This was an eight second exposure.

Outside the Imperial Palace

View of the railyard at Kyoto Station from the Shinkansen.

Entrance to Itami Shrine.

Rain at Mitsurugi-sha shrine on Mt. Itami.

Sakura at Sannenzaki. Hundreds of people were taking this same photo.

Sakura at Kiyomizu-Dera.

Entrance to Seikan-ji buddhist temple.

View of Kyoto Tower from Kyoto Station.

Yakushima Airport. The runway is too short for jets.

The Japanese banana. The fruit is inedible.

This unattended stand was selling bags of garlic.

Entering the Shiratani-Unsuikyo gorge.

This cedar root grew into a spiral shape.

Because the terrain is steep and the soil is shallow, the trees grow large root systems directly over the rocks.

All the bridges on the trail are made of wood from the forest.

Pathway under a cedar.

The cedars like to grow on top of other cedars or their stumps. They also send down roots from above.

This brook is part of the hiking trail.

The view from Taiko-iwa Rock near the summit.

I didn't intend for this photo of the moon to look like this but I like the effect

Monument to early Lebanese settlers in Halifax, who arrived in the 1890s.

Seagulls were taking shelter under this boat.

I don't know what happened to this roll of film, but I kind of like the effect. I kept the sprocket holes in on these.

The ferry in the background goes between Halifax and Dartmouth.