Postcards from Japan, October 2005

Sunset near Arao (Kyushu)

 

Tokyo commuters, Shinjuku Station

 

Biker, Shibuya crossing, Tokyo

 

Biker #2, Shibuya crossing, Tokyo

 

Delivery tractor, near Tsukiji fish market, Tokyo

 

Statue of Liberty and Rainbow Bridge, Tokyo

 

Bullet train crossing central Tokyo

 

Yatai food stalls, Fukuoka (Kyushu)

 

Torii [entrance gate to a Shinto shrine] on Miyajima island, near Hiroshima

 

Itsukushima-jinja shrine, Miyajima island

 

Deer on Miyajima island - extremely tame, and pushy when it comes to scrounging food from tourists!

 

Gembaku Domo / A-Bomb Dome (formerly the Industrial Promotion Hall), Hiroshima

 

Bamboo grove, Arashiyama, near Kyoto

 

Elderly couple in the grounds of Nijo-jo castle, Kyoto

 

Maple leaves

 

Wooden prayer tablets on a tombstone, Kyoto

 

Egret fishing in the shallows of Kamo-gawa river, Kyoto

 

Pontocho-dori, a narrow street lined with exclusive restaurants, Kyoto

 

Restaurant entrance in Pontocho-dori, Kyoto

 

Geisha or maiko (an apprentice geisha), Kyoto

 

Hawk cruising downtown Kyoto (amongst a pack of 10 others - slightly disconcerting!)

 

Butterfly in a temple garden, Kyoto

 

Pedestrian on a bridge over the Kamo-gawa river, Kyoto

 

Carp in a temple pond, Kyoto

 

Night train on the Chuo line, Ochanomizu district, Tokyo

 

Salary-man waiting for the bullet train, Kyoto station

 

More commuters in Shinjuku district, Tokyo

 

Another salary-man multi-tasking on the morning commute, Shinjuku district, Tokyo

 

and finally...

 

The only car worth photographing at the Tokyo Motor Show, the super-cool Mitsubishi 'i'.

A Kei class car, rear-engined turbocharged 3-cyl 660cc and four wheel drive - a Smart fortwo copy, but with four seats.