http://rawpixels.ca Photography by Rob Jamieson Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:00:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/03/tsukiji-fish-market/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/03/tsukiji-fish-market/#comments Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:00:56 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=491 The Tsukiji fish market is one of the busiest and chaotic places I’ve ever been.  Not knowing the language, and it not being the most tourist-friendly place (i.e. no signs), I was left to wander the market and try to figure it out on my own. I have to admit, it felt like I was [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/03/tsukiji-fish-market/feed/ 0 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/03/j-pop-tees/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/03/j-pop-tees/#comments Thu, 04 Mar 2010 11:00:45 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=487 These T shirts were on sale in the Harajuku area of Tokyo.  This area was made famous by Gwen Stefani’s hit song Harajuku Girls, depicting the ultra-trendy and unique J-pop culture.  Bright colours, trendy phrases, coloured hair, tattoos and piercings are just some of the fashion statements common around here.  Although I didn’t spend much time [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/03/j-pop-tees/feed/ 0 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/03/nakamise-dori/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/03/nakamise-dori/#comments Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:00:02 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=484 Nakamise Dori is a pedestrian lane that leads up to Sonsoji Temple in the neighborhood of Asakusa, Tokyo.  The lane is filled with shops selling souvenirs and traditional trinkets and foods/candies.  On this day, the place was packed as it was such a beautiful fall day. Interestingly enough, this location had the highest number of non-Asian [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/03/nakamise-dori/feed/ 1 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/under-umbrellas/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/under-umbrellas/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 11:00:37 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=481 Rushing through the rain, with heads held low under umbrellas, we sometimes miss the obvious. Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. ]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/under-umbrellas/feed/ 6 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/great-buddha-of-kamakura/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/great-buddha-of-kamakura/#comments Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:00:26 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=464 Above is a the Great Buddha of Kamakura, located in Kamakura Japan.  This statue of Buddha was, at a few points in time, enclosed in a wooden temple.  During a few large storms and a tidal wave back in the 14th and 15th centuries, the wooden structure was blown or washed away, each time leaving the large [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/great-buddha-of-kamakura/feed/ 2 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/imperial-guard-house/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/imperial-guard-house/#comments Thu, 18 Feb 2010 11:00:54 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=461 This is one of the guard houses, or lookouts in the Imperial Gardens in Tokyo.  The accessible areas of the Imperial Gardens aren’t really that spectacular in the winter, but this was one view that seemed to be worthy of a snapshot. Lighting was a bit tricky on this one, as the sun was just out [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/imperial-guard-house/feed/ 0 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/tokyo-mount-fuji/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/tokyo-mount-fuji/#comments Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:00:13 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=458 This shot of Mount Fuji and the skyscrapers of Shinjuku is one of my favourites from my trip to Japan.  Before my trip, I had made a list of quintessential photographs to take while in Japan, and Mt. Fuji with the city in front of it was at the top of my list.  After a [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/tokyo-mount-fuji/feed/ 4 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/shinjuku-at-night/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/shinjuku-at-night/#comments Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:00:26 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=456 Nighttime in Tokyo is just as busy as any other time in this city.  The city never sleeps, and if anything, it feels even busier at night with all the bright flashing lights from traffic, billboards, and other advertisements.  Like a moth to a flame, your eyes are drawn into the bright lights. I took this [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/shinjuku-at-night/feed/ 1 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/shinjuku/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/shinjuku/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 11:00:37 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=453 The prefecture of Shinjuku is one of Tokyo’s busier places.  Most of Tokyo’s tallest skyscrapers are located here, as well as its biggest and busiest train station. The photo above shows a few of these skyscrapers nestled in a corner between two major roads. I discovered this while following my Lonely Planet guide book’s walking tour [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/shinjuku/feed/ 1 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/yodobashi-camera/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/yodobashi-camera/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 11:00:51 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=447 My hotel was located in Shinjuku, one of Tokyo’s more livelier prefectures, and was about 4 blocks away from this shopping area.  The area consists of about 3 blocks of brightly lit stores that are actually just one store: the Yodobashi camera store.  