the position of the light were perfect. Amber Fort, Jaipur, India, Dec 2008
Two Tibetan monks walking around the monastery The Tashilhunpo Monastery, founded in 1447 by Gendun Drup, the First Dalai Lama, is a historic and culturally important monastery next to Shigatse, the second-largest city in Tibet. This monastery is the traditional seat of successive Panchen Lamas, the second highest ranking lama lineage in the Gelukpa (Yellow Hat Sect) tradition. Located on a hill in the center of the city, the full name in Tibetan of the...
Back in Kathmandu after so many years. Some things have changed, but others are still the same, such as this Sadhu encountered around Durbar Square. Kathmandu, Nepal, July 2009
Sunrise in the Amboseli National Park, Rift Valley Province in Kenya, Africa Feb 2008 This is the last park we visited for this trip. Because of the recent events in the other part of Kenya, there were very few tourists around us. There hasn’t been much rain for quite a while and everything everywhere was very dry. We woke up quite early to enjoy the view of the nearby Kilimanjaro. On the way to the mountain, we stopped for this picture — the...
Souvenirs and pictures from around the world
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