Another Japan - Seeking Sanook

Out with the new and in with the old. Sometimes I laid down the pen for a photographic interlude.

The temple of the golden pavilion, restored after a monk burnt it down because he could not survive its beauty. Also a book by Yukio Mishima

A coming of age get together

Pachinko, read the book

The wondrous colours of the kimono

Witness to the great Chiyonofuji

Myao, myao

Essential accessories

Elvis is everywhere

Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata)

Hope and prayers in the Daruma doll

The friendliest people in front of a camera

The simplicity of Japanese rooms

Replaying the past

Letting go in the hot springs

Includes ritual, celebration and daily life in Kyoto, photos from Tokyo and Nagoya (as well as the Daruma dolls).