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Nine days in Japan
Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Kamakura in May 2026, from a festival in Asakusa to the torii of Fushimi Inari.
Sanja Matsuri, Asakusa.
Nine days in May, mostly on foot and by train: Tokyo, the Shinkansen west, Kyoto and Osaka, then back to Kamakura and Tokyo. All on the Nikon D780.
Tokyo
The first night in Tokyo; Ameyoko by day.
A temple in Ueno Park, and a Sunday ball game.
Sanja Matsuri
Mid-May in Asakusa means the Sanja Matsuri: portable shrines carried through the streets around Sensō-ji, and the whole neighbourhood out to watch.
The crowd in front of Sensō-ji.
Carrying the mikoshi.
Tokyo Skytree, and the city straight down from the top.
Sunset from the observation deck.
West
Fuji from the Shinkansen, between Tokyo and Kyoto.
Kyoto
Bamboo and a quiet temple on the first morning in Kyoto.
The Katsura river and the Togetsukyō bridge, Arashiyama.
Kinkaku-ji.
Fushimi Inari: thousands of torii up the mountain.
Looking back over Kyoto from the climb.
Graves on the hillside below Kiyomizu-dera, and its pagoda.
Osaka
Osaka Castle.
Kamakura
Back east for a day by the sea.
Koi and rows of jizō at Hase-dera.
Hase-dera, and the Great Buddha of Kamakura.
A last walk in Tokyo.
