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Mar 01 2021 10 Comments

Tokyo lanterns and old style looks

Lanterns are always photogenic, and a confidently worn trilby is possibly even more appealing, so to get both in the same frame was pleasing to say the least.

tokyo lantern and a trilby

Categorized: Culture, Photography, Religion

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  1. Coli says

    3/1/2021 at 9:26 am

    Beautiful picture!

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    • Lee says

      3/1/2021 at 8:40 pm

      Thank you very much. It all came together really nicely!

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  2. ellen says

    3/1/2021 at 10:09 am

    I’m in love with this. What a stunning shot!

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    • Lee says

      3/1/2021 at 8:40 pm

      Thank you, that’s very nice to hear!

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  3. Stephan says

    3/1/2021 at 2:03 pm

    This is so cool there is so much I like! šŸ™‚

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    • Lee says

      3/1/2021 at 8:41 pm

      Cheers. Very happy the man turned up when he did!

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  4. cdilla says

    3/1/2021 at 6:24 pm

    Great photograph. The guy has an easy assertiveness that the trilby certainly contributes too.
    I wonder if he knows it’s named after a stage depiction of a fictional half-irish laundress who worked in Paris in the 1850’s.
    I’ve occasionally wondered about acquiring a trilby for myself – but I’d never be able to pul my hoodie up over it – so best stick to the baseball cap for now šŸ™‚

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    • Lee says

      3/1/2021 at 8:43 pm

      Thank you. Don’t know about the fella in the photo, but I certainly didn’t know that. Very interesting.

      A hoodie/trilby combo does sound a little odd, but you could end up pioneering a whole new look — perhaps…

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  5. Steve says

    3/1/2021 at 9:46 pm

    I guess that’s the Sensoji temple at Asakusa? The characters on the lantern (which I can’t read) look similar to a photo we took there a few years ago. But when I look up temple images online the lantern characters are different. (My memory could be wrong.)

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    • Lee says

      3/1/2021 at 11:08 pm

      Yeah, that’s right. You are right about the different kanji too. There’s the main entrance/Kaminarimon gate, then the one in the photo, the Hozomon gate, which leads into the temple area itself. Both very similar looking, and with huge lanterns, but wth different kanji.

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