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2017-09-05

Yamashita Park and MM21

The Marine Shuttle and the Marine Rouge (dinner cruise ships) docked at Yamashita Park in the Port of Yokohama.

ISO - at ƒ/6.3 for 1/80 sec.

#YamashitaPark #MarineShuttle #MarineRouge #YokohamaPort #cruiseships #山下公園 #マリーンルージュ #マリーンシャトル #横浜港 #クルーズ船 #PentaxKS2

Built in 1894, Osanbashi Pier was rebuilt in 2002 with a new international passenger terminal. Harbor pilot boats (foreground) and the Royal Wing docked along side the pier.

ISO - at ƒ/13 for 15 sec.

#OsanbashiPier #RoyalWing #cruiseship #pilotboat #YokohamaPort #PortofYokohama #大さん橋 #大桟橋 #大さん橋国際客船ターミナル #横浜港 #クルーズ船 #パイロットボート #ロイヤルウイング #PentaxKS2

Completed in 1989, the Yokohama Bay Bridge is a three-span cable-stayed bridge standing at 460 meters high (1,510 feet) that connects the ports of Yokohama and Tokyo. Although it experienced extreme shaking for 10 minutes during the great earthquake of 2011, the bridge suffered no structural damage! A tall bridge in its day, luxury liners are now too big to pass under. Fortunately, sleek, classic liners like the Queen Elizabeth (QE3) are able to pass under the bridge at low tide and dock in Yokohama to great fanfare.

ISO - at ƒ/29 for 15 sec.

#YokohamaBayBridge #YokohamaPort #PortofYokohama #YokohamaBay #cablestayedbridge #横浜ベイブリッジ #ベイブリッジ #横浜港 #斜張橋 #PentaxKS2

Skyline of the Minato-Mirai district in central Yokohama on the port’s edge. This shot shows the Queen’s Square Towers A, B, and C; Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris wheel, and the iconic InterContinental Yokohama Grand hotel designed in the shape of a sail.

ISO - at ƒ/20 for 2 sec.

#MM21 #MinatoMirai #QueensSquare #InterContinentalHotel #CosmoClock21 #Ferriswheel #みなとみらい #クイーンズスクエア横浜 #コスモクロック21 #観覧車 #PentaxKS2

Looking down from an old raised train track that has been converted into a pedestrian overpass, you can see Blue Blue Yokohama--a store that sells mostly vintage clothing from the States. This is a shot of a Pepsi Cola outdoor neon clock mounted to the south side of their store, which is in walking distance of Osanbashi Pier and Yamashita Park in central Yokohama.

ISO - at ƒ/4 for 1/100 sec.

#BlueBlueYokohama #MinatoMirai #vintagesign #vintageclock #neonsign #ブルーブルーヨコハマ #みなとみらい #ヴィンテージサイン #ヴィンテージ時計 #ネオンサイン #PentaxKS2

View of Osanbashi International Passenger Terminal as seen from Zo-no-hana Park on the water's edge of Yokohama Port.
ISO - at ƒ/22 for 8 sec.
#OsanbashiPier #YokohamaPort #PortofYokohama #OsanbashiPassengerTerminal #大さん橋 #大さん橋国際客船ターミナル #横浜港 #PentaxKS2

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2017-08-23

Shonan Hiratsuka Beach Park

Calling to my border collie to join me in the waves at Shonan Bellmare Hiratsuka Beach Park located about 36 km southwest of Yokohama, which is about a 40-minute drive on the expressway, or an 80-minute drive from Tokyo. This is also near the site where beach volleyball games were held to qualify for the 2020 Olympics.

ISO - at ƒ/4.4 for 1/1000 sec.

#beach #waves #bordercollie #Hiratsuka #湘南ベルマーレひらつかビーチパーク #湘南 #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #SonyHDRGW77V #SonyHandycam

Watching the waves wash up on shore. She loves to chase after waves retreating from the beach, but gets scared when new waves come crashing back onto the beach.

ISO 800 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/500 sec.

#beach #bordercollie #dog #Hiratsuka #湘南ベルマーレひらつかビーチパーク #湘南 #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #PentaxKS2

Dripping wet from playing in the ocean on a hot summer afternoon in Hiratsuka on the shores of Sagami Bay.

ISO 800 at ƒ/8 for 1/250 sec.

#beach #bordercollie #dog #Hiratsuka #相模湾 #湘南 #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #PentaxKS2

If I am not careful, she could easily work herself into a heatstroke running up and down the beach on a hot summer afternoon.

