Aug 29, 2017 | Kansai, Osaka, Photography
Minoo is a town in the North of Osaka at the base of the hills. It’s home to the increasingly well-known craft brewer Minoh Beer. These were snapped on the sleepy neighborhood streets while walking to their annual beer festival (well, one of them anyway) in the...
Aug 23, 2017 | Kansai, Nara, Osaka, Photography
Today’s serving of images features some goodies from around the Kansai area. As Mary and I were coming home one evening from something, somewhere, we found ourselves on the Keihan Main line, which we don’t often ride. The waterfront view from the train...
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...
![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...
