During the lunar seventh month, many Chinese like myself in Asia celebrate the Ghost Month and we  pay homage to our deceased ancestors. For the Japanese, they have similar traditions and one of them is called the Mitama Matsuri 御霊まつり – a mid-summer celebration of the spirits of the ancestors that is held at Yasukuni Shrine (靖国神社). For Today’s Japan Photo, we will take a look at the beautiful lanterns that are hung along the 40 foot high walls along the entry walk.

Image Credit: Daniel Shi flickr

So many lanterns hung so neatly is really a sight to behold. I wonder what are the fire safety precautions in case one catches on fire ^^

This video was shot along the Shiga Kusatsu Road, a popular driving course that goes from the Kusatsu Onsen in Gunma prefecture to the Yudanaka Shibu Onsen in Nagano prefecture.

Just like any love simulation, the game has a variety of different characters that fits your love interest from the childhood friend to the sporty athletic and the all-rounder class leader. While taking photos in camera mode, you can even turn your PSP around to take photos in vertically.

The game also includes a Nendoroid Puchi of one of the girls, Kanon, so its a win-win for figure collectors. I’m gonna ask my local distributor if they are able to bring in this game XD

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During an interview, she share on why she was doing this: She shared that

Ms. Hayashi posts her daily photos on her blog “Yowa Yowa Camera Woman Diary” — meaning “a feeble camera woman’s diary”.

Image Credit: makanefuku flickr

The garden was originally called Koen (“later garden”) because it was built after Okayama Castle. However, since the garden was built in the spirit of “sen-yu-koraku” (“grieve earlier than others, enjoy later than others”), the name was changed to Korakuen in 1871.

I just love the effect of the clouds just passing by, it reminds you that our mother Earth is spinning around while we are busy running about with our own lives.

In order to prepare my slides and the presentation script, I’ve decided to take a short hiatus till Friday. While I anticipate that I would have little time left to make any updates on this site, I would still post updates if I managed to find the time.

But don’t worry because I will resume coverage of the event starting from Friday, where I will be at the press conference of AFAX.

In the meantime, do enjoy this awesome song by AKB48: Heavy Rotation ヘビーローテーション. Its the best thing I could think of to keep you folks occupied XD

Despite the space constraint, I think this is one of the nicest scaled figurine photoshoot that I’ve ever done. Hope we would have have more time in future to create more of such photoshoots.

Image Credit: * Yumi *’s flickr

This is probably one of the best photo of a waterfall that I’ve featured so far. The water just seems so soft and inviting that I would love to take a dip under that cold running water.

I’m quite sure it must be difficult to be camping on the cold mountain summit trying to capture those images. So kudos to the man for bringing us so beautiful footages of Japan.