Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japan. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 26, 2008

[Japan 2008] Capturing Japan's Graceful Autumn

Luck at Kyoto

when being contrast is a process to be cleansed out in order to rejuvenate


romantism of Kyoto's autumn


ketika menggugur berarti bersemu


Kiki, Mama, the Fuji, and autumn leaves



go straight to the right up to the Fuji


ilalang menuju puncak


boats at the Hakone lake


lanterns at Asakusa


cleansing body and soul before converse with the All Mighty

graceful autumn


Tuesday, November 18, 2008

[Japan 2008] Tokyo: the Harmony of Mind and Heart


My first impression about Tokyo is that the diverse charm the city enlights.

Traditional and modern building blend together everywhere, law and local tradition is upheld consistently by everyone, and even in the highest pride of human logic, the Japanesse are able to respect their inner limitation, the border between human and the Creator.


Tokyo is vast.

and indeed cool, though calm.

The calmity, i think, is created from the politeness and the sympathic way the Japanese have toward guests. We feel being welcomed and respected anywhere in this city, and i believe, in this country.

The coolness is inside. The coolness is though hot and burning.

And Tokyo as the capitol city, as a metropolitan, as a society shares this paradox.

The city bursts, the city calms. On and on, that it spins, and becomes constant.

The city then can offer two extreme for stranger: lost or meditated