Pix4Japan

2017-10-18

Honmoku Park

Taking a rest at Honmoku Sancho Park in Naka Ward, Yokohama. The park connects numerous hilltops that once looked over the sandy beaches of Negishi Bay in what became the Port of Yokohama. With rapid development of land reclamation for urban and industrial use, the beaches have vanished. Fortunately, the park offers a great escape from the industrial and urban hum of Negishi Bay, and has preserved some of the natural habitat that has always existed in this part of Yokohama.

ISO 200 at ƒ/5.6 for 1/250 sec.

#park #dog #bordercollie #HonmokuSanchoPark #Japan #公園 #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #本牧山頂公園 #PentaxKS2

A white Japanese anemone (aka thimbleweed or windflower) blossom at Honmoku Sancho Park in Naka Ward, Yokohama while walking the dog.

ISO 100 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/250 sec.

#flower #blossom #anemone #thimbleweed #windflower #HonmokuSanchoPark #Japan #アネモネ #白花個体 #白花 #シュウメイギク #本牧山頂公園 #PentaxKS2

A garden cosmos (or Mexican aster) growing among some grass and weeds at Honmoku Sancho Park in Naka Ward, Yokohama.

ISO 400 at ƒ/5.6 for 1/250 sec.

#GardenCosmos #MexicanAster #flower #HonmokuSanchoPark #Japan #ガーデンコスモス #メキシコのアスター #秋桜 #大春車菊 #センセーションピンキー #本牧山頂公園 #PentaxKS2

A female Joro spider (Joro-gumo), which is quite common in Japan except Hokkaido. They seem quite passive. I have never seen one try to get into the house. This one was about 20 cm (about 8 inches) from the tips of her front and back legs.

ISO 800 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/250 sec.

#spider #JoroSpider #JoroGumo #JapaneseSpider #HonmokuSanchoPark #Japan #ジョロウグモ #本牧山頂公園 #PentaxKS2

Laser-sharp focus on the Frisbee that I threw and got stuck in a tree.

ISO 400 at ƒ/4.5 for 1/200 sec.

#park #dog #bordercollie #HonmokuSanchoPark #Japan #公園 #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #本牧山頂公園 #PentaxKS2

She is such a tomboy. More than catching sticks, she loves to play tug-of-war with anyone who has the stamina to pull and yank until the stick breaks in half.

ISO 6400 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/500 sec.

#park #dog #pet #bordercollie #HonmokuSanchoPark #Yokohama #Japan #公園 #犬 #愛犬 #ボーダーコリー #本牧山頂公園 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

High-profile container-handling gantry cranes on the docks of Honmoku Pier as seen from Honmoku Sancho Park in the Port of Yokohama. In 2013, these so-called "mega-gantry cranes" were the largest in Japan, but quickly lost that status as the size of ships increased so much to require even larger gantry cranes.
ISO 400 at ƒ/8 for 1/200 sec.
#crane #GantryCrane #ContainerCrane #HonmokuPier #HonmokuSanchoPark #Japan #クレーン #メガガントリークレーン #本牧ふ頭 #本牧山頂公園 #横浜港 #PentaxKS2

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2017-09-20

Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall

Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall aka "Jack's Tower" paid for the local citizens and erected in 1917 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the opening of Yokohama Port. The building was designed in the Neo-renaissance style The interior was destroyed by fires after the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. With the exterior intact, the interior was restored 4 years later. For years, foreign sailors visited the three towers, King's Tower, Queen's Tower, and Jack's Towers as symbols to pray to for safety before heading back to sea for their next port or h ome country. The Hall offers great insight into the confluence of trendy European design and American designs combined with a sense of Japanese traditional culture.

ISO 400 at ƒ/11 for 1/200 sec.

#JackTower #YokohamaArchitecture #classicalarchitecture #neorenaissance #YokohamaPortOpeningMemorialHall #Yokohama #Japan #ジャックの塔 #横浜市開港記念会館 #PentaxKS2

Just one of many motifs used throughout the interior of the Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall (aka Jack's Tower) reflecting the Neo-renaissance design used throughout the building, which was built in 1917. Amazingly, the building remained standing after the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake and miraculously survived the fire bombing raid of 454 B-29s on May 29th. During the allied occupation following the war, (1945 to 1958), the U.S. Army used this building as a movie theater for U.S. soldiers and sailors.

ISO 200 at ƒ/5 for 1/125 sec.

#Yokohama #JackTower #YokohamaArchitecture #classicalarchitecture #neorenaissance #YokohamaPortOpeningMemorialHall #Japan #ジャックの塔 #横浜市開港記念会館 #PentaxKS2

Antique Neo-renaissance ceiling lights reflecting off of a restored painting hanging on the wall at the bottom of grand staircase of the Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall.

ISO 3200 at ƒ/5 for 1/100 sec.

#reflections #antiquelights #classicalarchitecture #neorenaissance #YokohamaPortOpeningMemorialHall #Japan #反射 #横浜市開港記念会館 #PentaxKS2

Stained glass image depicting the sidewheel-steam frigate, USS Powhatan, under the command of Commodore M. C. Perry on his mission to deliver a letter from President Fillmore forcefully demanding that the Japanese Emperor open ports of trade with American ships. The eventual Treaty of Kanagawa was signed on March 5, 1854 in the tiny fishing village of Yokohama. Yokohama Port quickly expanded trade with the U.S., France, the U.K., and Russia transforming the village of Yokohama into a vibrant metropolitan port city welcoming cultures, technology, art, and ideas for political reform from around the world into Japan.

ISO 1600 at ƒ/5 for 1/80 sec.

#stainedglass #antiquewindow #neorenaissance #YokohamaPortOpeningMemorialHall #Japan #ポーハタン号 #黒船来航 #ペリー提督 #横浜市開港記念会館 #PentaxKS2

One of the domes of the Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall, which adopted the Tatsuno Free Classic Style of architecture. The architect and son of a samurai, Tatsuno Kingo, was educated in the UK and traveled throughout Europe. I wonder if the elaborate dome and cupola on top of the dome were influenced by similar elements found on the roofline of the Chateau de Chambord in France.

ISO 200 at ƒ/6.3 for 1/80 sec.

#dome #roof #cupola #TatsunoKingo #neorenaissance #YokohamaPortOpeningMemorialHall #Japan #辰野金吾 #横浜市開港記念会館 #PentaxKS2

Yuzu citrus fruit in a window at Bankart Studio NYK art museum during the Yokohama Triennale international exhibition of contemporary art.
ISO 3200 at ƒ/4.5 for 1/200 sec.
#YokohamaTriennale #art #exhibition #yuzu #BankartStudioNYK #ヨコハマトリエンナーレ #ゆず #PentaxKS2

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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

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