ISO 800 at ƒ/13 for 1/1600 sec.

#beach #bordercollie #dog #Hiratsuka #相模湾 #湘南 #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #PentaxKS2

Surfer on a longboard lazily paddling south into Sagami Bay in search of some decent waves on a somewhat calm afternoon.

ISO 400 at ƒ/16 for 1/500 sec.

#beach #sufer #SagamiBay #Hiratsuka #海岸 #サーファー #相模湾 #平塚 #海 #PentaxKS2

Pigeon on the beach possibly expecting some food scraps of which I had none.
ISO 400 at ƒ/16 for 1/500 sec.
#beach #pigeon #SagamiBay #Hiratsuka #海岸 #ハト #鳩 #相模湾 #平塚 #海 #PentaxKS2

2017-08-21

Once a Day

Seeds were sown.

Fruits of labor grew.

A tempest raged on the horizon.

Time, a soul, and a heartbeat stolen.

Despairing numbness.

Blinding silence.

Sinking in the abyss.

2017-08-08

Minato Mirai Yokohama Art

Exterior lamp on wall near entrance of the historical Yokohama Customs Building built in 1934 (museum on first floor).

ISO 3200 at ƒ/11 for 1/2500 sec.

#lamp #ClassicalArchitecture #JapaneseArchitecture #YokohamaCustoms #横浜税関 #古典主義建築 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Reflection of the historical Yokohama Customs Building. Rebuilt in 1934 after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. Design elements of an Islamic mosque were the inspiration for the dome, while Western-European Romanesque elements were used for the rest building, especially the interior.

ISO 3200 at ƒ/14 for 1/1600 sec.

#reflections #ClassicalArchitecture #JapaneseArchitecture #YokohamaCustoms #横浜税関 #古典主義建築 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

View of Red Brick Warehouse No. 1 and plaza from a museum window in Warehouse No. 2. Construction of Warehouse No. 2 was completed in 1911, and No. 1 was completed in 1913. Most of Yokohama was destroyed by the massive 1923 earthquake, but both warehouses remained in relatively better condition due to modern building techniques. In 1945, the U.S. Army took control of the Port and used both warehouses for military supplies. After 10 years of restoration work, the city of Yokohama turned the warehouses into a major cultural and commercial center that attracts visitors from the world over.

ISO 3200 at ƒ/14 for 1/400 sec.

#RedBrickWarehouse #MinatoMirai #JapaneseArchitecture #PortofYokohama #横浜赤レンガ倉庫 #みなとみらい #古典主義建築 #横浜 #横浜港 #PentaxKS2

Art installation titled "Atlas 2016" by Irish artist, Kathy Prendegrast, consists of 100 copies of the "AA Road Atlas of Europe" with the open pages blacked out with Indian ink and displayed on trestle tables. I read the back story on this work, but it was still over my head. Regardless, I like the contrast of black ink and bright exterior lighting.

ISO 3200 at ƒ/11 for 1/200 sec.

#RedBrickWarehouse #YokohamaTriennale2017 #KathyPrendegrast #横浜赤レンガ倉庫 #ヨコハマトリエンナーレ2017 #キャシープレンダーガスト #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Art installation using green and pink sea urchin shells from Greece and fine sand. Titled "Island for the Colorblind" by Moroccan artist, Laurent Gutierrez, and French artist, Valérie Portefaix.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/4.5 for 1/80 sec.
#seaurchin #shells #YokohamaMuseumofArt #YokohamaTriennale2017 #ウニの殻 #横浜美術館 #ヨコハマトリエンナーレ2017 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

2017-08-04

Yokohama Triennale 2017

Cooling off her feet in one of several decorative ponds around the Minato Mirai District of Yokokhama.
ISO 400 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/400 sec.
#dog #pet #bordercollie #pond #urbandogwalk #minaotomirai #犬 #愛犬 #ペット #ボーダーコリー #町の散歩 #池 #みなとみらい #PentaxKS2

Artwork by Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (based in Germany) where he has hung lifeboats on the façade of Yokohama Museum of Art in reference to the 2017 crisis of refugees fleeing to Europe across the Mediterranean Sea.
ISO 400 at ƒ/11 for 1/250 sec.
#art #museum #YokohamaTriennale2017 #YokohamaMuseumofArt #AiWeiwei #ヨコハマトリエンナーレ2017 #アイウェイウェイ #横浜美術館 #PentaxKS2

