Monday, 13 May 2019

Weird Japan - Fighting the Golden Week Crowds

Golden Week, at the end of April till the first weekend in May is a time when most Japanese get time off from work - so they all go travelling. Things get very, very crowded.
Smartphones and cameras as thick as the bamboo grove itself.
Even on a drizzly day, the World Heritage bamboo grove at Arashiyama teems with tourists at all hours of the day.

A family poses in a cut-out of a cartoon character at Himeji castle
Capturing the perfect wisteria snap is tricky because there are so many other keen photographers trying to do exactly the same. Uji near Kyoto
You literally have to stand five or six deep to get the best angle...
Modern Japanese poster seen in Kyoto
Natalie could not resist posing with whatever this is in Kenroko-en garden
Secret push button door bell at the main gate of Nijio Castle
Panorama of moving people never works!
Fuji (wisteria) fever at Nezu shrine, Tokyo

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