Wandering Around Tokyo's National Museum

Tokyo National Museum is the heavy in Japan for cultural artifacts, archeological treasures, all that amazing stuff that defines Japan. Time for a random peek.

The complex.

Inside, plenty of old wood figures and porcelain plates.

Oh yea, samurai swords.

Curious Western-style paintings by Japanese artists, a thing back in the early 1900s. Old tile roof details.

Screen painting, making sure to catch all the secret rhythms of nature.

Fall Color In Kakunodate

Kakunodate is a small Japanese town in the north of Honshu island. It's famous for featuring a preserved section that dates to the Samurai era. Traditional Japanese houses, minimalist with tatami mats and lanes lined with dark wood fencing. Any time of year is good for a visit, timing it for fall color is special.

Taking a stroll down one of the fenced streets.

A gate leading to a Samurai house and the fall color, bragging.

People dress up in traditional Japanese outfits and come make an afternoon of it, snapping themselves in the classic environment. Time to get your obis on, ladies.

Nice details, a carved eave and another entrance.

Go ahead, get the full experience, hop a rickshaw.

More leaf porn. And the ladies again: old setting, modern selfies.

Looking like a train set model of old Japan.