Sankeien Garden

View of ducks on the main pond of Sankeien Garden. The three-story pagoda in the back was built in 1457 and moved to this site in 1914 after its adjacent temple in Kyoto became abandoned.

ISO 800 at ƒ/11 for 1/200 sec.

#SankeienGarden #pond #pagoda #autumn #ducks #Yokohama #Japan #三溪園 #池 #旧燈明寺三重塔 #重要文化財 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Boat on main pond at Sankeien Garden, located in a suburb of Yokohama city.

ISO 800 at ƒ/8 for 1/200 sec.

#SankeienPark #pond #boat #reflections #bird #ducks #Yokohama #Japan #三溪園 #大池 #船 #鳥 #カルガモ #横浜 #PentaxKS2

View of lush foliage on the slopes that border the southern end of Sankeien Garden in Yokohama.

ISO 200 at ƒ/5.6 for 1/100 sec.

#SankeienGarden #woods #forest #autumn #fallcolors #Yokohama #Japan #三溪園 #秋の紅葉 #林 #森 #紅葉 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Tomitaro Hara (1868-1939), a wealthy merchant and tycoon of the silk trade, originally built Sankeien Garden for his personal use. In 1914, he acquired an abandoned 3-story pagoda, which was originally built in 1457. Hara had it disassembled, shipped, restored, and reassembled in his garden.

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#SankeienGarden #pagoda #forest #autumn #AutumnColors #AutumnLeaves#Yokohama #Japan #三溪園 #秋の紅葉 #林 #森 #紅葉 #横浜 #旧燈明寺三重塔 #PentaxKS2

The Kanshinbashi Bridge (foreground) was built in 1334 and moved here from Osaka. The main hall of the former Tomyoji Temple (background) was built in 1457 and moved here from Kyoto. 

ISO 400 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/160 sec.

#SankeienGarden #KanshinBridge #TomyojiTemple #forest #autumn #AutumnLeaves #Yokohama #Japan #三溪園 #秋の紅葉 #林 #森 #紅葉 #横浜 #旧燈明寺本堂 #観心橋 #PentaxKS2

Meticulously pruned and nurtured over the past 100-plus years, the dark evergreens provide great contrast with the autumn colors of gingko and maple trees that have been strategically planted throughout Sankeien Garden.

ISO 1600 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/160 sec.

#autumn #FallColors #garden #JapaneseGarden #SankeienGarden #Yokohama #Japan #三溪園 #秋の紅葉 #横浜

Old Japanese black pine tree among some maple trees that are just starting to turn red. Wall covered in white plaster and topped off with marugawara roof tiles and gatou (eave-end tiles with circular ornamental pendants). Such walls are typically only found near castles, temples, shrines, or old homes of very wealthy or powerful families.

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#autumn #fall #trees #TradionalWall #TraditionaTiles #JapaneseGarden #SankeienGarden #Yokohama #Japan #三溪園 #秋の紅葉 #瓦当 #円瓦当 #軒巴瓦 #横浜

Marugawara roof tiles and gatou (eave-end tiles with circular ornamental pendants) used on the top of one of the inner-garden walls.

ISO 800 at ƒ/4.5 for 1/200 sec.

#autumn #autumcolors #fall #fallleaves #trees #JapaneseRoofTiles #TraditionaalTiles #JapaneseGarden #SankeienGarden #Yokohama #Japan #三溪園 #秋の紅葉 #瓦当 #円瓦当 #軒巴瓦 #横浜

Marugawara roof tiles and gatou (eave-end tiles with circular ornamental pendants) used on the top of one of the inner-garden walls.

ISO 800 at ƒ/4.5 for 1/200 sec.

#autumn #autumcolors #fall #fallleaves #trees #JapaneseRoofTiles #TraditionaalTiles #JapaneseGarden #SankeienGarden #Yokohama #Japan #三溪園 #秋の紅葉 #瓦当 #円瓦当 #軒巴瓦 #横浜

A small temple-like structure built in 1591 by a famous military commander to express appreciation for his ill mother’s recovery. The structure, called a juto, was rescued from demise in Kyoto and moved to Sankeien Garden in 1905.

