Around early 2017 my friends and I travelled to Japan; Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Himeji, Musashi Village (Mimasaka, Okayama), Hiroshima, Miyajima, Kokura, Kitakyushu, Ganryū-Jima, Fukuoka, and Kumamoto.
As we studied Japanese sword-fighting (iaido 居合道 and kenjutsu 剣術), we were also invited to have a tea ceremony with the mayor of Kitakyushu, and participated in a kenjutsu news segment featured on national/international NHK news and local Fukuoka broadcaster RKB, on the island of Ganryū-Jima - the sight of a legendary battle between Sasaki Kojirō and Miyamoto Musashi (the founder of our branch of kenjutsu school).
As we studied Japanese sword-fighting (iaido 居合道 and kenjutsu 剣術), we were also invited to have a tea ceremony with the mayor of Kitakyushu, and participated in a kenjutsu news segment featured on national/international NHK news and local Fukuoka broadcaster RKB, on the island of Ganryū-Jima - the sight of a legendary battle between Sasaki Kojirō and Miyamoto Musashi (the founder of our branch of kenjutsu school).
Camera: Canon 550D
Software used: Lightroom, Photoshop
Software used: Lightroom, Photoshop
Itsukushima Shrine, Miyajima, Japan. (宮島)
Miyajima, Japan. (宮島)
Miyajima, Japan. (宮島)
Miyajima, Japan. (宮島)
Miyajima, Japan. (宮島)
Miyajima, Japan. (宮島)
Miyajima, Japan. (宮島)
A man feeding sparrows in-front of the Atomic Bomb Dome. Hiroshima, Japan. (広島市)
Atomic Bomb Dome. Hiroshima, Japan. (広島市)
Kokura Castle, Japan. (小倉市)
Kokura Castle, Japan. (小倉市)
Himeji Castle, Japan. (姫路市)
Himeji Castle, Japan. (姫路市)
Himeji, Japan. (姫路市)
Himeji, Japan. (姫路市)
Tōdai-ji Temple, Nara, Japan (奈良市)
Tōdai-ji Temple, Nara, Japan (奈良市)
Tōdai-ji Temple, Nara, Japan (奈良市)
Wild deer at Nara park, Nara, Japan (奈良市)
Nara, Japan (奈良市)
Nara, Japan (奈良市)
Nara, Japan (奈良市)
Osaka, Japan. (大阪市)
Osaka, Japan. (大阪市)
Imperial Palace, Kyoto, Japan. (京都)
Kyoto, Japan. (京都)
Imperial Palace, Kyoto, Japan. (京都)
Kyoto, Japan. (京都)
Kyūdōka (Long bow archers) Kyoto, Japan. (京都)
Kendoka sparring. Kyoto, Japan. (京都)
Kyoto, Japan. (京都)
Kyoto, Japan. (京都)
Kyoto, Japan. (京都)
Osaka, Japan. (大阪市)
