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Turn to Stone Japan

Turn to Stone Japan

Posted on August 14, 2009 by Jim Atwood in Flickr Japan | Comments

I’m always looking for a different approach when taking photographs of either similar or the same subject. I thought the closeup, angle, and design of the Kanji character provided an interesting perspective.

Turn to Stone

Zenkoji Temple Gateway Japan

Posted on August 12, 2009 by Jim Atwood in Flickr Japan | Comments

The Great Zenkoji Template Gateway in Nagano City, Japan. The size of this gateway is awesome. It is also newly rebuilt and finished just last winter. You can enter the gateway and take stairs to the top for a birds eye view of the Zenkoji Temple grounds. It’s quite a site and a must see if you visit Nagano city. This week during Obon week there are many events and festivals in the area. This video was taken with the Creative Vado HD pocket camcorder. Video by Jim Atwood Photography at http://jimatwood.net.

Clam Shell Keitai Japan

Posted on August 06, 2009 by Jim Atwood in Videos | Comments

Talking about my old “Clam Shell” keitai or cell phone in Japan that I use in my car. Clam Shell phones are extremely popular in Japan and one of the big reasons why non clam shell phones have a difficult time becoming popular.

Urban Street Art Japan

Posted on July 26, 2009 by Jim Atwood in Videos | Comments

Japan is full of colorful and artistic graffiti these days.  When I first arrived in Japan over 17 years ago, you didn’t encounter much street graffiti or city art, but these days tagging and character art is all over the place.  In even smaller countryside cities like Nagano you find graffiti very common.  This is due in part to the aging of the city and not enough new construction projects.  It is also because there is a growing interest among young urban artists to do graffiti.  Plus, the police in Japan do absolutely nothing about it.  So it’s pretty much free reign these days for Graffiti artists to run rampant spraying their thoughts on the city walls and street buildings.   As a photographer, this just means more cool and interesting subjects to photograph.  The video below is a collection of Graffit shots I took in Nagano and Nagoya cities in Japan.  Enjoy!