ISO 200 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/80 sec.

#autumn #FallColors #fall #AutumnLeaves #trees #Buddhist #JapaneseArchitecture #TraditionalArchitecture #JapaneseGarden #SankeienGarden #Yokohama #Japan #ImportantCulturalProperty

#三溪園 #秋の紅葉 #旧天瑞寺 #寿塔 #重要文化財 #豊臣秀吉 #仏教 #横浜

Roof tiles and eave-end tiles with circular pendants showing a family crest on the roof of a structure built in 1591 in  Kyoto and moved to Yokohama in 1905.

ISO 200 at ƒ/5.6 for 1/200 sec.

#autumn #colors #red #fall #leaves #trees #roof #traditional #tiles #garden #Sankeien #maple #Yokohama #Japan #三溪園 #秋の紅葉 #瓦当 #円瓦当 #軒巴瓦 #横浜

This building, called Choshukau, was built at the direction of the Shogun in 1623 as one of many structures belonging to the Nijojo Castle in Kyoto.

ISO 200 at ƒ/5.6 for 1/200 sec.

#autumn #colors #red #fall #leaves #trees #Japanese #traditional #architecture #garden #Sankeien #maple #Yokohama #blackpine #Japan #三溪園 #秋の紅葉 #聴秋閣 #横浜

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Minato Harbor View Park

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Rosebud at Harbor View Park, which sits atop the bluff overlooking Yokohama Port.

ISO 6400 at ƒ/7.1 for 1/200 sec.

#rose #rosebud #FlowerGarden #HarborViewPark #Yokohama #Japan #バラ #バラのつぼみ #港の見える丘公園 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Withered rose stem reflected in a large garden pot full of rain water.

ISO 400 at ƒ/4.5 for 1/125 sec.

#reflections #roses #flowerpot #HarborViewPark #Yokohama #Japan #反射 #バラ #植木鉢 #港の見える丘公園 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

She can't resist playing in the water fountain at the park.

ISO 1600 at ƒ/4.5 for 1/200 sec.

#pet #dog #BorderCollie #HarborViewPark #Yokohama #Japan #愛犬 #犬 #ボーダーコリー #港の見える丘公園 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

The "Cascade Garden" features a stepped water cascade on a hill crowded with over 700 plants of about 80 varieties of roses on the site of the former British Consulate General's residence, which was  in use until about the late 1860s. Yokohama city had the foresight to preserve the old buildings and gardens dating back more than 155 years. During full bloom, the park swarms with couples on a date, young families, and elderly couples holding hands.

ISO 200 at ƒ/4 for 1/15 sec.

#garden #rosegarden #cascadegarden #HarborViewPark #Yokohama #Japan #イギリス山地区 #バラ #カスケードの庭 #港の見える丘公園 #横浜 #PentaxKS2

Long exposure of the Minato Mirai waterfront district as seen from Yamashita Park. Yamashita Park was the brainchild of Marshall Martin, a weathy British expatriate who convinced the government to use debris from the aftermath of the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 to fill a portion of the bay and create a beautiful park and dock for the Hikawa-maru, an ocean liner that sailed between Japan and North America.
ISO 100 at ƒ/22 for 30 sec.
#YamashitaPark #MinatoMirai #CitySkyline #PortofYokohama #Yokohama #Japan #山下公園 #みなとみらい #横浜 #横浜港 #PentaxKS2

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Honmoku Park

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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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Yokohama Port Opening Memorial Hall

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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.

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#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.
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#YokohamaTriennale #art #exhibition #yuzu #BankartStudioNYK #ヨコハマトリエンナーレ #ゆず #PentaxKS2

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Yamashita Park and MM21

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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.

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#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.

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#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.
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#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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Shonan Hiratsuka Beach Park

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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

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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.