Kyoto and Osaka

After my visit to the ultra modern Tokyo we got on a bus to Kyoto, the old capital of Japan.  The capital city was moved from Kyoto to Tokyo.  The population is about 1.5m people and you do notice it is much less crowded on public transports.  There are noticeably more tourists in Kyoto than in Tokyo.  There are also a lot more older buildings in Kyoto and wasted no time visiting them.

Nijo Castle in Kyoto

Imperial Palace Kyoto

Old Gion District

Arashiyama kyoto

Modern Kyoto

Fushimi Inari Kyoto

After a few days in Kyoto, it was off to relatively modern Osaka before returning home.  Osaka has a mixture of old and new that is typical of Japanese cities.  It is much more of a mini Tokyo.  Here are a few more photos that sums it up.

Overall, Japan has amazing photographic opportunities for photographers who wants to capture something that is different to western countries.  It have a mixture of old and new.  Also it is a safe, clean and organised country.  Definitely worth a visit.

Post Card from Japan, First Stop Tokyo

It has been a while since my last post.  Hopefully I will be posting regularly again.  I took a trip to Japan recently on a family vacation.  Photography tend to take a back seat as I am traveling with my family and I have to travel light.  For this trip, I had my Olympus OMD EM10, Panasonic 20mm F1.7, Olympus 9-18mm F4-5.6 and Olympus 40-150mm F4-5.6 with me.  All this fits into a small bag.  A small travel tripod was also taken on the trip and only taken out when I know I will be taking some night shot with long shutter speed.  Here are a selection of photos from Toyko.

I thoroughly enjoyed my time in Tokyo.  It is super clean and the people extremely polite.  For anyone travelling to Japan it takes some getting used to.  For photographers Tokyo is very photogenic and offers many opportunities to take some great images.  My next stops are Kyoto and Osaka...