「日本の風景 / Views and Photography of Japan 転生」

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Glad to see we're back.

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can anyone recognize this place? i know its too generic but i cant find the source with reverse search

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>>33554826
The sign on the left has an Osaka phone number. Not the most precise location admittedly, but not quite nothing.

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>>33554826
You didn't even tried.
I just put "コクミンドッグ Osaka" on google maps and there it is, right in the middle of Dontobori.
34.66891660585747, 135.50342839455035

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>>33562207
Do ferns like this not bother trains? It's a lovely shot, not sure if lighting is normalized or if this is just reality.

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>>33563131
Looks a tad bit overexposed to me, probably what makes the lighting look the way it is.

Also I recall taking a similar local train to either Naoshima or Tottori and yeah as long as the ferns aren't overgrown onto the tracks I think the trains aren't bothered at all.

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>>33570493
ahh... home...

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>1479487354328.jpg
>Someone actually saved my photo
W-What is this feeling

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>>33579505
I like that photo

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Are clouds like this common in Japan? It's crazy how they form like that and how beautiful it looks to see such a giant. I don't really look outside my own window much, but I'm pretty sure I don't get such kinds of clouds around here often. I've seen other kinds of pictures of these clouds on Twitter too. It seems Japan benefits from having a flat landscape for the clouds to better show? Maybe that's why too. Although Japan isn't flat, but I'm not really sure how else to explain it.

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>>33581999
The geography probably makes a difference too. A mountainous region surrounded by ocean probably has different clouds than, say, a desert.

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>>33580351
Are there any parts of Japan that don't look like poor, run-down small town America?

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>>33582238
When I was on Google Maps, the closer you get to the cities, the less they look like poor, run-down small towns. It's actually impressive how many run-down towns there are in Japan. It doesn't even look like anyone lives there which how run down it is, but it's definitely populated.

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>>33582309
I always wonder what those people do to make ends meet. Especially the isolated villages nestled in the mountains. How can there be enough jobs for everyone?

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completely soulless

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>>33582375
There aren't, thats why the small villages are dying out. The population is either old enough to be retired and lives from pension and their own vegetables or they drive somewhere else to work. There might be a dam, michi no eki, onsen, resort, school etc in the area that has a few employees.
To be fair, with a car you can commute really far within a relativly short amount of time. If you commute for 40 minutes you could live in the mountains and work in a small city nearby.
Seeing run down shopping arcades with 90% of shops closed on a sunny afternoon always left a really bad taste in my mouth.

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>>33579664
T-Thanks, you too, whenever I get back into the country I'll try to take more.

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should/may I also post a few pics I took from the last Japan trip?

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>>33562207
Damn I thought it was some kind of 2021 unity game or something

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>>3358512
go ahead

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>>33585121
Please do, anon!

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city scapes/panoramas coming in after this

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ok I didn't actually expect that size to be allowed
nice
more gimmicky tilt-and-shift effect ones then

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>>33581999
From what I remember of grade school science class (not much) aren't those cumulonimbus (thunderhead) clouds? They usually mean a thunderstorm is coming, which Japan gets a lot of in late summer.

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>>33586356
tiny nippons pwaying with theyw wittew baww :3

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>>33586575
gonna do some groceries first but I doubt this thread'll die by the time I'm back
pls don't make me dig through the pics archive of my first japan trip ;__;

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>>33586631
obligatory

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>>33581999
From my experience these clouds are common in the summer in Japan. They are thunder clouds, but don't seem to carry a lot of activity. Mainly rain. They seem to spring up late afternoon, at random locations, traveling slowly or staying in one spot.
Very different from Europe, where I'm from. Here thunder often develops above France, and travels hundreds of kilometers north into Belgium, Netherlands and Germany

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>>33586631
Good memories of the Mori Hills Tower... I remember going just before sundown, seeing the transition from light to dark is just beautiful

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>>33587516
I think I'll stop here with these lovely ladies stuffing their faces

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the city spreads out so far it's very difficult to really comprehend just how much of it there really is
quite literally in every direction you look it's up to the horizon, it's insane, and you're just so high up
wherever you look you probably have many millions of people "in view"

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>>33579505
There was a Mega linked in January 2019, which had (almost) all of the images ever posted to these threads (3317), so it's possible that many anons have most or all of the photos.

>inb4 link?
I don't have the link but it would be in the archive.

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>>33570599
>that island with many house
Man I wish I could live there

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Onomichi. Home...

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I miss 日本.
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Where is that?

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Takehara Bamboo Candle Festival. Home...

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>>33604588
Hell yeah!

