冬の芸術

美ヶ原高原のシュカブラ。
風と雪の合作は、いつ来ても面白い作品を沢山見せてくれます。

Some more photos from our trip to Nikko.

There were so many awesome monuments, landmarks, and buildings that it'd be impossible to fit it all into one post.

I was so glad that I had my mobile battery with me because I was taking so many photos that I was just burning through my battery lol.
I really liked how the incense burner looked and I tried looking up how old it was but I wasn't able to find anything about it, only the one in front of Tokugawa Ieyasu's burial site.

I would have liked to use the chozuya as well, but unfortunately it was closed off due to covid.
I also liked seeing the sake barrels as well as they always brighten up shrines.

The "Ippon Toro" lantern was interesting as well.
I'd never heard of Empress Tofukumon'in before either, so it gave me some interesting things to read about Japan's Edo Period.
Apparently she helped rebuild prominent temple in Kyoto and collected art and pottery from famous artisans of the time and even those of the past.

Some buildings I'd have to look at a map to know their names but there was definitely no shortage of decorations.
Unfortunately we weren't able to take photos inside some of the main buildings, but a few of them had ceiling paintings done by famous painters.
Many of them were birds, and I'm not an expert, but I think they were mostly cranes and they were all really beautiful.

那珂川町馬頭

Was walking through Shimokitazawa the other day and found some really cool street art on the shutter of some shop or something not really sure what the building was.

Just thought it was cool to see this.
Don't see much street art in Japan, which isn't necessarily a bad thing as usually it involves vandalism, but this doesn't look to be vandalism, although I could be wrong.
Either way I think it's a nice improvement to the empty shutters and definitely adds a little spice to the area.

Aesthetically I'm a huge fan since I enjoy learning about Japanese history, especially samurai, swords, etc., even if this is a fantastical rendition of the likes you'd find in some anime or manga.

Shimokitazawa is a pretty cool place though.
It seems like a lot of younger people go shopping in the area and there's a lot of restaurants as well.

If you're into coffee, cafes, and unique shops with trinkets, etc. it's an enjoyable place to visit. Really trendy

Was walking past a park in Arakawa the other day and came across this interesting statue.

I think the name is read as Honda Takatomo 本田 貴侶 but it was difficult to find any information. I kept finding stuff showing the same statue but instead of "聖なるもののリピドー" they all show "聖なるもののリビドー"

I'm not sure what the differences are though.
Perhaps there are multiple statues in different locations?
All the ones I saw referred to this statue in Arakawa though so maybe there's a misprint or something?

Also I'm not sure what "リピドー" or "リビドー" means, but if anyone has any idea about what the statue's meaning is I'd love to hear it!

Either way it's a nice looking statue. I always enjoy finding things like this around different parts of Japan, they really add to the atmosphere of the city.

最近モノクロ写真たち

Went to Shinjuku Station the other day and took of photo of the giant metal sculpture while I was there. I've only passed it a few times since it was erected during the pandemic, but my curiosity finally got the best of me, and I had some extra time anyways so I snapped a quick shot of it.

I did a little research on it and it was apparently made by the famous arist Tomokazu Matsuyama and the theme of theme for lack of a better word is to greet visitors with surprise and bewilderment.

It's pretty interesting and looks different from every angle as well. If you look at the right side of the photo it's kind of cut off you can see it holding a flower with its arm outstretched.

The name of it is Hanao-san, and while I'm not sure of the origin behind the name it has certainly piqued my interest...

いい事も悪い事も全部ここで教えてもろたw
ミナミと言えばアメ村に道頓堀かな🤔

大阪来たら1回探しに来てよ😊

とある夕方の写真。あまりにも綺麗だったので、思わず撮った。

青、赤のグラデーションと一筋の飛行機雲が更に芸術性を生み出している。

ここまで綺麗な空は珍しいだろう。

撮影:Nikon D7500
撮影者:きっぴぃ

Another photo that I took earlier this summer in Kumagaya. I've noticed Japan has a lot of interesting statues, many of which are naked lol. I'm not 100% sure what the text on the plaque says for this photo either I'm really bad at reading anything but standard fonts but I think it's "花園の歌" or "A Song in a Flower Garden" or something to that effect. I thought it was a rather peculiar statue to see in Japan. I wonder if it has some other cultural influences behind it. Either way, I thought it was nice that I was able to get a photo of it with the koinobori and the canal in the background. I'm curious to see if there are other statues or works by this artist, so I'll have to see if I can read the name at the bottom and look it up later.

名古屋港の夏の花火大会での写真です。

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福島県の猪苗代ハーブ園のアンブレラスカイ！
天井に吊るされた傘のリフレクションが最高です☂️
たくさんの傘で可愛く彩られて、梅雨の時期も楽しくなっちゃいますね✨

チームlabo。気兼ねなく写真旅ができる日常はまだかな。

石の親子の写真です。
本当に対話しているように感じます。

浮世絵のような富士山が見れちゃいます！

あしかがフラワーパークの藤の花、ライトアップ📸

幻想的で、とても綺麗でした☺️

This looks so awesome. I always love seeing food art, especially in Japanese lacquer dishes, they just go so well together. The coloring is really nice too! I've seen a couple videos on here about food cutting and they were pretty cool, but I don't think I have the patience to cut cucumbers so thinly like the ones in this photo lol! This makes me want to eat some sushi, maybe I'll order some tonight or head over to some revolving sushi this weekend. Been a while since I went to a revolving sushi restaurant but last time I went my friend ate around 40 dishes😂 I should really get some lacquer dishes though, even just for decoration. They'd probably look good on my shelf. Anyways, I'm just rambling at this point, but I guess I just really liked this photo because it showed Japanese craftsmanship in both the lacquer and the sushi and they both look like artwork

オムライス。芸術家になろうかな🧐

浜のコンテストでした！
優勝出来ませんでしたが凄い楽しかったです！
味噌六大太鼓が打ててとても気持ちよかったです！！

モノローグ
スペシャルランチコース🍽💖
＊パスタ

きのこと牛蒡のトルテッリ、南瓜のローストと酒粕のソース、スパイスナッツ

モノローグ
スペシャルランチコース🍽💖
＊温前菜

カリフラワーのサフラン焼き、人参葉の天ぷら

モノローグ
スペシャルランチコース🍽💖
＊冷前菜

旬の人参と林檎とフレッシュリーフのサラダ仕立て、人参のソースと塩麹のソース

モノローグ
スペシャルランチコース🍽💖
＊お口取

お野菜のロールキャベツ、麹とマスタードのソース

【夢】
夢は大きく。

日本には沢山の火縄銃があります。

しかし、その土地ごとに銃の形が違うので色々な博物館、演武団体を見るのも面白いです。

銃には細かな模様や象嵌が入っているのもあり、美術品としても美しい物があります。

奈良、東大寺の秋の祭り。

昔の人々の行列を再現。
孝謙天皇の供養の日です。

先人に想いを馳せて。

Photo by SONYα7Ⅱ

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