"Not Found" Dan Matyola http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/danieljmatyola
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 12:56 AM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: > I’ve visited Japan most years since 1991 or so, and have complicated > feelings about the place. Let’s start with a lucky GESO taken in '96 > with a little Nikon pocket film cam: > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/05/12/Fuji24http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/200x/2004/05/12/Fuji24 > > So, in no particular order: > 1. Tokyo is a street-shooter’s paradise. Lots of funky cool people and > they’re too polite to object. > 2. The single best tourist attraction in Tokyo is Asakusa; easy to get > to, too. Take your camera! > 3. Good places for a walk include Shibuya and almost any direction > around Shinjuku. > 4. Places that you read about but I don’t like include Roppongi > (greasy and sleazy), Ginza (global brands, yawn). > 5. Japanese department stores are pretty mind-boggling. > 6. The single best out-of-town tourist attraction within easy reach is > Kamakura. A whole lotta walking but worth it if your legs are good. > 7. If you have a local colleague, they’ll want to take you somewhere > fancy. You can get decent sushi anywhere in the world these days, but > yakiniku and shabu-shabu are less-exported and worth sampling. But > you know, you can do a lot worse than just hitting an izikaya (pub, > more or less) at the nearest train station. The competition is fierce > and the quality good. Have a drink or five, and stumble onto the > subway home; it's the thing to do. > 8. The big camera stores have mind-boggling selection but not terribly > great prices. > > There are thousands of words and hundreds of pictures about Japan on my blog: > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/What/The%20World/Places/Tokyo/ > http://www.tbray.org/ongoing/What/The%20World/Places/Japan/Shimane/ > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Igor Roshchin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> I don't remember any PDMLers who live(d) in Japan, at least recently. >> However, my brain is so overloaded now that I might be not be just >> rememembering correctly. >> So, just in case: is anybody on the list in Japan? >> >> I will be in Japan for a short business trip very soon for the first >> time in my life, and I am looking for ideas on what could be good >> places to see/visit in the areas of Tokyo, Nara/Kyoto, Sendai. >> It is always interesting to see something that is "off the beaten path". >> >> It would also be cool to meet some locals there. >> >> I'd be happy to hear those recommendations on or off the list. >> >> Thank you, >> >> Igor >> >> >> -- >> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >> [email protected] >> http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >> to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >> follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
