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  • Meiji Shrine

    Meiji Shrine

    Meiji Shrine (明治神宮 Meiji Jingū), located in Shibuya, Tokyo, is the Shinto shrine that is dedicated to the deified spirits of Emperor Meiji and his wife, Empress Shōken. This pictures was taken during our visit in Tokyo July 2011 and the weather was sunny, hot (+30C) and the humidity in the air made it hard to take pictures without getting every piece of the equipment soaked…

    This is the entrance to the temple area and the gates were gigantic!

    The path leading to the actual temple is fantastic. You are in the middle of Tokyo but it feels if you was hiking in the jungle, except from the road of course… The vegetation on each side of the road is so dense and air is completely different than outside in the city. The light was so sharp under the trees and the contrast in strength between the treetops and the ground made it almost hard to see. It was too dark for sunglasses but once you look upwards it was too bright not wearing them.

    Two sisters strolling along.

    One of the mikos working at the shire.

    These are small wooden boards that you could write down what ever pray or with that you wanted to come true.

    Loved this one and especially the part with the cat.

    It doesn’t  matter how calm and peacefully the surroundings are, there is always time to hurry somewhere…

    /Thomas Tanisawa

     

  • Spring finally arrives to Sweden

    Spring finally arrives to Sweden

    And so at last it arrives to the southern part of Sweden. All the snow has finally gone and I´m looking forward to a warm and long summer.

    The ground is covered with the flower Anemone nemorosa that has the nickname Vitsippa. I looked it up on the web and in other countries the name Wood anemone, Windflower, Thimbleweed and Smell fox is used.

    Smell fox, who uses that name on a flower like this?

    The cat doesn’t look that happy.

    The water is still cold as ice but just looking at this picture makes me feel the warm sand.

    Looks like the old landing pier got carried away by the ice and storms during the winter.

    /Thomas Tanisawa

     

  • Paragliding at ales stenar

    Paragliding at ales stenar

    Paragliding by the southern cost of Sweden.

    This is something I always wanted to try but never had the chance to do it, paragliding. It looks so calm and peaceful, just floating around in mid air with the birds.

    These shoots were taken at Ale stenar at the southern part of Sweden. The terrain there is perfect for paragliders that want to take off from land and then just float on the airstream pushed upwards by the cliff sloping down towards the sea.

    The air rushes in from the sea and when it hits the cliff wall it raises and creates the perfect up wind that the paragliders could hang on to and glide through the sky for hours.

    Alone in the sky.

    The perfect human seagull.

    /Thomas Tanisawa