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Posted by Duncan Galbraith (kyoto, Japan) on 3 February 2007 in Cityscape & Urban and Portfolio.

Walkabout again. This time the edge of Gion, central Kyoto, just off from Sanjo Ohashi. The North side of Gion comprises of amongst other things, the citys red light district, one of the establishments and its bouncer can be seen eyeing up the 3 lads loitering about within range of the premises. The south side is radically different in tone and in its architectural style, street after street of traditional houses (often beautifully maintained/restored) and a generous smattering of temples and shrines. Here though we're north side, where traditional architecture gives way to concrete and cables.

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Comments (13)

Yanle from Singapore

It paints another picture of the orderly and pristine Japan that I know of.

3 Feb 2007 12:10am

@Yanle: Thanks Yanle, Japan does indeed posess the side you mentioned and the areas as shown above are certainly not common place. Outside designated areas within cites that is.

Kheoh Yee Wei from pj, Malaysia

Wow,powerful shot ! Lots of details to be admired here =)

3 Feb 2007 3:35am

@Kheoh Yee Wei: Thanks so much! much appreciated Kheoh Yee Wei!

Wayne from Melbourne, Australia

Hmm I like the shot as a architecture shot for its depth and detail...but I think because of it the little side story about the 3 boys vs. the bouncer tends to get lost in the detailed clutter if you hadn't pointed it out in the blurb. I love the darkish feel to the phot =D Great job!

3 Feb 2007 4:45am

@Wayne: hey wayne!. thanks for the visit mate. sorry ive been so rushed of late with this that and theother to do the rounds but I'll endeavour to catch up over sun/mon. Yeah the figures kind of get swallowed in the archirecture but I kind of like that, although I can understand your perspective on this.

Damon Schreiber from Toronto, Canada

Great shadow play here, and amid the chaos, the giant woman on top pointing the way out. Nice work- and no purple wires :-) !

3 Feb 2007 10:04am

@Damon Schreiber: hehe...you know what...this was in colour initially but I decided to play safe and convert to B&W after the previous purple fiasco. Luckily I prefered the B&W! anyway, my monitors going to get a seeing to if ever gives you a purple wire again.

Angry Buddha from United States

This looks like a birds worst nightmare if it's flying low. Great detail on this one.

3 Feb 2007 10:04am

@Angry Buddha: Cheers Sean!

Colour blind from Tokyo, Japan

Bloody hell are they all real power lines??? That's unbelievable. Great work with this one mate.

3 Feb 2007 10:26am

@Colour blind: Oh yeah. thats only the beginning, the heart of gion is a matrix of them! cheers Kelly!

Daniel from United States

The woman on the bilboard is funny.

3 Feb 2007 11:29am

@Daniel: she looks like shes thinking the same thing about something else ;)

Alfredo J. Martiz J. from Tokyo, Japan

Really nice scene, it is the reality of our cities, Cool one Duncan!

3 Feb 2007 12:00pm

@Alfredo J. Martiz J.: Cheers ALfredo! Hows Tokyo btw? I only got over there the one time but it seemed a lot 'wider' than Kyoto. Much more space despite the enormous population.