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>>33607152
Nice one mate. Which year did you go? I went in 2016 and 2019.
2016 had a weird Tamayura Momoneko Matsuri during the day before the Bamboo Festival. They did games with the audience and then all the hardcore Otaku in Momoneko Happis did the Momoneko Ondo. I still regret not getting one of those Happis for 5000yen they look awesome

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>>33607993
Went there in 2018. Only went to Takehara for one day. I ate at Horikawa which was good.

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Looking at some of these pics literally makes me nostalgic how things were normal over a year ago. I moved to Japan at the end of 2019 and suddenly this corona shit happens. What a shitty timing.

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I wonder how much things would change if america were to look more like japan

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This sexy beast from Japan is the only view I need.

https://youtu.be/WTI-Pp0inek

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anyone got any cool urban gardens?

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sagamiono or something in kanagawa

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>>33616103
Do you just mean urban areas with some greenery or specifically gardens?

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interesting bird I found, looked like a type of wild chicken

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>>33616112
sagamiko. Hiked from here to Mt. Takao

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mt takao inariyama trail I think

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Hiking was wonderful during lockdown

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rainy day hike

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tiny yard I found in Tokyo

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>>33616113
like people trying to grow gardens in the urban environment

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>>33616752
I see, unfortunately I don't have anything quite like that but I can post the closest things I do have.

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sources for your suteeki

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Okay weebs. Time for some real demystified photos from everyday life in Japan.

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>>33617474
Why does iPhone rotate shit like this?
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>>33609547
Corona is a double edged sword. I stayed from October 2019 to October 2020 in Japan. At times it was really inconvenient, like public toilets being closed, no events and no festivals. Campsites, mountain huts and hiking trails being closed really annoyed me. But on the other hand I got to experience Japan with almost no other tourists, except those on a long term visa like me.
I visited Kyoto and my experience was 100 times better than the first time I went in 2016. Although I do feel sorry for all the people that live from tourism.
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Both times I went I also only stayed for one or one and a half days. I hiked up Mt. Asahi both times. During the 2019 trip the road was full of praying mantis, that was really cool.

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rust, rust everywhere

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>>33616128
Nice one, looks like a Japanese Green Pheasant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_pheasant

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>>33617680
Oh thanks, it appears to be the national bird of Japan lol

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what was your experience in japan look like anon?

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These threads sure die fast when no one has fresh images to post

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Little bump for the night

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>>33552869
glad to see this thread again

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>>33563131
It's a little overexposed and they should've used a circular polarizer to filter out the highlights on the foliage.
polarizer really makes a big difference when you're doing landscape stuff, but sometimes you just have to shoot with what you've got.

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more blue hour

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assisting

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One hour from Toyohashi to mountains by 2 car train.

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>>33609547
life in japan thread OP?

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I want to see green again. Can't wait for spring.

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Thank god one of these threads popped up again, I was beginning to lose faith bros

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>>33616157
uhmmm I climbed mt Takao some years ago and did the inariyama trail too(cause it was the longest and less frequented) but I don't recognize that pic, I remember the trail to be much more wild and not built.
Anyway brings back memories, like all the Jizo in the forest... and that bridge with that misterious traditional construction and that cave, it had such an atmosphere.
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I had a similar experience in Venice last summer, a lot of stuff closed and it causes problems but... no tourists and the whole city just for me!
I just wish japan opened up so I could come back...
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Is that Kyoto inariyama?

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>>33643969
>Is that Kyoto inariyama?
That's the Fushimi Inari yeah

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>>33617480
other phones do it too. Open the picture in Paint and resave it as a new file, this should fix the orientation being wack

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>stay at the farm of a guy in Japan
>as hippie as it gets
>when he was in his early 20s he decided that he wants to live in the forests of Shikoku just living in a tent
>practiced archery to hunt deer
>buys better and better equipment
>when he is confident enough he applies to get a hunting license
>they tell him that its not legal to hunt with a bow
>he decides not to get the license and just scraps the entire shikoku plan
Coolest guy ever, although a bit too loose for some people. He has been in over 40 countries, walked across Australia and built his own Shinto shrine in the forest near him, where he wants to be enshrined once he's dead.

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>>33653066
>>they tell him that its not legal to hunt with a bow
but... why not? gun are usually very rare to find in japan anyway so why not use a bow?

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>>33657878
I didnt ask for the details. Bow hunting is illegal in many countries.
All hunters use hunting rifles, theyre not especially rare. How else would they shoot the deer and boars?

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bump cause nice thread, I kind of want to post my photos but I have to remove metadata and such cause paranoia eheh

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>>33667177
4chan automatically removes metadata last I heard.

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>>33667527
Are you sure about that, Michael from California?

