capturing in prose
A special season will be coming soon in Japan, not of Christmas but New Year’s day. Common Japanese people are not so religious. They don’t go to a Shinto shrine or a temple so frequently. One of the exception is the New Year’s day. Even a town community, which is usually just a weak network though, sometimes leads religious activities. Perhaps, we human beings are always finding a reason of communication. 
This challenge was set by the Daily Post.
I have no time to go somewhere to shoot something this weekend. Okay, here’s a perfect ordinary pic but I like it.
This challenge was set by the Daily Post.
When you open the door, your hand may hover near the doorknob. At least, you would think how you open it. Indeed, it must be easy. You don’t need hesitate. Only a small thing is in front of you. Is it an unexpected obstacle? Probably No. Such a small barrier always exist.
このドアを開けようとする人は、思わずためらうに違いない。すくなくとも、どうやって開けようかと考えるだろう。実にそれは簡単だ。躊躇する必要などない。小さなツタが目の前にあるだけだ。予想していなかったのかと言えば、そんなことはない。こんな小さな垣根などいつものことではないか。
This post is a part of my weekly photo challenge by The Daily Post. The first post can be seen here.
I usually walk to the station of a commuter train every morning as common Japanese does. It takes around 20 minutes but a problem is not a time or distance but weak light of a morning in winter because I leave my home at 6 am. One of my favorite things to do is to listen to tweets of birds and to find a sign of coming season.
When I get to the station close to my office, the sun light is still diffidence sometime.
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I’m not sure what this really is. Is it a kind of gargoyle? Anyway,I saw this strange object at the Tōshō-gū (東照宮) shrine, Nikko and felt some eerie thing. Probably, it is an imaginary elephant which was carried from China long long ago. (footnoted)
From ancient days, Tōrō (灯籠) has a eerie face. Some stories says you might see someone eerie around midnight and it would be a light tower.
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Note: 6 Nov. 2013
Yukitten taught me that the animal in the first picture is Baku, imaginary one from China, having nose of elephant, feet of tiger, etc. Now I understand why such figure is there.
l'atelier tanu | tagnoue 