Aug 16, 2017 | Area Guides, Culture, Kansai, Nara, Osaka, Photography
Another week, another temple/shrine post. Just gonna be honest, you visit a lot of these things when you’re in Japan. It’s one of the perks of living here. That having been said, I do admit to a bit of chronic temple/shrine fatigue. I’ve been to so...
Aug 9, 2017 | Area Guides, Culture, Photography, Sendai
Yet another batch of photos from an afternoon exploring Sendai. On the occasion of this afternoon, Mary and I visited the pleasant Kamekoa Hachimangu in the hills West of Sendai proper. Now you may recall that we’ve already vistied one Hachiman shrine here on...
![Strolling Through Kobe, With Strangers & Friends [Pt 3 of 3]](https://hair-flap.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/16-11-06.KobeFlickrWalk.DSCF4141-1.jpg)
Jun 28, 2017 | Experiences, Kansai, Kobe, Osaka, Photography
The Motomachi area of Kobe seems sleepy at first glance but it’s busting to the seams with personality. As mentioned previously, Kobe kind of lives in the shadows of its bigger neighbors, at least as far as reputations go, yet it’s still part of Kansai and...
![Strolling Through Kobe, With Strangers & Friends [Pt 2 of 3]](https://hair-flap.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/16-11-06.KobeFlickrWalk.DSCF4077.jpg)
Jun 14, 2017 | Experiences, Kansai, Kobe, Osaka, Photography
The Kansai region is made up of three major cities all within about an hour of each other. Two of which,Osaka and Kyoto, tend to hog the limelight. But the third, Kobe, deserves it’s own share of praise.It’s more quiet and relaxed that the others, perhaps,...
![Strolling Through Kobe, With Strangers & Friends [Pt 1 of 3]](https://hair-flap.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/16-11-06.KobeFlickrWalk.DSCF4057.jpg)
Jun 3, 2017 | Experiences, Kansai, Kobe, Osaka, Photography
Ask most people these days where the happenin’ photo community is and there’s a better than huge chance that they’ll tell you Instagram. Ask me though and you’ll get a different answer. I get that most of my complaints about Instagram are...
Apr 4, 2017 | Area Guides, Kyoto, Osaka, Photography
It’s been colder than usual, for longer than usual this year. That means that Hanami is a tad delayed. That’s fine though since I still have some photos from last year’s Sakura season to tide us over until the skies are thick with pink petals and the...
