Comments on: Sakura Shots - Kyoto’s Higashiyama http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/sakura-shots-kyotos-higashiyama/ 社会、文化、言語、旅、いろいろ・・・ Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:56:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: Marie http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/sakura-shots-kyotos-higashiyama/#comment-489 Marie Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:15:35 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-489 Hi Cinders! Thank you so much for the kind words and for visiting! I'd gladly answer this question: why am I still in Japan? I love it here... I've heard from a lot of friends that a traditional house is impractical because of maintenance, like repairing damaged roof tiles, changing tatami mats etc. On the other hand, modern homes only have a life of 35 years... Hi Cinders! Thank you so much for the kind words and for visiting!

I’d gladly answer this question: why am I still in Japan? I love it here…

I’ve heard from a lot of friends that a traditional house is impractical because of maintenance, like repairing damaged roof tiles, changing tatami mats etc. On the other hand, modern homes only have a life of 35 years…

]]> By: Cinders http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/sakura-shots-kyotos-higashiyama/#comment-487 Cinders Mon, 28 Apr 2008 06:45:54 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-487 Hello, I was just surfing when I came across your site. You have some very lovely pictures. I was in Higashiyama just as the sakura was coming out, but it wasn't very much at all - if only I could have stayed another week! There were snow blizzards when I arrived! I'm coming in April to attend Dodai, which I'm very excited about. I would ask you where abouts you live and why you came to Japan - but you've probably been asked a million times and put it on your blog somewhere anyway! Just having a look at other posts- is a traditional house really that expensive to maintain from the point of view that they are generally very small? Again, lovely pictures! Cinders Hello, I was just surfing when I came across your site. You have some very lovely pictures. I was in Higashiyama just as the sakura was coming out, but it wasn’t very much at all - if only I could have stayed another week! There were snow blizzards when I arrived! I’m coming in April to attend Dodai, which I’m very excited about.
I would ask you where abouts you live and why you came to Japan - but you’ve probably been asked a million times and put it on your blog somewhere anyway!
Just having a look at other posts- is a traditional house really that expensive to maintain from the point of view that they are generally very small?
Again, lovely pictures!

Cinders

]]> By: Marie http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/sakura-shots-kyotos-higashiyama/#comment-416 Marie Thu, 03 Apr 2008 14:08:28 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-416 Thank you so much, Mark! Your comment just made my whole month! I actually have no training in photography, but I do read photography blogs and I practice when I have the chance. I also have a great photography subject: Japan. I always feel however that what comes out in the photograph is only 1/3 of the actual beauty, I never really see what I saw in actuality in the photos I take. Do you have a camera? Digital or film? With a digital, you can instantly see what you took, so for me it's really convenient. I try to make the most of my camera by trying out all the features. I use the macro function a lot and I prefer not to use the flash. Choosing a camera is also important, you can read a lot on the web. But I'd say that it would be better to choose a camera you'll feel comfortable with. Also, I subscribe to several Photo-of-the-Day stuff. National Geo has one, and Yahoo Photos is great, too. Then I buy postcards, travel magazines and stuff, then try to copy as close as I can to the photos on them... Good Luck! Let me know how it goes! Thank you so much, Mark! Your comment just made my whole month!

I actually have no training in photography, but I do read photography blogs and I practice when I have the chance. I also have a great photography subject: Japan. I always feel however that what comes out in the photograph is only 1/3 of the actual beauty, I never really see what I saw in actuality in the photos I take.

Do you have a camera? Digital or film? With a digital, you can instantly see what you took, so for me it’s really convenient. I try to make the most of my camera by trying out all the features. I use the macro function a lot and I prefer not to use the flash. Choosing a camera is also important, you can read a lot on the web. But I’d say that it would be better to choose a camera you’ll feel comfortable with. Also, I subscribe to several Photo-of-the-Day stuff. National Geo has one, and Yahoo Photos is great, too. Then I buy postcards, travel magazines and stuff, then try to copy as close as I can to the photos on them…

Good Luck! Let me know how it goes!

]]> By: Mark Quinn http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/sakura-shots-kyotos-higashiyama/#comment-414 Mark Quinn Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:09:01 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-414 Hi Marie I love the website! Really nice content and the pictures are really nice. Could I ask you how you learnt photography? I am really interested in getting started and don't know where to start e.g. is a course better or self study? I am based in London FYI. Keep up the good work! Thanks Mark Hi Marie

I love the website! Really nice content and the pictures are really nice.

Could I ask you how you learnt photography? I am really interested in getting started and don’t know where to start e.g. is a course better or self study? I am based in London FYI.

Keep up the good work!

Thanks

Mark

]]> By: Marie http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/sakura-shots-kyotos-higashiyama/#comment-410 Marie Wed, 02 Apr 2008 02:54:39 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-410 A dream we all share... I'm thinking though that a traditional home in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto would be pretty expensive to maintain. A dream we all share… I’m thinking though that a traditional home in Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto would be pretty expensive to maintain.

]]> By: simaldeff http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/sakura-shots-kyotos-higashiyama/#comment-409 simaldeff Tue, 01 Apr 2008 22:26:33 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-409 It's like traditional Japanese house disappearing from the cities. I'd like to have a traditional looking Japanese house somewhere near Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto ... all around the world there is an homogenization of habitat toward "modern" concrete square lofts. There is no soul in a downtown 300sqm loft. It’s like traditional Japanese house disappearing from the cities. I’d like to have a traditional looking Japanese house somewhere near Tokyo, Osaka or Kyoto … all around the world there is an homogenization of habitat toward “modern” concrete square lofts. There is no soul in a downtown 300sqm loft.

]]> By: Marie http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/sakura-shots-kyotos-higashiyama/#comment-407 Marie Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:17:22 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-407 Hi simaldeff! Thank you for commenting! That's a shame... There seems to be a lot of historical places in Japan that are protected by the UNESCO or that are made into National Treasures in order to preserve them. Kyoto and Nara are both World Heritage Sites and I think there are laws prohibiting the modernization of the surrounding areas... not so sure, but I vaguely remember being told or reading somewhere... Hi simaldeff! Thank you for commenting!

That’s a shame… There seems to be a lot of historical places in Japan that are protected by the UNESCO or that are made into National Treasures in order to preserve them. Kyoto and Nara are both World Heritage Sites and I think there are laws prohibiting the modernization of the surrounding areas… not so sure, but I vaguely remember being told or reading somewhere…

]]> By: simaldeff http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/02/sakura-shots-kyotos-higashiyama/#comment-406 simaldeff Tue, 01 Apr 2008 17:07:39 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=95#comment-406 Really beautiful. Most cities around north Italy have lost this little historic/traditional districts spots. Now everything is for shopping and big malls ... even the street around the biggest cathedral of Italy. Really beautiful.
Most cities around north Italy have lost this little historic/traditional districts spots. Now everything is for shopping and big malls … even the street around the biggest cathedral of Italy.

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