I can’t remember what happened when I realized this, as my brain [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/yodobashi-camera/feed/ 0 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/blowing-leaves-at-yasukuni-shrine/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/blowing-leaves-at-yasukuni-shrine/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 11:00:08 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=432 Yasukuni Shrine honours soldiers who have died fighting for the Emperor of Japan. It is fairly famous in the far East for various reasons (historic and political), but this photo is not about the shrine as much as the entrance to it. Leading up to the shrine is a long mall bordered with [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/blowing-leaves-at-yasukuni-shrine/feed/ 0 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/tokyo-scramble/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/tokyo-scramble/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:00:40 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=428 Tokyo is famous for “scramble” intersections, where all directions of traffic stop and allow pedestrians to cross any way they wish. It is quite a sight to see. We have a couple of scramble intersections in Toronto, but they pale in comparison to the sheer volume of people in Tokyo. Most major intersections in Tokyo [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/tokyo-scramble/feed/ 2 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/reflections-of-tokyo/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/reflections-of-tokyo/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 11:00:38 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=402 Tokyo is a very old and historic city. Scenes like this are not uncommon in this city. Here, one of the Imperial Palace’s guard houses sits in contrast with the modern city’s skyscrapers. Traditional rule by the monarchy versus today’s importance of the economy and capitalization. Due to the Allied bombing in World [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/02/reflections-of-tokyo/feed/ 1 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/sunday-shopping-in-ginza-tokyo/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/sunday-shopping-in-ginza-tokyo/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2010 12:00:15 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=389 Every Sunday Tokyo shuts down the main street in Ginza (a prefecture of Tokyo) to allow the masses to go shopping in this high-end shopping district.  The streets are lined with designer shops from around the world.  You name it, it’s here.  Consider this the equivalent of New York’s 5th Avenue, or Toronto’s Yorkville, but [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/sunday-shopping-in-ginza-tokyo/feed/ 0 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/tokyo-international-forum/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/tokyo-international-forum/#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:00:54 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=329 The Tokyo International Forum is a unique building in Tokyo that houses conference rooms, concert halls and exhibitions. The building’s cavernous atrium is highlighted by the interesting steel structure at the top, a wall of windows on one side, and a wooden wall on the other. The building is truly huge. Standing at the [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/tokyo-international-forum/feed/ 0 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/bell-house-at-seokguram-temple/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/bell-house-at-seokguram-temple/#comments Fri, 22 Jan 2010 12:00:47 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=346 Such an ornate structure to hold a bell… The locals sit in the parking lot and sell souvenirs and local produce to the tourists. ]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/bell-house-at-seokguram-temple/feed/ 0 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/roof-detail-at-seokguram-temple/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/roof-detail-at-seokguram-temple/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 12:00:33 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=344 One of the major temples in the Gyeongju region is Seokguram where a large statue of Buddha is carved from a single piece of stone. Photography is prohibited inside the temple, but the intricate roof details shown here were quite interesting.  I just love all the colour they put into everything!  The attention to [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/roof-detail-at-seokguram-temple/feed/ 0 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/ancient-korean-observatory/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/ancient-korean-observatory/#comments Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:00:47 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=340 This ancient Korean observatory is apparently the oldest in Eastern Asia. I’m not entirely sure why they needed to build a massive stone structure to sit approximately ten to fifteen feet off the ground (couldn’t they make a treehouse of sorts and save a lot of effort?) but they did. ]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/ancient-korean-observatory/feed/ 0 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/traditional-korean-warrior/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/traditional-korean-warrior/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:00:45 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=337 I was really lucky to snap a shot of this traditional Korean warrior. While waiting for my Korean tour guide to finish her Korean spiel on the site, I turned around to see this warrior on horseback riding past. Apparently I had just missed some reenactment of some sort and they were leaving. [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/traditional-korean-warrior/feed/ 1 http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/south-korean-tomb-hills/ http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/south-korean-tomb-hills/#comments Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:19:31 +0000 Rob http://rawpixels.ca/?p=333 These hills are actually royal tombs where the ancient rulers of Korea are buried. These are located right in the middle of the city of Gyeongju where I was staying. As this was taken in winter, the grass was brown, but still makes for a scenic landscape. In total there are 35 [...]]]> http://rawpixels.ca/2010/01/south-korean-tomb-hills/feed/ 1