Fuji X-Series, iPhoneography, Japan, Okinawa
Thomas Alan Smilie
Coin Laundry and Chicken
Coin Laundry and Chicken
Thomas Alan Smilie
Happy New Year
Happy New Year
Fuji X-Series, Photography
Thomas Alan Smilie
Fuji x100F w/ TCL-x100 Teleconverter

As I prepare to post my review, I thought I would share a couple photos. I love how my original TCL-x100 Teleconverter looks on my new x100F. I had originally purchased it with my black x100S, but I think I actually like this look better. I’ve now owned every x100 and the love affair just keeps growing with this camera. 

Fuji x100F w/ TCL-x100 Teleconverter
Tokyo, Street, Streets of Tokyo, Fuji X-Series
Thomas Alan Smilie
Streets of Tokyo with the Fuji x100F

This past July  my daughter and I decided on a whim to take a trip to Tokyo for a few days. She was out of school for the summer and it was perfect for some quality father daughter time. It’s been two years since our last trip. Scary how fast time goes by. On my last trip to Tokyo I had just bought the x100T and was testing it out.

Streets of Tokyo with the Fuji x100F
Photography, Fuji X-Series, Okinawa Journal, Okinawa, Japan
Thomas Alan Smilie
Photo of the Day - Waiting for a customer.

Hey everyone. Hope your all doing well today. I took this photo last year while testing my x100T that I had just upgraded to. The photo is part of a blog post I did on shop keepers in Naha. Click here to view that story. I love how he's surrounded with so much merchandise and yet everything looks in place.  

Photo of the Day - Waiting for a customer.

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Japan Photo of the Day - Waiting at The Shrine

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Naha, Okinawa

Japan Street Photo of the Day - Naha, Okinawa

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Happy New Year from Japan

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New Year in Japan is one of the biggest holidays observed usually over several days involving visits to family, friends and shrines or temples.  Hatsumode  (The first visit to a shrine in the new year) is very popular and for many may be their only visit of the year.

People waiting in line to pray at Nominoue Shrine in Okinawa, Japan on New Year's day.

While at the shrine it's tradition to purchase Omikuji (Fortune-telling papers)  said to predict how ones year will unfold.  If the fortune is bad the paper is tied to a tree or  line at the shrine in hope that bad fortune will stay there. Some however also believe in leaving the fortune papers even if it is good.

A man purchases Omikuji (Fortune-telling papers) at a local shrine in Okinawa, Japan.

A woman ties her Omikuji onto a line at a shrine in Okinawa, Japan. Omikuji are traditional Fortune-telling papers purchased at shrines in Japan during Hatsumode (A person's first shrine visit of the year).