I haven’t posted anything for a while and wanted to break up the Japan posts a bit with some pitchas of my Chu Chu.
My sweet little Chu Chu
Mamiya C220 / Kodak Ektar 100
Three pitchas I took on the day we went to Yanesen (Yanaka, Nezu, Sendagi). The first was taken from the bridge overlooking the train tracks at Nippori Station and the other 2 are of nowhere of any special interest but it was a quiet neighbourhood where we spotted some handicrafts being sold from peoples homes – that sort of thing. It was nice.
Hasselblad 500 CM / Kodak Portra 160NC
Hasselblad 500 C/M / Fuji Pro 800Z
The title of this post isn’t just a casual reference to a beautiful yet sloppy film that’s littered with lazy stereotypes. I was actually alone in Kyoto.
Chu Chu was tired and all puffed out and didn’t want to venture out first thing in the morning but it was such a beautiful day I didn’t want to miss a single second of it.
Zenkōjidō Temple
Hasselblad / Kodak Portra 400
It was quite difficult to get any nice pitchas of the temples we visited on this day as it was a Sunday so lots of local people were out and about. The cherry blossom bloom was imminent too and the selfie stick-wielding tourist hoards had descended.
Hasselblad 500CM / Kodak Portra 160NC [expired 03/’12]
This is Hanazono Jinja (ginger), a little Shinto shrine that by some accounts is one of the most historically important shrines in all of japan.
I took the batteries out of my light meter to feed the Pentax espio mini so I was guessing exposure. The pitcha of the lady doing bowing is obviously under-exposed.