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>>33669917
I mean, one of those is correct.

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I was hiking the other day and took this one. How did I do?

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>>33669931
Good enough for me

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>>33670048
Ive also been there last year. It almost felt like an abandoned castle. The park was overgrown and there was tape blocking the way up. Not sure if that was because of Corona or if its actually abandoned.
I still really enjoyed it and if I had to show someone a castle in the area I would choose this one over Osaka castle.

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>>33670048
yup it's a photo

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>>33670117
I see. When I passed through it the grass was trimmed and there were a lot of people having picnics in the park. It seems like you can go inside now.

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>>33670140
May have been because of Corona then. You could only walk on the stone path and nowhere else. I still snuck behind the castle to look at it. Fuck the police.

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>>33670184
Nice, nice.

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>>33657878
>gun are usually very rare to find in japan anyway
The rarity isn't because they're really hard to find, just google up a gun store and go there, but because most aren't allowed to have them. Hunters however are, so...

>but... why not?
From the hunter's perspective because it's illegal and fucking around with the law in Japan is decidedly not recommended. From the lawmaker's perspective I don't really know, but the laws in my neck of the woods that say you can only hunt with sufficiently powerful rifles (so no .22lr for moose) are based on animal welfare. Sure bow and arrow can kill, but rifles are easier to use and so less risk of you fucking up, or so is the theory at least.

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>>33677789
Why is the Lawson pink inside?

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>>33616857
Where is this?

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>>33684303
This image always feels eerie to me, but at the same time, I like it because of the city shot. Just what is it that feels so appealing about looking at lights? I don't really get it. I'm pretty sure some of those of are just lights for hallways and not lights for rooms like on the company ones.

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I hate and love these things. I wish them all a painful death and they wish the same to me.

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>>33687932
Night time in japanese cities feels magical to me for some reason. Not sure why, maybe a combination of the architecture and maybe the types of lighting used are different to my home country? It certainly feels different. Also the almost non-existent chance of being stabbed

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IT'S NOT FAIR WHY CAN'T I GO THIS IS ALL I'VE EVER WANTED I'M GONNA FUCKING LOSE IT

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>>33653066
Did you... stay at CharinCo hostel in Oosaka, by any chance?

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>>33694448
Nope. That hostel looks alright though. I have stayed in Osaka twice. Both times in super nasty hotels in the Nishinari ward.
I kinda want to make a map of stuff I have seen and where I slept and Onsen Ive visited etc. Is Google MyMaps the best way to do that?

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>page 9
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>>33690699
we are all born to suffer for not being japanese!

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bumping with my old pictures

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I definitely wouldnt want to be Japanese. Japan is best explored as a foreigner on vacation. Pic related, its me in Japan.

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those calves homuna homuna homuna awooga awooga!

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>>33679078
Probably the camera trying to get the light outside and inside average out to white, while in reality it's white inside and bluish outside.

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>>33617474
tfw dated japs and it completely demystified them for me. Although they are still super cute

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I assumed the question was rhetorical. If not, I'm pretty sure it's just been over-processed, to create mood. There have been similarly processed photos in previous threads, such as pic related.

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>>33723536
Beautiful lighting and palette in this image. Especially love the diverse shapes from the lanterns to the wires to the tall buildings in the back. They look like a set, I wonder if it's all actually one company?

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>>33723547
Is water stale in here?
I'm always uncomfortable around such water sources since they can smell really bad in hot weather.

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>>33725400
Na, it moves. It's not a rushing stream but it's basically the remains of rivers that the city has grown overtop of, so they've making their way out to the bay.

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>>33706213
I have not and probably never will have gone.
I've never even set foot on Japanese soil.
It's literally all I've wanted my entire life. It's always just out of my grasp. Like some sick god is pulling me along with a carrot on a stick. Seems like everyone that goes is ungrateful.

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>>33725725
Been twice and it was fantastic both times.
Especially the first time which was magical and somehow lived up to my incredibly high expectations.
What's stopping you going after the coronavirus has fucked off?

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>>33706213
Who made this photo, accept my and my friend praise.

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>>33685907
Who would want slap a plane?

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>>33695493
reminds me of kowloon

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>>33725725
I think the ungrateful ones are often the naive people who thought that going to Japan would be the holy grail that heals all their wounds, when its just another place for millions of tourists to go each year. Don't get me wrong, Ive been there multiple times and I am already planning to go back, but Japan is not the holy land that some people think it is.
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Thanks, it's mine. It's a random stray cat in Onomichi. Onomichi has a lot of cats and one spot in particular always has a bunch of them roaming around.

