Japan
 

Plane wing with air brakes slowing aircraft when landing

 

Shinkansen train at night

 

Shinkansen train at night

 

Satake memorial hall Hiroshima university

 



 

Electric wires on pylon

 

Oysters

 

Large rice scoop with nice wood grain

 

Shopping street with overhead blinds to keep off sun

 



 

Lamp and O-Torii gate to the Itsukushima shrine Miyajima Japan

 

Stone lamp

 

Stone lamp

 



 

Itsukushima shrine Miyajima Japan

 

Sake barrels in Itsukushima shrine

 

Itsukushima shrine and 5 storied pagoda Miyajima Japan

 

5-storied pagoda Miyajima Japan

 

5-storied pagoda Miyajima Japan

 

5-storied pagoda Miyajima Japan

 



 

Itsukushima shrine Miyajima Japan

 

5-storied pagoda Miyajima Japan

 

O-Torii gate to the Itsukushima shrine Miyajima Japan

 

O-Torii gate to the Itsukushima shrine Miyajima Japan

 

Sunset O-Torii gate to the Itsukushima shrine Miyajima Japan

 

Sunset O-Torii gate to the Itsukushima shrine Miyajima Japan

 

Person directing traffic with flags at roadworks

 



 



 

Japanese collecting shellfish

 

Jellyfish

 

Octopus showing suckers

 

tatami mats on the floor Museum of Historical and Folklore materials Miyajima

 

interior of traditional room and garden Museum of Historical and Folklore materials Miyajima

 

Mitsujo ancient burial mound in Saijo

 

Mitsujo ancient burial mound in Saijo

 

Sake factory

 

Sake factory

 

Sake barrels

 



 



 



 

Mazda 3 wheeled vehicle

 

Mazda R360 coupe year 1960

 

Mazda rotary engine 787B racing car that won Le Mans 24 hour race

 

A-bomb dome Hiroshima

 

A-bomb dome Hiroshima

 

A-bomb dome Hiroshima

 

A-bomb dome and peace memorial park

 

A-bomb dome and peace memorial park

 

Childrens peace memorial Hiroshima

 

Childrens peace memorial with colourful paper cranes Hiroshima

 

Fountains Hiroshima peace memorial park

 

Bamboo

 

Sushi

 

Komyoji temple of the Jodo sect

 



 

Senkoji temple

 

Octopus hung out to dry

 

Kosanji temple

 

Kosanji temple

 

Kosanji temple

 

Kosanji temple

 

Miraishin no Oka Kosanji temple museum

 

Kosanji temple

 

Kosanji temple

 

Kosanji temple

 

Kosanji temple

 

Choseikaku villa Kosanji temple

 

Choseikaku villa Kosanji temple

 

Kosanji temple

 

Daitoku-ji Temple area

 

Daitoku-ji Temple area

 

moss garden Daitoku-ji Temple area

 

Cryptomaria Daitoku-ji Temple area

 

A-un stone garden

 

Smallest stone garden in Japan

 

Stone garden

 

Stone garden

 

Daitoku-ji Temple interior with wall paintings including dragons

 

Daitoku-ji Temple interior with wall paintings including dragons

 

Stone garden

 

The golden pavillion Rokuon-ji temple

 

The golden pavillion Rokuon-ji temple

 

Tile roof

 



 



 

Stone garden Ninna-ji

 

Ninna-ji

 

Ninna-ji

 

Ninna-ji

 

Pine at Ninna-ji in Japan

 

Ninna-ji

 



 

train Kyoto station

 

Fushimi-Inari Taisha shrine

 



 

Fox the messanger of Inari the god of cereal grains

 



 



 

Train at Kyoto station

 



 



 

Touristy shop window with rice bowls tea cups and cats

 

Tea ceremony huts

 

Japanese fan shop

 

Kiyomizu-dera Temple

 

Kiyomizu-dera Temple

 

Maiko girls

 

Maiko girls

 

Maiko girls

 

Maiko girls

 

Bamboo fence

 

Traditional houses in Gion district of Kyoto

 

Traditional houses in Gion district of Kyoto

 

Traditional houses in Gion district of Kyoto

 

Nishiki-koji Market

 

Nishiki-koji Market fish stall including live fish

 

cooked sparrows on the left

 

Wine shop Nishiki-koji Market

 

Bamboo shoots

 

marinated cuttlefish and italian sashimi tuna Nishiki-koji Market

 

various seafoods including sea cucumber and octopus

 

prawns

 

Moss garden

 

Moss garden

 

Gravestones

 

Bamboo

 

Suzuki at Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple

 

some of the 1200 stone images of Rakan Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple

