Fake fall tree. I took this picture last year in Kyoto at the train stations mall. My friend and I had seen little of the brightly colored trees you see so often in images of Kyoto during the fall. We joked at least we saw this one, a nicely done fake tree.

More Japanese Buses. I really love the buses in Japan. They have really cool colors and markings on them. Not to mention the really fun logos they design for public buses, the bee or the cute little witch on a broom. Even the fabric patterns that are in some buses are cool, or the nicely colored seats or tickets. So much great stuff everywhere.  Japan is the land of design to me.

Hidden little treasure. This photo was taken inside this amazing kaiju collectors shop in Machiya, a small neighborhood of Tokyo. It was a little hard to find but worth sticking it out. The shop is up on the second floor and has the smallest sign pointing it out. I walked by it a bunch of times before a local shop keeper came outside and pointed it out. This place was packed with amazing vintage vinyls.  

Couples taking pictures. I was really happy to catch this older couple taking their self portrait together at Kiyomizu-dera. It was awesome seeing them together earlier in the day at a different temple in Kyoto setting up their tripod and then self-timing their photo together. I was sad I couldn’t setup my camera fast enough to get a photo of them earlier, so I was really excited to get this image later in the day.

Konbini, konbini, konbini. I love all konbini! I miss all the Lawson’s, Family Mart’s, 7-11’s, AM/PM’s, Circle K Sunkus, Mini Mart’s and all the rest. This was taken somewhere amongst the streets of Kyoto as I wondered around the hills walking to Kinkakuji.