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Traditional Machiya in Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo: Storefront Townhouses
Full write-up: www.pix4japan.com/blog/2026010...
Fujifilm X100V with 5% diffusion filter
23 mm ISO 400 for 1/125 sec. at ƒ/2
Acros film simulation
#townhouse #machiya #Tokyo #Japan #streetphotography #FujifilmX100V #pix4japan
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The photo is of an outside concrete bench with thin white circular seat cushions. The orange book is leaning up against the front cushion and has an illustration of a white male DA looking up to a white male seated judge. At the bottom of the cover it reads "From the creator of Perry Mason". To the left is a white paper coffee cup with a brown sleeve & plastic black lid. Some greenery is to the right. There is the back of a brown sign in the distance
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AI image generation
#ImageFX #masterpiece #realistic photo #landscape #Skewed alley vanishing point #machiya timber facades #rain-slick cobblestone reflections #warm shopfront lights #magical realism tone
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The orange paperback book with a photo of an Asian American taking a photo of the viewer is on the brown wooden table. A white mug of black coffee is to the right. A large beaker of 1/5 of black coffee is on the left. A blurry Japanese man can be seen walking to the left from the other side of the street
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Oil painting of a gateway to a Japanese alley, with two locals chatting.
Details of an oil painting ofJapanese backalley in Kyoto,showing the bikes on a wall.
Flyer about the painting festival - front.
Flyer about the painting festival - details.
This #painting from my Japan residence, is now at the #Noordwijk #PleinAir painting festival.
Today is the closing event with a grand price for the best work the 50 artists painters there there this week.
#Oilpainting #outside #Nature #NorthSea #Netherlands #machiya #町家 #京町家 #JapanAdventure #oil
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Oil painting of a gateway to a Japanese alley, with two locals chatting.
Details of an oil painting of a Japanese back-alley in Kyoto,showing the bikes on a wall.
Flyer for the painting festival in Noordwijk.
Details for the painting festival.
This work from my Japan residence, is currently at the #Noordwijk #PleinAir painting festival. All artworks I'll paint there outside this week, will be in the exhibition at the beach.
Please come visit us and check the beautiful place and artworks of the ~50 […]
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Photo is of a wooden table on which is an off white mug and saucer of black coffee with a tiny black metal spoon in front of the mug. To the right is the paperback book
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Photo of a cafe table on which is the white people paperback library book with a big green oval on it. Above it to the left is a small wooden cutting board with a tan biscotti. To the right is a turquoise-ish mug & saucer of black coffee. The back of a woman patron can be seen in the distance sitting at the counter
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Photo of a window counter where the window is occluded and a vague image of a a man with an umbrella can be seen outside. On the reddish wooden counter is the white paperback library book on which is a photo of 5 chairs. The middle chair is a plush orange armchair and the others are cheap foldable chairs against a high wall. To the left is a white mug of black coffee with the DOUTOR logo on a white saucer
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A maki-e panel framed with Kumiko, depicting rows of Edo-period townhouses under golden maple leaves. Designed with the help of AI, it blends tradition and quiet elegance.
#Maki-e
#Kumiko
#Machiya
#JapaneseCraft
#Handcrafted
#WabiSabi
#AIgenerated
#江戸風景
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Title:
Day 25 – Edo Period Townhouse Kumiko Panel
Description:
A handcrafted Kumiko panel inspired by the architecture of Edo-period machiya (townhouses). this AI-assisted design captures the rhythm and warmth of historical Japanese urban life.
Hashtags:
#Day25
#Kumiko
#Machiya
#EdoPeriod
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Photo is of a rectangular wooden table. On it is the green paperback book. To the left is a white latte with whipped cream on top in a white mug with DOUTOR on it and a silver spoon perpendicular in front on a white saucer. Behind it is a pink box with the kanji for sakura & a photo of a castella. The legs of a man in blue jeans and a green camo jacket can be seen walking past the table
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Photo of a table in the cafe. The yellow hardback book is on a table. To the left are 2 grayish mugs of black coffee on grayish saucers with small black spoons. Behind are 2 yellow biscottis on paper on a plate. The left arm of a dark jacketed patron can be seen to the left and the grey sweatshirtted right arm of another patron on the right.
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Japanese traditional roof shingles, painted with oil on a wooden board. With hidden kittens.
One of the artworks from a residency in Japan that I'm most proud of: an oil painting on wood of some traditional roofs in a Kyoto neighborhood.
With 3 little hidden visitors.
