China-Korea-Japan
China-Korea-Japan
Sunday 14th March - Saturday 03rd April 2010
First business trip 2010, with special Hanami sights in Japan!
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| 07:11:46 | 07:40:56 Typical Hong Kong cable buses. | 07:47:24 I loved the opposites here: Young and trendy kids with new spanky shops and old style masonry based on buckets of debris! |
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| 14:44:24 Lan Kwai Fong, the same as London' Soho but in Hong Kong | 05:50:52 | 15:30:13 Shanghai skyline at night over the Bund. |
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| 11:21:57 | 11:23:41 And also these.... | 05:47:59 |
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| 05:54:28 They sell a bit of everything, of course also foodstuff! | 05:54:59 | 05:56:46 Different types of chili, Koreans are real master at spicy food! |
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| 06:11:02 A closeup of an hair clip. There is a seven stories building selling only fake jewels, hair clips and accessories... | 06:33:14 More action from the wholesale market! | 06:42:25 World Famous jars of Gingseng from Korea! |
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| 06:46:04 | 06:46:46 | 06:47:20 Fish? Well a strange way to stock it though... |
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| 06:51:16 | 07:01:34 Here are some pictures taken (stolen) from that building dedicated only to accessories for women. | 07:16:16 |
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| 07:16:49 | 07:25:06 More accessories... a guy selling necklaces...? | 07:30:40 Here we are outside, my attention was taken by this smoke coming out. |
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| 07:31:18 Ah, FRESH NIKUMANJYU!!! Absolutely delicious, I bought FIVE! | 05:20:20 Here we start with JAPAN and HANAMI! Kyoto... | 05:24:29 This is actually a plum (UME) flower (I think) |
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| 05:25:11 More close up pictures of the blossoming flowers. | 05:26:34 | 05:26:46 THE DOG IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!! :D |
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| 05:27:45 More Tetsugaku no michi. | 05:30:26 | 05:34:52 |
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| 05:35:39 Entrance at Ginkakuji. | 05:39:49 All very Japanese. | 05:40:50 |
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| 05:41:31 | 05:44:22 You have got to love the way they embellish a everything in these monasteries. | 05:45:16 Closeup. |
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| 05:46:25 | 05:46:42 Ginkakuji is called like this because technically has a silver plated roof. | 05:48:09 |
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| 05:49:41 | 05:58:22 From the top... | 06:00:16 More Ginkakuji action. |
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| 06:02:30 A flower (no cherry here though). | 06:04:39 | 06:10:39 Sand and patterns... |
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| 06:14:24 | 06:14:52 | 06:15:19 |
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| 06:15:46 | 06:15:57 | 06:16:41 And all together! |
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| 06:31:42 | 06:32:23 Some closeups! | 06:32:43 The Cherry blossom! |
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| 06:33:21 And again! | 06:33:44 I loved the way the mum was taking pictures and the kid was totally sleeping... :D | 06:43:41 |
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| 06:52:56 Lots of nice flowers, MACRO GALORE!! | 06:55:47 | 06:57:05 And here it goes again! |
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| 07:00:08 Weirdest flower I have seen that day.. | 07:00:59 Some nice old looking gate. | 07:02:04 Picture of a guy painting. |
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| 07:03:09 More Sakura action. | 07:21:19 Nanzenji, detail. | 07:24:59 |
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| 07:27:18 Maybe some old samurai walked these paths before us... | 07:29:15 Roof-tiles, detail. | 07:29:36 Mmmm wouldn't know what it is... |
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| 07:35:54 Some rickshaw drivers. | 07:53:32 | 08:12:04 |
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| 08:14:41 | 08:15:05 | 08:18:03 |
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| 08:18:20 | 08:18:58 Pontocho with no people (rare shot)! | 08:29:30 From Pontocho I moved to the other famous place for Geisha and Maiko san. Gion quarter. |
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| 08:30:06 | 08:31:56 | 08:32:10 |
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| 08:33:04 | 08:34:24 Shinto shrine in Shirakawa Minamidori. | 08:35:25 Rose |
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| 08:43:46 | 08:44:04 | 08:47:13 Some flowers.... |
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| 13:56:10 In Osaka I met up with Kutsunugi san and Keiko san, and surprise surprise, DANIELA from my previous work in the fashion industry, it was almost 4 years since I left Varese... | 15:28:22 Here we are in Tokyo with Kyohei which I met when he was 15 and now has a job in TOKYO! | 04:36:16 |
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| 04:36:34 Here we are near the imperial castle and Yasukuni Jinja. | 04:39:58 Closeups! | 04:43:06 And more branches full of cherry blossoms! |
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| 04:50:03 | 04:50:58 Not Cherries, but nice! | 04:51:41 A lot of eating and drinking takes place during Hanami. |
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| 04:53:08 Entrance to Yasukuni. | 04:55:08 I like this... a detail of the door and a sea of Pink! | 04:55:46 |
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| 04:58:07 The shrine itself. | 05:00:28 Detail of the decorations... | 05:01:31 |
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| 05:04:05 More cherries! | 05:05:23 Me and the cherry trees! :D | 05:12:26 TAKOYAKI!!!! (Grilled Flour balls with Squid, I love them!!) |
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| 05:13:23 More stalls, these guys are selling Okonomiyaki! (also quite excellent) | 05:13:34 This lady is selling ODEN (also totally great) | 05:14:19 And some fish skewers, ready to be grilled on demand! |
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| 05:18:05 | 05:25:19 Going away, note the amount of people around, it was really obscene... | 05:25:27 |
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| 05:35:57 Here we start to get serious, Chidorigafuchi is one of the most famous spots to see the cherry blossoms, it was truly great. | 05:36:50 | 05:38:40 I love this picture, it's probably the best of the crop, it looks like an impressionist painting, but instead I have played around with focus and there are cherries distant and close... |
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| 05:39:01 Nice one! :D (stolen) | 05:40:54 Some random flower that probably felt depressed because everyone is looking at the Sakura. | 05:43:08 Another picture with the different distances... Also quite nice... |
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| 05:46:14 | 05:46:42 Sakura and sky. | 05:51:16 More Sakura action. |
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| 05:51:41 And again closeup. | 05:57:33 The moat around the imperial palace. | 07:22:06 |
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| 11:31:10 Yozakura (the same as Hanami but by night) was spoiled by RAIN! | 11:31:47 | 11:34:20 |
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| 11:48:47 Not before having a picture of this Sakura tree!! |