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>>33617474
Why would this demistify anything? I've seen MUCH more trash in my home country, argentina, lol.
I have no photos of it because it's so common it doesn't faze. Rats scuttling while you walk past, etc.
A used old bra is clean. Please take me out of latam.

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>>33586027
The swagger on the right guy's step is something else

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Mt. Daisen, the highest mountain of Chugoku

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As an American, I wish our cities were more like Japanese ones. Having lived my life in what some might consider suburban Midwestern hell, with a population of under 27,000 its not too bad, but incredibly boring. Cities here are dangerous, dirty, etc. I wish my town and "actual" cities such as Cleveland or Akron, or Toledo were walkable. Having never left the USA, everything I'm seeing in these pictures and that I've seen elsewhere fills me with excitement, perhaps even jealousy. From the nice walkable cities with local neighborhood grocery stores, gorgeous nature in harmony with modernity and more. Even their religion(s) seem far more interesting or meaningful than Christianity/monotheism. I especially value the spiritual rituals and their place in common everyday life instead of just treating religion as some kind of genie that you only take out of the bottle when you need it.. Would love to visit there some day, and hopefully multiple times. Only problem is, I can't understand any Japanese and that would make me even more subconscious about myself. I'd feel terrible for visiting a country without at least taking the time to learn the basics of their native language. Sorry for the blogpost. Great thread.

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>>33735718
I'm not an american and or japanese but I got a question what exactly is the different between Japan and America? What kind of things do you want the US to look more like japan in general?

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America is a very divided nation, and while sometimes it is overblown by the media, many times it definitely feels like the people live in completely different societies from one another, the people living in different parts of the country could be their own countries even though they share a language and food. This is partially due to how large America is, which we can see historically that large countries are harder to govern. Also, America is very racially and ethnically diverse. It wasn't long ago that it was racially homogenious, not to the same level as Japan, but still very stable. Large, diverse multi-racial or multi-ethnic societies are not stable and viable long-term, the Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Austria-Hungary, and Yugoslavia being good examples. While Japan is nearly entirely Japanese, and has a much more collectivist culture that emphasizes societal harmony and occasional self-sacrifice or selflessness. This feeling of community is something everyone seeks, and at least from afar, Japan seems to have it spades. I also really enjoy Japanese aesthetics, from traditional rustic buildings, modern cities, pottery, etc. The rituals, practices, beliefs/deities, and culture associated with Shinto also greatly interest me. While I'm not a big fan of cramped cities here in America, Japan's cities seem very interesting. The walkability would make life far more convenient, and ironically maybe even help fight the epidemic of obesity in this country. I also really enjoy the philosophy, aesthetics, of Japanese tea culture. Japanese tea is delicious, and much better than the shit we drink here. But I realize that Japan isn't some perfect society, it has plenty of problems we have as well, but worse. I don't wish to be Japanese but I enjoy their society and culture, including exports such as anime, manga, and tea at the surface level.

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>>33738652
very interestung post last question if you were a president of united state what kind of problem would you fix and how would you try to change US into more "japanese"?

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>>33738730
Presidents and individuals cannot solve the issues alone, especially cultural issues which will take decades to change. If I were president I work to make suburbs and cities as walkable as Japanese cities, change zoning laws to allow for shops and grocery stores to be built in residential neighborhoods with proper implementation. I also greatly envy Japanese public transportation via their Shinkansen. Having a high-speed rail system is current way too expensive, but I would love to commute to my job from the suburbs to the city without having to waste a quarter of a tank of gas each day. I drive 60 miles 1 way twice a day. I would build high speed rail train transit in every state in America, especially in the Midwest. I'd make it state-subsidized so it was cheaper. I'd also make immigration laws stricter and work to deport more illegal immigrants, of course without making a big deal of it like Trump did, which is why he was so heavily opposed.

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>>33696401
They closed, sadly, but it was a super nice place to be. Free breakfast, free bikes, computer and arcade and tabletop games, and super chill staff if you're not a goddamn retard like I was. One of the girls would read your Tarot for 500¥.

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Climbing Chokai-san. I didnt make it to the top, the weather was absolutly terrible. Can you spot the white arrow marking the way?
Here is what the wind was like closer to the top https://streamable.com/09gunz

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>>33643891
Konbini are so goddamn comfy, i don't get it

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save jp

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>>33752434
Comfort foods.

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>>33752065
God I fucking love hills and mountains

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>>33585762
In my country someone who can afford to live in old house/shop like this in the middle of the city between big apartments are always filthy rich (or at least used to be one). I wonder whether this is also the case in Japan?

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Is that the gate that survived the atomikku bombu in nagasaki?

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Coming home, any day now.