New for Old

It has been some time since I left Japan, but I have continued to use the old Nikon D200 camera I bought at the Nikon House in Tokyo in 2010.  With that thought in mind I decided to update this old blog with a new post of new photos taken on my old camera... from Japan.  Did you catch all that?  It doesn't matter here are some new photos that could have been taken 150 years ago. 

I shot these along side my Fuji x100s (I'll post some of those later), and feel the old Nikon did just as well if not better.  most of the shots were taken with the 18-70 kit lens.  I hope this can inspire everyone to go out and take some awesome photos regardless of what you are using.

Big Buda

One of the last sights I took the time to see in Japan was a giant Buda hand carved into a mountain top in Chiba Japan.  After Spending so much time in this beautiful country I hope to return someday.

A couple of weeks ago I took the train out to Sagamahara to see the "Giant Kite" festival, above are a few of the photos I took.

Yabusame

 I headed to Kamakura once again, this time to watch a yabusame (mounted archery) demonstration.

Kyoto

Various attractions in Kyoto including some of the most famous temples in Japan.

Odawara Castle

Odawara Castle was the seat of Oda Nobunagu's power in the 16th century, it was also his strong hold as he sought to conquer Japan. The interior is now a museum housing a variety of relics for the samurai era. Unfortunately no photos are allowed within, but managed to snap a few regardless.

More images form Nagano

The first image is the local train station the rest are from a local samurai museam honoring the fabled Uesugi clan.