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Marcia .
{K:16108} 9/22/2005
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No ignorance, Roger, it?s really a bit confused... :-) I?m Brazilian and my husband is Swede, so my surname. I?m living in Brazil and was some days ago in Sweden on vacation.
And for sure, Brazil have a big diversity of culture and races, as our country was made by immigrants, since the begining, whom brought their culture from different countries, from Japan too. The descendents of Japaneses go to Japan to know their roots, to make some money there and then come back, but some stay there...
Maybe by the diversity we have here we?ve learnt to be more tolerant, and this mix of races, costumes and culture resulted in what we are today.
I?m learning about Japan with your photography and about. :-)
Thank you.
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Chris Spracklen
{K:32552} 9/22/2005
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A fascinating subject, solid composition and wonderfully vibrant colours, Roger!!
Best regards, Chris
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 9/22/2005
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I knew you were Brazilian, Marcia, but I thought you lived in Sweden... Isn't that a Swedish name? Excuse my ignorance. We have many Brazilians of Japanese descent who come back to Japan to work for a few years (mostly to see what the old Mother country is like). I think our very formal, straight-laced society is not so appealing to people brought up in a freer, more emotionally intense culture, and with much greater diversity, like yours.
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Mary Brown
{K:71879} 9/21/2005
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I've never heard of this paper prayer tradition, Roger. I have learne a lot about life in Japan through you posts. The colours and shadows are great.
MAry
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Marcia .
{K:16108} 9/20/2005
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Hi Roger, thank you very much for your detailed explanation. :-) In any case it can bring some luck. ;-)
It?s always so nice to learn about other cultures. Thank you my friend. :-)
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Roger Williams
{K:86139} 9/20/2005
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Marcia, there's a story behind the paper prayers. The papers are actually fortunes bought from the shrine. The shrines try to keep things straight by dishing out bad fortunes as well as good ones. Tough if you get a bad one! But then you can respectfully return the fortune by folding it up and attaching it the frame as an offering back to the gods, in other words, a prayer NOT to have it come true. People who don't know this tie their good fortunes on it too, for luck. Not exactly the thing to do! Of course I don't believe there's any truth in ANY of this...
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Ellen Smith
{K:14418} 9/20/2005
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Roger I could use your help with something can you please email me? It concerns a site that has hundreds of our pictures on it. The catch is it in Japanese. hangup@gorge.net
Thanks Ellen
Oh I like this shot too. I gotten to the point where I can tell which film you use and I am a big cheerleader for the 400.
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Zeev Scharf
{K:25603} 9/20/2005
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Superb capture Roger ,the color and shades are magnificent,superb lighting
This one goes to my Favs.
Many thanks for your comment on "Once a fortress IR"
I din,t notice the grainy sky and other imporfects,I reloaded another one which I think is better
Thanks again my dear friend
Best regards
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Marcia .
{K:16108} 9/20/2005
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Very interesting this paper prayers... I have never seen this... :-) and we have lots of japaneses and descendents living in this region in Brazil. They still have some of their culture here...
Nice building and wonderful colours. Congratulations!!
Márcia
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Rob Ernsting
{K:8899} 9/20/2005
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Incredibly good definition, I see even a faint cloud. Well done despite the harsh light.
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Galal El Missary
{K:84569} 9/20/2005
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Beautiful shor Roger , i like the colors & shades , Kind regards .
Galal
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Lars Tjernagel
{K:1188} 9/20/2005
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Roger, wonderful photo! Makes me wish I could take a trip back up to Japan! I enjoyed japan very much and lived there for about 6 months back in 2003.
Thanks for sharing the photo!
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