Posts Tagged ‘festival’
Sorry for the delay in this post! I returned from Japan on Saturday, and spent most of the weekend catching up on sleep before shooting a wedding yesterday evening. I do have my ‘Scenes from Japan’ collection up on Nonstop Honolulu right now, which features some images from the previous days, as well as previews of the not-yet-posted Day 4, but let’s get on with Day 3!
My day started with walking across the street from our hotel, the Dōtonbori Hotel, to grab a coffee from the Lawsons convenience store. I’ve never seen such a wide selection of canned coffee and tea – for me, it’s heaven. After settling on my coffee of the day, I joined Burt and Mari for a quick stroll around the area. I even stumbled across a Lush, which I’ve also been to in Florence, Dublin, Vancouver, and Auckland, besides the American locations. It’s now on my travel checklist to always try to find an international Lush!

My friends and I have long participated in the summer obon festivals on Maui, and luckily my trip back home coincided with our favorite, the Makawao obon held at the Makawao Hongwanji. As Gabe was still on Oahu, I went with my friends Sarah and Dustin. Here’s some shots, taken with the Canon EF 35mm 1.4L prime lens:



And here’s me!
