Dec

Monk in Red

Jim Atwood Photography in Flickr Japan Tags: Buddhist, Flickr Japan, Japanese, Jim Atwood, Monk, Nagano Japan, People, Street, Urban, Zenkoji, Zenkoji Temple

Took this shot in passing. I saw this group of people who were lucky enough to see a few Zenkoji Buddhist monks passing by. I thought they were quite colorful.

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Dec

Holy Smoke

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This guy had a really funny expression I thought. He jumped up pretty fast to this incense pot and the smoke just blasted him. He looks like he’s inhaling or something. Funny. These guys are really fun to talk to by the way provided you can speak Japanese. They do […]

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Dec

Welcome to Japan!

Jim Atwood Photography in Flickr Japan Tags: Candid, Flickr Japan, Japan, Japanese, Nagano, People, Security, Street, Temple, Urban, Zenkoji

This is a Security Guard that I see at Zenkoji Temple quite regularly. Everytime I see him he gives me a great big smile and says "Welcome to Japan!". I think I’ve seen him about 24-25 times now this past year and he still hasn’t recognized me. So if anyone visits Zenkoji […]

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Dec

Minding my way!

Jim Atwood Photography in Flickr Japan Tags: Candid, Flickr Japan, Japan, Japanese, Nagano, People, Street Photography, Temple, Urban, Zenkoji

This guy was definitely strutin his stuff down the street when I took this photograph. He had a smile and was definitely having a great morning. Nice to see this.

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