Osaka
Food
Event
Miffy café tokyo’ POP UP in Umeda, a café where you can feel and experience Miffy’s art along with food.
From 25 Oct (Fri) to 8 Dec (Sun), 2024, a pop-up shop for miffy café tokyo will be held in Umeda, Osaka.
Kanagawa
Travel
Wisteria flowers have been loved in Japan since the Heian period for ornamental purposes. It is a leguminous plant with a sweet scent and elegant appearance, and there are many famous places in Japan. This time, I visited Yokosuka Iris Garden, where you can enjoy various varieties.
Unlike the wisteria trellis, the line of sight is lowered and you can appreciate it in a natural way. Although it is within reach, it is a delicate plant that requires frequent care, so let’s enjoy it with your eyes without touching it.
It is a variety with long spikes. It is a variety that is often cultivated like a wisteria curtain by making a wisteria shelf.
It bloomed in a mixture of purple and pink flowers. Many are produced as pot varieties.
Derived from the name of a botanist. The contrast between the white and purple of the petals is beautiful.
The flowers are pink and have a gorgeous brightness.
The dark purple double flowers come in bloom. Another name is “Button Fuji”, and the lumps of vine-like flowers bloom.
Capitan wisteria. The gradation when viewed from a distance is beautiful.
Finally, I would like to touch on the equipment used for shooting.
In recent years, old lenses have become more popular in Japan. Disposable film cameras are also popular.
Each has its own characteristics, but I would like to introduce how the lens used for shooting this time looks like.
Helios enjoying the bokeh round and round
Notice the background behind the flowers. Can you see that it has a rugged atmosphere? This is commonly known as “round and round bokeh.”
This is not an intentional product, but a product made by a Russian manufacturer imitating a German lens manufacturer, resulting in such an image. It is a popular and easy-to-find lens.
Old lenses are prone to ghosts and flares
Modern lenses are processed to prevent the above-mentioned red light (ghost) and the phenomenon that the screen becomes white due to sunlight (flare). Therefore, it is difficult to take such a picture. I think people have different tastes, but those who use old lenses will add this kind of play.
By the way, the TAMRON described in this article is a modern lens. It is a lens that shoots things in the distance, which is indispensable for shooting outside, and most of the photos posted in the past are taken with this lens.
I hope that the number of people who start photography with the photos posted will increase as much as possible. With that in mind, I wrote an article. I hope the world you see through the viewfinder will expand as much as possible.
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Osaka
Food
Event
From 25 Oct (Fri) to 8 Dec (Sun), 2024, a pop-up shop for miffy café tokyo will be held in Umeda, Osaka.
Hiroshima
Travel
Culture
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Kyoto
Restaurant
Event
On selected days in September 2024, the wedding venue Kyoto Art Grace Wedding Hills will offer a ‘Hanari Otsukimi Afternoon Tea’, where guests can enjoy sweets and savouries inspired by the moon viewing on the fifteenth night of the month.
Tokyo
Tradition
Event
Hotel Gajoen Tokyo, a museum hotel of Japanese beauty, is holding “Japanese Light x Hyakudan Staircase 2024 – Yokubi Naotogibari” from 5 July (Friday) to 23 September (Monday, holiday) 2024.
Nagasaki
Travel
Food
Culture
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Hokkaido
Event
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