The Westernized port city of Yokohama is a relaxing change from the urban chaos of downtown Tokyo, and it also contains the largest Chinatown in Japan. But that's not what made me reach for the camera.
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The one, the only... Mount Fuji.
In this case. the wide-angle lens does my photo a great disservice, as it makes the mountain look smaller. It was anything but. Even from 60 miles away, when you spot Mt. Fuji, you stop what you're doing and stare. Its stark, majestic profile is all the more impressive due to the fact that most days of the year, it's enshrouded in clouds. Even Taki was impressed. "I've never seen Fuji from Yokohama before," he whispered.
It was a memorable way to end a memorable weekend. A cab took me to the train station a few moments later, and after suitably heartfelt goodbyes to my generous host, I headed home.
Well, no. My phone's camera is 1 megapixel, mind you, but the JPEG compression is set obscenely high, so photos generally turn out no better than my Clié's.
The Kamakura pictures were taken using Taki's digital camera at 2400x1800, then subsequently cropped, shrunk and sharpened in GraphicConverter after I got home.
They came out a lot better than I was expecting, considering I've never owned a camera.
Somehow I recall noticing your visual sensibilities a few times in the past.
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Wow, what a weekend! I can't believe some of those photos. So crisp and detailed... did they all really come from a camera phone?!