Japan, China, The Far East - post them all here 🇯🇵

[Skygod44]

It's only fair that I bag this one

So for all you snap-happy guys 'n' girls who have a taste for sushi, oriental temples, kimchi and the concept of 「和」post your pics here.

 

[Skygod44]

Just to balance things out...
...maybe this shot is from China?

 

[Skygod44]

And Taiwan needs a mention too.

 

[Skygod44]

My son, at his 7-5-3 Ceremony

 

[Capn Jack]

My son, at his 7-5-3 Ceremony View attachment 4067

Please explain more about the ceremony?

 

[Skygod44]

Please explain more about the ceremony?

It's a traditional ceremony going back at least 1000 years, and basically celebrates the fact that your son made it to age 3, then 5 and then 7 years of age, without succumbing to any of the nasty ways of dying in those days.
Eventually girls were included.
And nowadays, it's an excuse to go to a shrine, take some fancy photos, and spend waaaaaay too much money on superstitious nonsense

 

[Capn Jack]

It's a traditional ceremony going back at least 1000 years, and basically celebrates the fact that your son made it to age 3, then 5 and then 7 years of age, without succumbing to any of the nasty ways of dying in those days.
Eventually girls were included.
And nowadays, it's an excuse to go to a shrine, take some fancy photos, and spend waaaaaay too much money on superstitious nonsense

Thank you very much!

 

[Skygod44]

Beijing.

A city guaranteed to give you vomiting and diarrhea.
Often, at the same time.

 

[Skygod44]

Another from me:
Some old paddy fields, in rainy season.

 

[Skygod44]

Oh dear...
I guess this thread is going to die

So here's my final upload.

Nara, near Kyoto.
School boys among the temples.

 

[Skygod44]

Well now I'm in a pickle...


There are some great photos coming into the Urban Life and Travel forum, but no wide-themed threads.
So I think I'll give this one another boost.

Here's ancient Aoi-aso shrine (青井阿蘇神社) in Hitoyoshi Town (人吉市), about an hour north of me, the architecture of which I adore.

 

[Cygnus]

Panshan Mountain, Tianjin's Ji County

 

[Skygod44]

Orderly and tidy southern Japan, 10:24pm, December 16th 2023.
Except for me, as I was drunk after a business party

 

[Cygnus]

Kyoto

 

[Capn Jack]

More a social comment than a great photo...
...mainly because I was pretty drunk after a business party last night, it was dark, and I only had my smartphone on me.

This was 10:24pm, southern Japan, December 16th 2023, and still, half the people are wearing masks "to prevent the spread of coronavirus & influenza" - because that's was the TV Science Man says.

Oh, and everyone was in neat queues.

I love the Japanese, but sometimes their behaviour scares the pants off me!
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My experience with Asia is that they often wore masks to prevent the spread of disease or protect themselves from pollution long before COVID. What's scary about lining up and waiting one's turn?

 

[Skygod44]

Kyoto

Great shot

I've only ever made it to Nara, not Kyoto. So, thanks for adding to the thread.

 

[Cygnus]

I have to say I tend to be interested more in the temples when travelling in the Far East so if that fits the bill....

In that vein, Haw Phra Kaew, Vientiane, Laos

 

[Skygod44]

I have to say I tend to be interested more in the temples when travelling in the Far East so if that fits the bill....

In that vein, Haw Phra Kaew, Vientiane, Laos

Fantastic

 

[Skygod44]

A bit of Dragon saliva, anyone?

 

[Skygod44]

And I'm going out for some snappy-snappy fun now, so here's a pic from a happier season.