 

some of the 1200 stone images of Rakan Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple

 

some of the 1200 stone images of Rakan Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple

 

some of the 1200 stone images of Rakan Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple

 

some of the 1200 stone images of Rakan Otagi Nenbutsu-ji Temple

 

Nijo-jo castle

 

Nijo-jo castle

 

Nijo-jo castle

 

Nijo-jo castle

 



 

Covered shopping arcade with bicycles

 

Covered shopping arcade with bicycles

 

Tea ceremony women

 

Image (doll) of Murasaki Shikibu famous for tale of Genji

 



 

Shimabara-dayuu dancer performing at Hokyoji temple Kyoto

 

Shimabara-dayuu dancer performing at Hokyoji temple Kyoto

 

Japanese umbrellas

 



 

Kansai airport terminal building

 

Newly created land in sea on flight path from Osaka airport

 



 



 



 

Groundstaff Sapporo airport

 

Boeing 737 jet Sapporo

 

Boeing 747 jumbo jet JAL being toed

 



 

Boeing 747 jumbo jet JAL in Tokyo Disney colours

 

Boeing 747 ANA

 

Boeing 747 jumbo jet JAL in Tokyo Disney colours

 

ANA Boeing 747 jumbo jet taking off Sapporo

 

Boeing 767 300 All Nippon Airlines

 

JAS MD87 jet

 

JAS MD90 Sapporo

 

JAS MD90 Sapporo

 

Bamboo thicket in valley Japan alps

 

Bamboo thicket in valley Japan alps

 

plant Chausu

 

Asteraceae Chausu

 

Ericaceae sp at Chausu

 

Fallopia sp with holes in leaves

 

Kudzu vine

 

Laportea sp

 

Orchid at Chausu

 

Oplopanax japonicus mt Shimagare

 

Oxytropis sp at Chausu

 

lichen clubmoss moss alpine higher plants Chausu

 



 

Ribes possibly mt Chausu

 

Senecio cannabifolius Chausu

 

Veratrum maackii

 

Veratrum sp at Chausu

 

Chamerion angustifolium at Chausu

 

Chamerion angustifolium at Chausu with Hyles gallii catterpillar

 

Chamerion angustifolium at Chausu with Hyles gallii catterpillar

 

Lymantria mathura Hokkaido

 

Lymantria monacha

 

Apha aequalis moth

 

Zaranga permagna

 

Cicada at TMU hut

 

Dragonfly at TMU hut

 

Dragonfly at TMU hut

 

Dragonfly mt Shimagare

 

dragonfly on light sensor mt Shimagare

 

Abies seedlings in forest near mt Chausu

 

Abies fir trees in the mist mt Chausu

 

Abies species comparison

 

Abies wave forest interior mt Shimagare

 

Abies fir forest landscape mt Chausu

 

Abies fir wave mt Chausu

 

clearing in Sasa bamboo in forest near mt Chausu

 

Cloud sea from mt Chausu

 

Cloud sea from mt Chausu

 

Edge of fir wave Mount Shimagare

 

mt Chausu ex volcano from mt Shimagare

 

General habitats and crops Magome Kiso valley

 

Ghost of rotten log where Abies seedlings established in Sasa bamboo near mt Chausu

 

Ghost of rotten log where Abies seedlings established in Sasa bamboo near mt Chausu

 

Ghost of rotten log where Abies seedlings established in Sasa bamboo near mt Chausu

 

Krumholtz vegetation with Tseuga mt Shimagare

 

Krumholtz vegetation with Tseuga mt Shimagare

 

Shades of green leaves in Krumholtz mt Shimagare

 

Fallen log in boggy area mt Chausu

 

Fallen log in boggy area mt Chausu

 

Sasa bamboo crowding seats mt Shimagare

 

Sasa bamboo mt Shimagare

 

Abies forest with Sasa bamboo suppressing tree seedling growth mt Shimagare

 

Abies fir waves on mt Shimagare

 

edge of wave in the mist mt Shimagare

 

Japan alps ridge and clouds near Chausu

 

Japan alps ridge and clouds near Chausu

 

Japan alps ridge and clouds near Chausu

 

map in Japanese mt Shimagare

 

meal forestry institute

 

meal forestry institute

 

Early morning 6am exercise Chausu hut

 

Early morning 6am exercise Chausu hut

 

Early morning 6am exercise Chausu hut

 

Shimagare hut

 

part finished bridge near Shimagare

 

Rice fields Tsumago village Kiso valley

 

rice plants Kiso valley

 

Roadworks traffic being directed by man and flags

 

stacks of what in field near Shimagare

 

waterwheel Tsumago village