A photo-contest sent me flipping back through 2013’s files, for photos that would match the theme: One Day, morning, day, evening, night. Photos named with the time they’re taken.
It was a little difficult to find morning photos – the great majority of festivals I visit take place in the afternoon – but I found a selection of photos from the various places I visited in Kansai last year. Please check them out/take some travel inspiration from them.
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- Waiting, with other early risers, for eggs to boil in the 90 degree waters at Yunomine Onsen.
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- Looking for tadpoles together.
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- Flight checking the Biwa Express on her debut, one-way journey into the waters of Lake Biwa.
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- Cookies taste better when we make them together.
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- Standing at a shrine in Hikone, remembering those lost during the earthquake and tsunami in 2011.
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- Finding Power Stones at Osaka’s Sumiyoshi Taisha.
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- Cool kimono pose beside hand-drawn lanterns at Toyosato’s summer festival.
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- Neighbours dance around a raised platform, where old men and women belt out traditional songs for the summer festival.
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- Visiting Tenjin Matsuri? Forget the boats and the fireworks! There are fish to catch!
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- Is there anything more romantic than fireworks?
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- A toy-seller tries to lure a new customer.
For more in depth information on each photo please check out these pages:
Replanting Traditions: Rice-field festival
Thrills and Spills: Birdman in Japan
Expat Postcards: Sharing sweet, sweet culture
Remembering Ibaraki: Memories of before the Great Tohoku Earthquake
Where Next Japan 