Green Leaves

At the botanical

Botanical Garden

Bicycle

Pond

View of the pond located at the back of Ichinoya dormitory.

White

Ready to Burst

One afternoon, I found this flower standing so proud. She's just so adorable that I went upstairs to get my camera and take a picture of her.

Browns and Green

White Flower

This was in front of our dormitory in Ichinoya, Tsukuba University. They look like a set of audio speakers, set up at 3 directions.

Mini Towers

Took this shot while we were on the way to Mt. Tsukuba sometime in May 2008. Up there are tombs plus the caretaker's residence. The place is very serene, silent and the winds seemed to tell many stories.

Proximity

At a soccer field near Ichinoya Dormitory. Dusk is about to invade the sky.

Greenfield

During spring, even uncommon flowers are such a beauty to behold. This was taken at a soccer field, south of Ichinoya Dormitory.

Lavenders and Greens

Cafe Veloce

A coffee shop (Cafe Veloce) near the central library in Tsukuba Center, Japan.

Anthers

Central Yellow

Curl

Red Tulips

Red tulips at the Matsumi Koen (park), Amakubo Area, Tsukuba, Japan.

Red Tulips

Red Tulips

Tulips

Tulip

Tulips

Tulips

Pink Tulip

Blue

Coffee Stop

Yours truly, while having a short coffee break. I am suppose to pick up my son from his kindergarten school but I still had to wait for about 10 minutes before their dismissal. I used the camera's self timer.

Depth

Playing with depth and contrast.

Lavender Sky

Trees silhouette against the sky.

Dilapidated

Part of a dilapidated wooden fence inside Tsukuba University, Japan.

Letter D

A set of car parking entrance iron barriers. Processed as sepia.

Spikes

A broken and almost dried tree body. University of Tsukuba campus, Japan.

Hanging Garden

Hanging lavenders.

Contrasting Greens

I got interested with the simple contrast between these two layers of greens.

A Park

This is a park located about halfway to Mt. Tsukuba. This is where our group had lunch, at a cottage alongside a pond nearby.

Paved

A pathway at Hirasawa ruins.

Columns

Circular timber columns of a house in Hirasawa ruins.

Car Park

A car parking area at Mt. Tsukuba.

Pillar

Standing courageously outside the Jinja (Temple) at Mt. Tsukuba.

In Between

Caught this on the bus station bench.

Rocks in the Park

Artistic, isn't it?

Hanging Flies

I caught this in front of our dormitory. They look like hanging flies or something like a pupa.

Lights

Last of a series. Ceiling lamps inside Shakeys.

Shakeys Ceiling Lamps

Another ceiling lamps shot inside Shakeys, Tsukuba, Japan.

Ceiling Lamp

A ceiling lamp inside Shakeys, Tsukuba Center, Japan. This shot was taken during one of our pizza eat outs sometime in the last week of May 2008.

Computer Science Building

The Computer Science building, Tsukuba University, Japan. One of the newest buildings built in the campus. The laboratory rooms in there got cubicles like that of high class corporate office's.

Layered greens

Soothing.

Ready for summer

Just in case your eyes needs cure from too much stress.

Refreshing

One of the series of greens that I took photos of. This tree is inside Tsukuba University, Japan. Refreshing, no?

Azuma neighborhood

A bigger picture of Azuma neighborhood, near Tsukuba center, Japan. Those building over there are mainly residential on the top floors while the base floors are mostly offices if not parking areas.

Cityscape

A scape in Azuma, Tsukuba Center, Japan. I hate orange, not?

Graffiti

Vandalism is also existent in a developed country. This is on a bridge footer wall, near Tsukuba Center, Tsukuba Japan.

Yellow green

A fallen leaf in yellow and green blend. That black ant there is an attention grabber, is it not?

Step nut

A rusted bicycle step nut. One of the bicycles parked in a bicycle designated garage at the front of our dormitory.

Green cable

The type of bicycle lock that you can break by constant bending from side to side. You don't even need a bolt cutter. I tried it when I lost my bike lock's key few months ago.

Unattended

This is a photo of a little girl who managed to climbed up to van's rooftop by herself alone. I thought somebody was down there at the back of the van watching out for her but when I checked out, only her 5 years old sibling and his friend of about the same age were present. Good thing I went to check out early or something bad might have happened.

Jinja

Jinja is the Japanese word for temple. This one rests on top of Mt. Tsukuba.

Who's this?

This is a photo of me while sitting on the grounds of Hirasawa ruins. This photo is courtesy of Jhing, a fellow Filipino resident in Tsukuba, Japan.

Hanging Lavender

These hanging flowers are just too adorable so I took a snap of it. They are beautiful.

This kind of setting seems to be very rampant in any Japanese gardens. This one was in a park, on the way to Hirasawa ruins.

Hirasawa ruins

The Hirasawa ruins - very scenic and the greens around are so soothing and relaxing.

Nailed

This is a wooden fence column located at the corner of our dormitory's car parking area.

Trash

Empty coffee can near a bus station inside Tsukuba University, Japan.

Review

I took this shot while at our veranda, taking a rest from my research journal readings.

Hanger

A shot of one of our plastic cloth hangers at our veranda. It was a bit gloomy day, thus the milky sky.

Storage

Inside our refrigerator. Blueberry jam, Yogurt, Coke, and a box of Miso (A soybean paste used in Japanese cooking).