I have been back for over 6 weeks now and the photos are almost done so I thought i would start posting some.
I will begin with the order of the places I visited starting from Fukuoka, this is a screenshot of the GPS tag from my camera.
Day 1
Fukuoka
Lands at 4:30pm, I only came here for the Ramen….and I wanted to start off somewhere south and work my way up and see Japan, what better place than the birth of tonkotsu ramen?
So I landed, then check in and went out for dinner for Ramen.
I also had a little mishap with the sim card so had to venture out about a mile on foot to BIC camera, took some photos along the way.
Day 2
Morning I went to a local Shrine, just to explore the place a little, I forgot the name but I googled Shrine in Fukuoka and it happened to be walking distance away so I went to see it and then left on the Shinkansen to Hiroshima.
This is partly how the streets are so clean….the leaves cleaning crew…
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I timed my visit so the tide came in.
My view of from my room.
Kyoto - Hakone
You did very well to get Fushimi Inari with so few people in shot. That was completely impossible when we went.
What lens are you using for the leaves (just after the bamboo shots)? I love those pictures.
Thanks for putting 'em up.
What gear did you use?
With reference to the motor-cycle - I believe the Japanese MOT is called Shaken. It is much stricter than the UK MOT and many owners sell their vehicles rather than pay a lot for it to pass the Shaken. Many of those vehicles are still in very good condition and are sold in auctions to foreign importers as "Grey Imports".
Thanks Joey.
I got up at the crack of dawn to make sure I was the first ones there. There were people, but not enough so to get a clear shot I just had to wait a few seconds until they are out of the shot.
I took most of them with a anon 35L mkII.
5D IV with 35L 1.4 mk2, Sigma 50/1.4 Art and Canon 85/1.2 L
Most of them are with the 35mm.
With regards to cars, I know, I looked it up too. But it doesn't explain how they are so clean. Mechanically sound, yes but how do they keep it so clean ? If I don't wash my car for a week, you can visibly see dust on the arches, bottom 12 inches of the bodywork. In the 2 weeks I was there, every car are spotless, like they are out of the showroom but I did not come across any car wash places, or anyone washing their cars. Everything from cars, buses, cement trucks are spotless.
I mean, look at it, it is showroom clean.
The container it is carrying is more dirty than the truck itself.
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."