Japan 09 - Arrival to Tokyo, Ueno station area

Shinkansen track (for bullet train)

Kyoto to Tokyo on Nozomi bullet train (the trip took around 2hr 40min)

Bullet train

Nokia sports tracker tracked the bullet train at ~250km/h

Within the Nozomi bullet train (lady selling F&B onboard)

Lunch onboard the train

Views from within bullet train

Room in Tokyo/Ueno (Sutton Place hotel)

Ameyokocho market

Japan 09 - Gion/Pontocho (casual shots)

Old Gion bridge.. place for Geisha & Maiko sighting

Pontocho

In an ikazaya @ Gion

Sake

Fugu sashimi
Beef sashimi

Ishibei-koji

Japan 09 - Arashiyama area

Tenryu-ji



Nonomiya shrine

The shrines sell a good variety of charms for love, career, traffic safety, studies, health..etc

From a random shops along Arashiyama

Bomboo forest

Lots of people!!

The effect of 30s exposure time with ND8 filter..
not really enough to totally 'exclude' people in the picture..
Should have taken pictures in different angle instead of trying to do away with the people.. I dont feel its worth the time.. unless the composition is so great