Tag Archives: Central Honshu

Osu Kannon Temple and Shopping Mall – Spherical Pano

Osu Kannon Temple and Shopping Mall – Spherical Pano

The Osu Kannon Temple and shopping mall located in central Nagoya has a classic Japanese pagoda style Buddhist temple that is a popular tourist spot. Osu Kannon first was established in 1612 but the current temple is a replica built in the 1970’s.
The price of goods at this huge outdoor type shopping mall isn’t the [...]

Wagunohama

Wagunohama

I did a fishing trip with about 10 friends in Wagunohama and beach south of Nagoya in Mie prefecture, Japan. 
We must of caught fish off the pier every 2 minutes from 6am to 10am.  It’s a great fishing spot and beach just located about 2 hours south of Nagoya by car. Official websites [...]

Higashiyama Botanical Gardens – Spherical Panorama

Higashiyama Botanical Gardens – Spherical Panorama

Higashiyama Botanical Gardens is located along side the Higashiyama Zoo in Nagoya, Japan. Here I created a spherical panorama from the inside inside quicktime.

Nagoya Festival 2009

Nagoya Festival 2009

The Nagoya Festival is Nagoya’s largest annual autumn festival which took place this year on October 3 (Sat) & October 4 (Sun), 2009.

Hikone Castle

Hikone Castle

Hikone Castle has to be one of my favorites castles I’ve visited in Japan. It’s certainly one of the most popular castles to the Japanese people, a 2 hour line to see the inside proved that.
It sits above the town of Hikone overlooking the largest lake in Japan called Lake Biwa.  A museum with [...]

Nagoya Castle spherical panorama

Nagoya Castle spherical panorama

I’ve been practicing my spherical panoramas lately and thought it was a nice day for a Nagoya Castle shoot.
I really like the way these look and so I started to make them of my favorite places.
Just click the flash window below and move the mouse around in 360 degrees and mouse wheel to zoom in. [...]

Himakajima island

Himakajima island

Himakajima is a small island off the Chita Peninsula, south of Nagoya city.  The island is known for it’s fresh octopus and blowfish along with vacation hotels.
It took us about 90 min to walk around the whole island. During our walk we ate fresh octopus, saw a live Taiko band, saw the locals fishing, [...]

Nagoya Castle – September 2009

Nagoya Castle – September 2009

Various recent photos outside Nagoya Castle and the Hommaru Palace construction.  Lot’s of new buildings and activities happening all around the area. All taken with Sony a900 and SAL1635cz.

   Japan 2009

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Japanese cola ingredients and flavors

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Osu Kannon Temple and Shopping Mall – Spherical Pano

Osu Kannon Temple and Shopping Mall – Spherical Pano

The Osu Kannon Temple and shopping mall located in central Nagoya has a classic Japanese pagoda style Buddhist temple that is a popular tourist spot. Osu Kannon first was established in 1612 but the current temple is a replica built in the 1970’s. The price of goods at this huge outdoor type shopping mall isn’t the [...]

Wagunohama

Wagunohama

I did a fishing trip with about 10 friends in Wagunohama and beach south of Nagoya in Mie prefecture, Japan.  We must of caught fish off the pier every 2 minutes from 6am to 10am.  It’s a great fishing spot and beach just located about 2 hours south of Nagoya by car. Official websites [...]