Ai Weiwei presented a large-scale installation addressing the ongoing refugee crisis with recovered life jackets covering the columns of Yokohama Museum of Art, which is a gesture aimed to gain solidarity with refugees trying to cross the Mediterranean to a better life. The typical Japanese is likely unaware of the atrocities occurring on the other side of the planet.
After Japan experienced a similar exodus of refugees fleeing war-torn Japan for overseas countries to build their business, farms, and heal their families in Brazil, and other locations abroad, it was hoped that the exhibition might bringer greater awareness to the lives of the refugees.
ISO 400 at ƒ/7/1 for 1/400 sec.
#art #museum #YokohamaTriennale2017 #YokohamaMuseumofArt #AiWeiwei #ヨコハマトリエンナーレ2017 #アイウェイウェイ #横浜美術館 #PentaxKS2

The “Fruits Tree” installation by South Korean artist Choi Jeong Hwa is located in Rinko Park sitting on the edge of the Port of Yokohama. The sculpture commemorates the Japan-South Korea World Cup co-sponsorship in 2002.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/16 for 1/2500 sec.
#art #RinkoPark #MinatoMirai #ChoiJeongHwa #Yokohama #臨港パーク #みなとみらい #フルーツツリー #チェジョンファ #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Standing next to the water front of Rinko Park in the Port of Yokohama on a hot summer afternoon facing inland with views of the hotels, shopping centers, convention center, exhibition center, concert hall, high-rise apartments, and office towers of the Minato Mirai district.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/14 for 1/6000 sec.
#RinkoPark #MinatoMirai #PortofYokohama #Yokohama #臨港パーク #みなとみらい #横浜港 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Dale-chan taking her break in a pool of water that flows over glazed glass walls in Aka Renga Park. The glass walls are just huge squares with no roof. A peek from above shows pumps and ducts for a heat exchange and storage system for the nearby Red Brick Warehouses, which were built in 1911 and 1913. Such old buildings have no flat roof surface for the cooling & heating systems. A lot of tourists mistake the glass walls with water flowing over as works of art.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/13 for 1/2000 sec.
#dog #pet #bordercollie #AkaRengaPark #RedBrickWarehousePier #PortofYokohama #Yokohama #赤レンガパーク #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #みなとみらい #横浜港 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Streamers stretched across the courtyard between Red Brick Warehouse 1 (1911) and Red Brick Warehouse 2 (1913) in preparation for the Jambo Farm!! Red Brick Paradise event features performances and local foods, craft, and drinks brought in from a variety of cultures that flourish in Africa!
ISO 3200 at ƒ/18 for 1/6000 sec.
#flags #streamers #JamboFarmRedBrickParadsie #RedBrickWarehousePier #PortofYokohama #Yokohama #ジャンボファームレッドブリックパラダイス #みなとみらい #横浜港 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Streamers and a mock hippo in the courtyard between Red Brick Warehouse 1 (1911) and Red Brick Warehouse 2 (1913) in preparation for the "Jambo Farm!! Red Brick Paradise" event featuring a super tiny fraction of the various foods, crafts, and drinks found in Africa.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/13 for 1/3200 sec.
#hippo #streamers #JamboFarmRedBrickParadsie #RedBrickWarehouse #PortofYokohama #Yokohama #ジャンボファームレッドブリックパラダイス #みなとみらい #横浜港 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

2017-07-25

Sunflowers Sagami River

Zama Sunflower Festival featuring over 550,000 plants during the annual event held in the small, rural town of Zama (approx. 40 km or 25 miles southwest of Tokyo).

ISO 400 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/320 sec.

#flower #blossom #sunflower #Zama #festival #ZamaSunflowerFestival #花 #ひまわり #座間ひまわり畑 #祭り #PentaxKS2

Just one of about 500,000 plants at the annual Zama Sunflower Festival in the rural town of Zama city (approx. 40 km or 25 miles southwest of Tokyo).

ISO 400 at ƒ/5.6 for 1/800 sec.

#flower #blossom #sunflower #Zama #festival #ZamaSunflowerFestival #花 #ひまわり #座間ひまわり畑 #PentaxKS2

Little girl "flying" among the sunflowers at the Zama Sunflower Festival.

ISO 400 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/250 sec.

#flower #blossom #sunflower #ZamaSunflowerFestival #花 #ひまわり #座間ひまわり畑 #PentaxKS2

Dale-chan the border collie haphhazardly posing behind a cutout board for tourists at the Zama Sunflower Festival. Zamarin (bottom right) is the Zama city mascot.

