[2023] tokyo, kyoto, atami

senso-ji, 10°C

when i'm somewhere new, i take a lot of pictures of signs. i'm jealous of languages that can be read both vertically and horizontally because you're able to have some more design freedom without sacrificing legibility. there aren't many vertical signs in america, since we primarily use the latin alphabet. i know this is a photo of an english word, but you can probably spot some vertical signage in my other pictures.

this picture was originally taken with a portrait orientation, but i thought this page would look better if all the photos had the same aspect ratio.

fushimi, kyoto - we got daifuku here. like many places, there's a sign right next to the shop that says "no food." i have multiple photos of claudia holding food next to a "no food" or "don't eat" sign.

the view from our room in kyoto.

i just realized there's two of each thing i like in this photo - two jackets in my favourite shade of blue. two koban stars. two angels.

of course i saw mr. fuji.

a colour combination i like, in atami.

i have so many flower pictures but i'll just show two.

the wall in this photo belongs to a public washroom. i remember using the toilet here and then getting seventeen brand ice cream from a glico vending machine. i had mint chocolate and claudia had matcha flavour.

san remo memorial park - a small playground designed for children. there were monkey bars and a panda spring rider in the corner. i would like to see more toys like this.

i think i also took this photo in a washroom.

we took a cable car to get up the mountain. some of the cars were pingu themed, and there was a pingu cafe at the top.

when we were waiting for the train to go back to tokyo from atami, i took a photo of the window inside the station.