Trip to Japan: A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land of Architecture

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TRιP TO JAPAN A PILGRIMAGE TO THE HOLY LAND OF ARCHITECTURE

A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMOIR OF A TRIP OF A LIFETIME STEFANOS FARMAKIS



A good snapshot keeps a memory from running away. Eudora Welty


A PAGODA UNDER THE SUN - Jishu Jinja Shrine, Kyoto, Japan


ASCENDING TO SACRED GROUND - Jishu Jinja Shrine, Kyoto, Japan


A LANTERN OF CULTURE - Yasaka no To Pagoda, Kyoto, Japan


THE GATE - Kyoto, Japan


STRUCTURAL SYMPHONY - Kiyomizu Dera Temple, Kyoto, Japan


WRITTEN IN STONE - Kyoto, Japan


NO NAME


NATURE’S INSTALLATION - Nanzenji Temple Complex, Kyoto, Japan


NOVEMBER FOLIAGE


FALL


BEAUTY MIRRORED - Kinkaku-ji (Golden Pavilion), Kyoto, Japan


NATURE: TREATED AND RAW - Kyoto, Japan


NATURE’S NUDITY


OPEN HEAVENS


ON TO THE UNKNOWN


EXPLODE


NO NAME - Nanzenji Temple Complex, Kyoto, Japan


NO NAME - Nanzenji Temple Complex, Kyoto, Japan


NO NAME - Nanzenji Temple Complex, Kyoto, Japan


NO NAME - Imperial Palace Gardens, Kyoto, Japan




THE NARROW GATE - Shisendo Temple, Kyoto, Japan


THE FORBIDDEN PATH - Shisendo Temple, Kyoto, Japan


CENTERPIECE - Shisendo Temple, Kyoto, Japan


THE CLIMAX - Shisendo Temple, Kyoto, Japan


NO NAME - Shisendo Temple, Kyoto, Japan


NO NAME


NO NAME


THE ZEN GARDEN - Nanzenji Temple Complex, Kyoto, Japan


BORROWED SCENERY I - Shisendo Temple, Kyoto, Japan


BORROWED SCENERY II - Nanzenji Temple Complex, Kyoto, Japan


INFINITY - Nanzen-ji Aqueduct, Kyoto, Japan


MORNING DROPLETS


SCRIBED CULTURE - Nanzenji Temple Complex, Kyoto, Japan


TOKONOMA - Nanzenji Temple Complex, Kyoto, Japan


ENGAWA - Nanzenji Temple Complex, Kyoto, Japan


NO NAME


TATAMI - Nanzenji Temple Complex, Kyoto, Japan


LAYERS OF LIMINALITY -- Nanzenji Temple Complex, Kyoto, Japan


UPON ENTERING - The Water Temple, Awaji Island, Japan


“FOLLOW MY LEAD” - The Water Temple, Awaji Island, Japan


LET THERE BE LIGHT -The Water Temple, Awaji Island, Japan


CONCRETE REALITY - The Water Temple, Awaji Island, Japan


NO NAME -The Water Temple, Awaji Island, Japan


THE DOWNWARD ASCEND - Yumebutai Botanical Gardens, Awaji Island, Japan


WINGS OF AN ERA - Kyoto National Museu (new wing), Kyoto, Japan


FRAMED - Teshim Art Museum, Teshima Island, Japan


SCAPED SHELL - Teshim Art Museum, Teshima Island, Japan


EARTH TO EARTH - Teshim Art Museum, Teshima Island, Japan


OFFSET - Teshima Art Museum, Teshima Island, Japan


NO NAME - Kyoto National Museu (new wing), Kyoto, Japan


DISTORTED VIEWS - Haruka Kojin Art Installation, Inujima Island, Japan


DROP[LENCE] - Haruka Kojin Art Installation, Inujima Island, Japan


WAVES OF LANDSCAPE - Yokohama International Passenger Terminal, Yokohama, Japan


WINGS OF SUSPENSION - Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan


BRUTAL EXTRUSIONS - Nakagin Capsule Tower, Tokyo, Japan


NO NAME - Tokyo Skytree, Tokyo, Japan


ELEGANCE: STRUCTURAL - Prada Store, Tokyo, Japan


ELEGANCE: MATERIAL - House of Dior, Tokyo, Japan



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