Japan #13 – Tatami and Clothes Hanging

Wherever I have gone, I always tried to immerse myself in local tradition. During one of the trips we visited beautiful sacred bridge (神桥) standing at the entrance to Nikko 's shrines and temples (东照宫).  The bridge is ranked as one of Japan's three finest bridges together with Iwakuni 's Kintaikyo and Saruhashi in Yamanashi Prefecture. …

Japan #10 – Trip to Lake Kawaguchiko in a Rainy Day

Lake Kawaguchi (河口湖) is located in the border Fujikawaguchiko and Minobu, southern Yamanashi Prefecture near Mount Fuji, Japan.  It is the second largest of the Fuji Five Lakes in terms of surface area, and is located at the lowest elevation. Our trip to the lake was scheduled before I arrived at Tokyo.  We were very …

OnePhoto Focus – January 2016

Happy New Year to all my readers! It is also the time for OnePhoto Focus, we are editing a photo provided by Laura Macky Photography. Here is the original photo, After coping, I applied one of the pre-sets at Lightroom - aged photo to create an effect of remote ancient time.  Since pre -set was used, the processes …