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Showing posts with label Golden Week. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Golden Week. Show all posts
Friday, May 3, 2019

10 Photos from a Mud Festival in Okinawa

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Kin Town Tanbo Festa 2019 A Tanbo is a flooded field or rice paddy and this Mud Festival is a Golden Week event. Not wanting to get...
Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Morning After Full Moon

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Blame It on the Dog If the stupid animal hadn't licked me at 4 AM, this photo wouldn't be here. There are plenty of...
Tuesday, May 2, 2017

Animation: Flying Fish and a Plane

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Plane - A Weathervane Not the typical flying fish, either. These are Koinobori or, carp pennants. Luckily, we got up to the V...
Monday, May 1, 2017

Visit Oku Village During Golden Week

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City Folks Don't Know What They're Missing Way up in the northern part of Okinawa is a village named Oku. Every year during...
Sunday, May 8, 2016

Almost Missed the 2016 Kin Town Mud Festival

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Tambo Fest ( たんぼフエスヌ ) in Japanese Taking a leisurely stroll to reach the event, sounded like a good idea. It started at 10AM an...
Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Testing the Pentax K1 Full Frame on a Bug in Flight

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Dragonfly Landing     Camera: Pentax K1 Lens: Pentax 300MM F4 Exposure:  f/11   1/6400   ISO 12800 Location:  Kin Tow...
Friday, April 29, 2016

5 Carp Streamer Images at the Kickoff of Golden Week

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Testing the Pentax K1     Not enough time in my hands for a full review, yet but, I like it already. This photo was taken w...
Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Full Moon Golden Week 2015

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Briefly Peeking Through Clouds     A walk along the Okukubi River to the sea was fruitless last night. The skies cloud...
Friday, May 1, 2015

6 GIF Animations of Flying Fish (Koinobori) in Oku Okinawa

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Huge and Brightly Colored Carp Streamers     A road trip to the north of the island turned out to be a good idea. Cro...
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Monday, April 20, 2015

Bright Colored Koinobori (鯉のぼり) Flying in the Wind

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Carp Streamers or Windsocks     Today was the first time I spotted them floating overhead in the breeze. It's a remin...
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Saturday, May 3, 2014

Having a Blast at the Local Mud Festival

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2014 Tanbo Festival in Kin Town     For those who don't already know, a tanbo is a flooded field. Somebody donates their...
Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Wednesday's Motion GIFs from Oku in Okinawa Japan

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Golden Week Keeps Us Busy     Today, over a thousand photos were taken in northern Okinawa. It was cloudy and a little wet but,...
Thursday, April 25, 2013

Closing out the Month of April 2013: Too Many Things to Do

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April has always been a hectic month for a cameraman in Okinawa. This year it didn't get any easier.  It's not over, yet and...
Friday, May 11, 2012

Carp Streamers ( 鯉のぼり) Koinobori in Okinawa (Photos)

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Between moving the office and travel to the USA, Koinobori photos sort of got forgotten this year.  These Carp streamers get flown, most p...
Thursday, May 10, 2012

12 Photos by a Teenager with the Canon G12

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It was Golden Week in Japan. The family get-together was held at Matsuda Beach in Okinawa. These photos were taken by a fourteen year old ...