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Post Category → Japan

Gray Heron, Tokyo

posted in Birds, Japan on September 26, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 6 Comments

I spotted this Gray Heron sitting patiently high above the Sakuradabori Moat on the southwestern edge of the Imperial Palace Gardens in Tokyo. I think this scene would make for a beautiful Ukiyo-e landscape woodcut.

Mitsui Garden Hotel, Tokyo

posted in Japan on September 25, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Across from the National Stadium. 14 September 2025.

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8 Images from the National Art Center, Tokyo

posted in Japan on September 24, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

Here are eight images of the National Art Center, Tokyo, a museum in the upscale Roppongi district. I really liked its wavy curtain-of-glass exterior and three-story high entry lobby and concrete conical niches at each end. And the cozy lounge chairs in its ground floor cafe.

Office Tower at Night, Tokyo

posted in Japan on September 11, 2025 by Bob Ramsak 0 Comments

From the New Otani Hotel, Tokyo, 11-Sep-2025.

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