#瓦 #machiya #町家 #京町家 #Japan #oil #oilpainting
#Architecture #Cityscape #painting #art #アート #fineart
#JapaneseAesthetics
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The hardcover book is on the grey round table. A paper white coffee cup with a grey band and visible coffee crema is to the right The table is outside and the street can be seen in the distance
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Photo is of a table with a large white bowl of brownish ramen where the white noodles are delicately laid out. To the right is a small bowl with a brownish soft-boiled egg, a small dollop of green spinach, & 2 rectangles of green seaweed. Behind them is a blue/white striped bowl with reddish kanpachi fish with dollop of light green wasabi in the middle. Further behind is a similar bowl full of tiny whitefish next to a similar ramen bowl as in front. You can see the torso of a woman in a snoopy sweatshirt about to pour soy sauce on the whitefish.
#TodaysRamen
Toden Table #Machiya #町家
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Photo is of a white bowl of Chicken TanTanMen. The top of the bowl has "RAMEN" above YUMMY" in red. The ramen is creamy tan with red in the middle surrounding long slices of chicken and a sprig of green cilantro on the left. The bowl is on a brown table
#TodaysRamen
Ramen Yummy Margo
#Machiya #町家
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Photo of inside cafe, a corner countertop, where there is the paperback book with top half orange & bottom half turquoise. ON MY is in bold black letters at the bottom of the top section & OWN is at the top of the bottom section. To the right is a white mug of black coffee on a pink floweresque saucer with a tiny silver spoon in front and a white packaged cookie.
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Photo is of outside the cafe. There's a long silver bench to the right of which are so thin trees. In the foreground is the white paperback book with Robert J Shiller in red at the top and the title THE SUBPRIME SOLUTION going up and down like a line chart of a volatile stock price, SUBPRIME is in red and going down while THE & SOLUTION are black & going up. To the left is a greyish mug of black coffee and saucer with a metal spoon in front.
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Photo of brown wooden coffee counter. The aquamarine paperback book with 2 red tinted soccer balls. To the right is a mustard colored mug & saucer of black coffee. In the distance is a gold plate embossed with "Chii coffee". To its left is a metal business card holder of the cafe's brown business cards. To its right are plastic wrapped Florentines
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Photo is of a wooden cafe counter. The paperback book is on the counter. It features a red bottom section for the author/title mentioned in the skeet. The top part is a ghostly baseball batter in a cornfield with a blue sky. To the left is a greyish tan coffee mug and saucer of black coffee. Behind is the headless barista in a dress shirt bending over. Behind him are various coffee shop implements including a small espresso machine
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On a wooden table, at the end of which 2 flat grey scales can be seen, sits the paperback book with the top half mint green and the bottom half a blue abstract image. To the left is a mustard yellow mug and saucer of black coffee with a tiny metal spoon laying in front
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Photo is of the inside of the cafe. The table is white faux marble. The paperback book is to the left featuring a black and white photo of a white woman dressed in a 1920s outfit of black pill hat with mesh veil in front, hair tied up in a bun in the back. She looks to her right. Her black elbow length gloves are up on the wall. She has a backless V exposing her back. To the right is a darker brown rectangular tray. In front is a long gold spoon. A glass in the shape of a bear is full of shaved ice with green kiwi sauce oozing down the face. To the right on the tray is a glass pitcher of the same kiwi sauce. A plastic bear glass is behind the tray and full of strawberry milk making it look pink with a silver lid and red straw. The glass door and wall can be seen in the distance with a bicyclist pedaling past heading left
#NowReading2024
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The photo is of a wooden counter in the cafe where the sink and coffee machine can be seen in the distance, as can a right arm on the left. On the counter is a light brown mug & saucer of black coffee with a silver spoon perpendicular on the saucer. The paperback book is to the left and has a Rothko blue & sienna painting cover. In the left corner is a small light brown biscotti on newspaper
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The photo is of a light wooden grained counter inside the coffee shop. In the distance are steel cabinets with a sink and various coffee making implements on top. In the foreground is the orange paperback book with a profile illustration of a proud Black woman with a natural afro and a big gold loop earring. To the left is a grey saucer & mug of black coffee with a tiny silver spoon in front perpendicular facing left
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Photo is a round wooden table inside a cafe. The hardcover white library book is in the center with drawings of buildings on it. To the left is a green & brown mint chocolate shake with a scoop of mint chocolate ice cream on top. In the distance you can see many green upholstered chairs and other wooden tables.
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