In the morning of day 11 of my first trip to Japan in 2006, I went over from the hotel to Nagoya Castle for another short morning stroll underneath the cherry blossoms.

The main tower of Nagoya Castle in Nagoya, Japan, during cherry blossom season. © 2006 Norbert Woehnl Photography.

I then picked up my luggage and took the hotel shuttle to Nagoya Station, from where it was a short 45-minutes ride on the Shinkansen to reach Kyoto Station. Its modern architecture made for some nice photo opportunities.

The modern architecture of JR Kyoto Station in Kyoto, Japan. © 2006 Norbert Woehnl Photography.

My hotel was located directly inside the station (on the opposite side than the one shown in the previous photo), so I left my bags there and headed out to Nishiki Market, a truly interesting old-style Japanese shopping street with a myriad of colorful small shops.

A seller of pickled vegetables at Nishiki Market in Kyoto, Japan. © 2006 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
A t-shirts shop adjacent to a small temple at Nishiki Market in Kyoto, Japan. © 2006 Norbert Woehnl Photography.

All photos shot with Nikon digital SLRs, edited in Adobe Lightroom 5.7 / LR Classic.

写真の撮影場所：名古屋、京都