Japan | Marjan Smeijsters Photography

Japan

Little Buddha

Halloween

The Day of the Dead

Never set limits

Monday face

Thursday face

Weekend

Imagine

You and me

Buddha

Wall art

Windows

Stairs

The Sound of Silence

Welcome

Different

Directions

Stairs

Doors of perception

Spider

City lights

Tokyo Tower

I want to ride my bicycle

Detail

Lonely at the top

Still life

Ontake Shrine on the Nakasendo trail in the Kiso Valley (Japan) between Yabuhara and Narai via Torii Pass #1

Ontake Shrine on the Nakasendo trail in the Kiso Valley (Japan) between Yabuhara and Narai via Torii Pass #2

Ontake Shrine on the Nakasendo trail in the Kiso Valley (Japan) between Yabuhara and Narai via Torii Pass #3

Ontake Shrine on the Nakasendo trail in the Kiso Valley (Japan) between Yabuhara and Narai via Torii Pass #4

Ontake Shrine on the Nakasendo trail in the Kiso Valley (Japan) between Yabuhara and Narai via Torii Pass #5

Ontake Shrine on the Nakasendo trail in the Kiso Valley (Japan) between Yabuhara and Narai via Torii Pass #6

Ontake Shrine on the Nakasendo trail in the Kiso Valley (Japan) between Yabuhara and Narai via Torii Pass #7

Ontake Shrine on the Nakasendo trail in the Kiso Valley (Japan) between Yabuhara and Narai via Torii Pass #8

Ontake Shrine on the Nakasendo trail in the Kiso Valley (Japan) between Yabuhara and Narai via Torii Pass #9

Ontake Shrine on the Nakasendo trail in the Kiso Valley (Japan) between Yabuhara and Narai via Torii Pass #10

Ontake Shrine on the Nakasendo trail in the Kiso Valley (Japan) between Yabuhara and Narai via Torii Pass #11

Fear

Smile

Leaf

Nothing

Bad hair day

Crying

Different

Window

Art

Fence

Read between the lines

Geometry

To be

Chocolate

Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, literally "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), Kyoto, Japan

Phoenix on top of the Kinkaku-ji (金閣寺, literally "Temple of the Golden Pavilion"), Kyoto, Japan

The Gardens of Kinkaku-ji (The Golden Pavilion), Kyoto, Japan

In the Gardens of Kinkaku-ji (The Golden Pavilion, Kyoto, Japan): Anmintaku

Rock Garden (karesansui, 枯山水, dry landscape) of Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺 , Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan

Little Rock Garden (karesansui, 枯山水, dry landscape) of the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan

Close-up of the Rock Garden (karesansui, 枯山水, dry landscape) of Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan

Man in black

Close-up of the Rock Garden (karesansui, 枯山水, dry landscape) of the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan

Calligraphy inside Kuri, the main building, of the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan

The Hoyo of the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan

Detail of a painting inside the Hoyo of the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan

Blueprint

Ryōan-ji Tsukubai of the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺), Kyoto, Japan

Kyoyochi Pond (Kyōyochi-ike, 鏡容池, “Mirror-shaped Pond”) of the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan

Benzaiten Torii of the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan

Temple Bell at the Ryoanji Temple (龍安寺 or 竜安寺, Ryōanji), Kyoto, Japan

Plaque (Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan)

Statue of Banryū-shonin (播隆上人) - Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō) , Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Main gate to the Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Courtyard Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Photoshoot in front of Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

No shoes

Interior of the Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Window of the Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Second floor of the Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Gallery

Kato (flower-style) window on the second floor of the Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Shachihoko (鯱鉾) or Shachi (鯱) Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

The Fourth Floor of the Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Stairs to the 6th floor of the Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

The legend of Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Window on the 6th Floor of the Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Photoshoot in front of Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Smile

Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Classic view on Matsumoto Castle (松本城, Matsumoto-jō), Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

Inspiration

Rickshaw

Pulled Rickshaw

Take care

Patterns

Cat Street. End (Tokyo, Japan)

Myth of Tomorrow (Tarō Okamoto), Tokyo, Japan

Yayoi Kusama, 草間彌生, Matsumoto City, Nagano, Japan

The Visionary Flowers (Yayoi Kusama)

Polka Dots (Yayoi Kusama)

Sign 'Dots Obsession' (Yayoi Kusama)

Toko-Ton (Yayoi Kusama)

Coca-Cola

Toko-Ton (Yayoi Kusama)

Untitled

Zen

D.T. Suzuki Museum (鈴木大拙館, Suzuki Daisetsu Kan), Kanazawa, Japan

Zen

D.T. Suzuki Museum (鈴木大拙館, Suzuki Daisetsu Kan), Kanazawa, Japan

Zen

Enlightenment

D.T. Suzuki Museum (鈴木大拙館, Suzuki Daisetsu Kan), Kanazawa, Japan

Zen

Infinite

Things

Dutch Angle

HIPANDA

Street Art, Tokyo, Japan

Focus

Tokyo

Good morning

View

Looking

Somewhere

Bus Ride

Weather forecast typhoon Hagibis (October 2019)

Kamikochi, Nagano, Japan

Shinmura Bridge, Kamikochi, Nagano, Japan

Kamikochi, Nagano, Japan

View back on Shinmura Bridge, Kamikochi, Nagano, Japan

Water

Tea

Welcome

Myojin Bridge, Kamikochi, Nagano, Japan

Hotako Rear Shrine, Kamikochi, Nagano, Japan

Myojin Pond, Kamikochi, Japan

Myoijn Pond, Kamikochi, Nagano, Japan

Green

Walk

View

Surprise

Mystery

Magic

Tashiro-ike Pond, Kamikochi, Nagano, Japan

Strange Fruit

Tashiro-ike Pond, Kamikochi, Nagano, Japan

Water Spirit

Nature

Silence

Kamikochi at night

Magic

Kamikochi, Nagano, Japan

No littering

Zen

Taisho Pond, Kamikochi, Nagano, Japan

Tunnelvision