Postcard from Japan - Kyoto

Highlights from my one day in Kyoto. I want to return and spend much longer in this fascinating city. But even with just one day you can see such a diverse range of places.

Fushimi Inari Shrine - I would like to go back and take my time to be able to find a new way of photographing this well known and well photographed shrine.

There are lots of smaller shrines along the walk. This particular shrine caught my attention as I loved the dark shadows and flickering candles.

Fushimi Inari Shrine. The Japanese and photographers love repetition.

Nijo Castle - exploring the details of the castle

Nijo Castle - so many textures in one shot

Nijo Castle gardens - shape, form and symmetry

Otagi Nenbutsu-Ji Temple - over a thousand individual statues hidden in the hills of Kyoto. An image to show the diverse faces.

Otagi Nenbutsu-Ji Temple - an image to show the detail of one face

Saga Toriimoto Preserved Street. A balance of vertical and horizontal lines, man-made and organic, with a scattering of autumn leaves for colour.

Saga Toriimoto Preserved Street - I loved both the detail on the roof and on the light

Bamboo forest - play of light on individual bamboo trunks, fencing and stairs

Kiyomizu-dera Temple - layers of interest

Kiyomizu-dera Temple - ancient and modern

Postcard from Japan - Mt Fuji

Mt Fuji has attracted millions of tourists, climbers, artists and poets. How could I capture such an iconic symbol of Japan in a new and interesting way?

For this image I waited for the canoes to move across the lake

I walked a little off to one side, away from the main tourist path. I liked seeing Mt Fuji with the almost bare trees and the city laid out beneath.

A visit to the UNESCO heritage listed village of Oshino. Mt Fuji in the distance, bare branches, reflections of visitors.

Sun setting over Oshino

My favourite image of Mt Fuji sitting at the end of a busy street