Showing posts with label 鎌倉. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 鎌倉. Show all posts
04 February 2009
14 January 2009
08 July 2008
Kamakura! A World Heritage?
I've posted this photo in the past but this is the first time I am posting it with Photoshop edits. This was actually a New Year's card design and has/had text, which I took out for this post.
Well, the actual reason that I am posting this is because I heard something very exciting this morning just as I was about to walk out of my house and head for work. The city of Kamakura has invited UNESCO back to Japan in attempts to gain World Heritage status. I do not know the exact facts but from what I have heard, many times, Kamakura made the same attempts several times in the past, only to get refused by UNESCO each time.
The reasons for refusal by UNESCO would be interesting to know, as I do not see any reason why Kamakura is not a World Heritage yet (well maybe one). Just about all the historical structures that stand today are very very well maintained and are still open to the public to enter and explore. There are over 100 temples and shrines still standing today throughout the city. It's no Kyoto but Kamakura holds it's own. I would think that the great buddha and Hase shrine and Kenchoji temple in KitaKamakura could be great selling points. Although, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu gounds have history, the main temple structure has been rebuilt recently.
There is the one reason I see Kamakura getting refused by UNESCO again, as I don't know the facts they look at. And that would be the garbage left behind in the woods and bamboo forest areas in the back streets of the city. I'm not talking about litter from someone's home but rather, rotted out trees, wood from a torn down house, and the like. It's very visible and an eye-sore! And....it has ruined a lot of photo ops for me.
Regardless, I have my fingers crossed....and my toes too. I'm so excited and think it's better than the Olympics possibly coming back to Tokyo in 2016 or Tokyo Sky Tree (the new Tokyo tower) being built! Hopefully UNESCO sent their 'cool' crew to Kamakura and just maybe.....
09 May 2008
03 May 2008
18 April 2008
Missing them already!
鶴岡八幡宮, 鎌倉, Kamakura, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
鶴岡八幡宮, 鎌倉, Kamakura, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu
大船, 鎌倉, Ofuna, Kamakura
大船, 鎌倉, Ofuna, Kamakura
If the cherry blossom season is actually a season, I will have to say that it is my favorite. And boy am I missing the cherry blossoms already. This year, it just seemed to have screamed by quicker than any other year, as much as I can remember. I wasn't able to go out and shoot as much as I wanted to. But the worst part is, I wasn't able to get drunk under any. Oh well, I guess I'll just have to get drunk twice next year and make up for this year.
11 April 2008
07 April 2008
02 April 2008
Here's something that I've been wanting to do for quite some time. Capture the difference of this center walk in Kamakura early in the morning and in the afternoon.
At 6am Friday, March 28, almost everyone is a local just taking their morning stroll or walking their dog. (image cropped about 50%)
Canon EOS 5D, Canon TS-E45mm, Kamakura, Cherry Blossom, キャノン, 鎌倉, 桜
Not exactly the same angle but close enough. This was taken on a Saturday around 5pm Saturday, March 29. Not only is there a ton of people but notice the cherry blossoms are more full. This was also my first glimpse of the bride and groom that day.
Canon EOS 5D, Sigma 150mm Macro, Kamakura, Cherry Blossom, キャノン, シグマ, 鎌倉, 桜
31 March 2008
The devil in me. The guy in the pink shirt. He was my aim as I was just waiting for him to fall in the pond. Then it occurred to me....someone else is probably focused on me waiting for the same thing. Neither of us fell in, btw, so that's a good thing. This was taken at the pond near the entrance of Hachimangu Shrine at Kamakura. 鶴岡八幡宮, 鎌倉, 桜, Cherry Blossoms, Kamakura, Hachimangu Shrine, Canon 5D, Sigma 150mm APO Macro, SLIK ABLE 400 DX-LE, キャノン, シグマ
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