snow smile
You all liked the winter-snow photographs which I had posted in the previous article – but if they seem dull, grim and harsh, here are some to smile on!! From 2006 Winter.
Category: japan
Japan. Culture, life and photographs of Japan.
winter at hokkaido
There was a time when I used to walk these snow laden roads every day, for more than 3 years. Now when I come to think of it, or see these photographs, I shudder,...
onam: black & white, a japanese perspective and the role of plywood
A few decades back, Onam, the Kerala festival was celebrated in memory of the mythical king Mahabali. In the present scenario, it has turned out that Onam is more of a celebration in memory...
teras of kyoto & nara
These cultural/religious edifices of Japan are well preserved in the midst of a bustling technologically advanced city, Kyoto, the formal imperial capital and now the cultural capital of Japan. Kiyomizu tera at Kyoto. circa...
buddha and the deer
Buddha has been the paragon of man’s coexistence with nature. It is surprising that you can catch the same coexistence in the heart of a technologically superior country, Japan. This is the country of contrasts,...