ISO 400 at ƒ/5.6 for 1/320 sec.

#cutoutboard #bordercollie #sunflower #Zamarin #ZamaSunflowerFestival #ざまりん #マスコットキャラクター #座間ひまわり畑 #座間市 #ボーダーコリー #PentaxKS2

Close-up shot of the disk florets of a sunflower at the Zama Sunflower Festival.

ISO 400 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/640 sec.

#flower #blossom #diskfloret #sunflower #Zama #festival #ZamaSunflowerFestival #花 #ひまわり #筒状花 #座間ひまわり畑 #PentaxKS2

Left the fields of sunflowers and cooled off in the shallow waters of Sagami River where there is a huge sandbar just north of the Shin-Sagami Ohashi Bridge (新相模大橋) on Route 246 where the borders of three cities converge: Zama, Ebina, and Atsugi.

ISO 400 at ƒ/4.5 for 1/100 sec.

#SagamiRiver #dog #BorderCollie #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #相模川 #PentaxKS2

After a long day of playing in a field of sunflowers and splashing in the cool waters of Sagami River, sunset arrived signalling that it was time to go home.

ISO 400 at ƒ/6.3 for 1/180 sec.

#SagamiRiver #dog #BorderCollie #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #相模川 #PentaxKS2

A shot of the Iiyama (飯山), Nanasawa (七沢), and Tanzawaterayama (丹沢寺山) mountain ranges as seen from the banks of the Sagami River near Shin-Sagami Ohashi Bridge (新相模大橋) on Route 246. On a clear day, you can see the peak of Mt. Fuji in the background.

ISO 400 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/250 sec.

#Iiyama #Nanasawa #Tanzawaterayama #mountains #KanagawaMountains #飯山 #七沢 #丹沢寺山 #神奈川の山 #PentaxKS2

2017-07-19

Minato Mirai and Osanbashi

Huge plastic Pikachu head full of Pikachus in Landmark Tower as part of the annual "Yokohama Pikachu Outbreak" summer festival.
ISO 100 at ƒ/4.5 for 1/50 sec.
#Pokémon #Pikachu #PikachuOutbreak #LandmarkTower #MinatoMirai #Yokohama #ピカチュウ大量発生チュウ #ポケモン #横浜ランドマークタワー #みなとみらい #横浜 #PentaxKS2

The Cosmo Clock 21 Ferris Wheel reflecting off a glass tabletop at a coffee shop in the Minato Mirai district in Yokohama.

ISO 100 at ƒ/8 for 1/80 sec.

#FerrisWheel #reflections #MinatoMirai #Yokohama #反射 #大観覧車 #コスモクロック21 #みなとみらい #横浜 #PentaxKS2

The MS Asuka II cruise ship moored at the Osanbashi Pier in the Port of Yokohama. This ship entered service in 2006 and remains the largest domestic Japanese cruise ship often visiting domestic ports and an occasional overseas port.

ISO 100 at ƒ/11 for 1/160 sec.

#AsukaII #OsanbshiPier #OceanLiner #PortofYokohama #Yokohama #飛鳥II #大洋航路定期船 #大さん橋国際客船ターミナル #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Streamers galore as the MS Asuka II Yokohama sets sail from Osanbashi Pier in the Port of Yokohama.

ISO 100 at ƒ/11 for 1/40 sec.

#AsukaII #OsanbshiPier #OceanLiner #PortofYokohama #Yokohama #飛鳥II #大洋航路定期船 #大さん橋国際客船ターミナル #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Live marching band music and balloons released as the MS Asuka II cruise ship sets sail from Osanbashi Pier in the Port of Yokohama.

ISO 400 at ƒ/6.3 for 1/2500 sec.

#AsukaII #OsanbshiPier #OceanLiner #PortofYokohama #Yokohama #飛鳥II #大洋航路定期船 #大さん橋国際客船ターミナル #横浜 #PentaxKS2

A fireboat giving the Asuka II cruise ship a water salute as she steams out of the Port of Yokohama.

ISO 400 at ƒ/14 for 1/200 sec.

#WaterSalute #fireboat #AsukaII #OsanbshiPier #OceanLiner #PortofYokohama #Yokohama #消防艇 #歓迎放水 #飛鳥II #大洋航路定期船 #大さん橋国際客船ターミナル #横浜 #PentaxKS2