Showing posts with label Imperial Palace. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Imperial Palace. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 14, 2014

It's not easy being green

We found this little guy in my son's hair at Kitanomaru Koen. This grasshopper was really tiny, smaller than a fingernail.







Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Imperial Palace Tokyo

Back in January I walked around the Imperial Palace or Kōkyo. My favorite weekend runs in the city include a lap around the palace; however, I don't usually drop by for a visit unless I am playing the tour guide. Anyway, I was playing a tour guide of sorts this day and we stopped by Nijūbashi or Seimon Ishibashi.  If you are interested in reading more about the two bridges there's a great post on the Japan This blog.

We also stopped by the walked by Sakuradamon and the nearby walls. There's a runner's meeting point here and the lack of traffic entering the palace grounds guarantees an uninterrupted 5-km loop along the moat and around the palace.



Nikon D600 with Nikon 85mm f/1.4 AI-S @ f4.0, ISO 100, 1/200 sec.




Nikon D600 with Nikon 85mm f/1.4 AI-S @ f4.0, ISO 100, 1/80 sec.




Nikon D600 with Nikon 85mm f/1.4 AI-S @ f4.0, ISO 100, 1/160 sec.




Nikon D600 with Nikon 85mm f/1.4 AI-S @ f4.0, ISO 100, 1/400 sec.

Friday, May 2, 2014

Statue of 14th-Century Samurai

There's a beautiful statue near the Tokyo's Imperial Palace of the 14th century samurai Kusunoki Masashige riding into battle on horseback. It's quite impressive in scale and conveys a sense of motion and drama.



Nikon D600 with Nikon 85mm f/1.4 AI-S @ f2.0, ISO 100, 1/4000 sec.



Nikon D600 with Nikon 85mm f/1.4 AI-S @ f4.0, ISO 100, 1/6400 sec.