RodrigoGuerra's Photos

A view looking straight up from the ground level between the towers of the Sky Building, a twin tower skyscraper connected at the top by an observatory. More about this building in this Wikipedia article.

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Some lit-up cherry blossoms at night in the Bampaku Expo 70's park in Osaka.

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In the mid-1950s, 11-year old Sasaki Sadako developed leukemia as a result of her exposure to radiation as a baby during the atomic bombing of Hiroshima in 1945. Tradition held that if you made a senbazuru (a thousand paper cranes) and made a wish after completing each one, your wish would come true. Sadako set about making the tsuru, wishing for her own recovery. But as she continued, she began to wish instead for world peace. She died when she had made only 644 and her school friends completed the full number and dedicated them to her at her funeral. The story helped inspire the Children's Peace Memorial in Hiroshima and a statue of Sadako in Seattle. Each year on Peace Day (August 6th), thousands of origami tsuru are sent to Hiroshima by chidren all over the world. More about senbazuru here.

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This was taken from a bridge during the Tenjin Matsuri, a summer boat parade that happens near Midosuji, Osaka. I like the reflex of the lights in the river. The parade had already almost finished when I took this picture, but I am actually not sure if that was really the last boat.

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This is a temple on the top of the mountain of the national park in Minoh. This is one of the favorite destinations for hiking during autumn. The place is better known for the waterfall and for the monkeys that live in the mountains.

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This is the latest version of the micro-robot that I've been designing during my PhD at Osaka University.

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Perhaps one of the most well known sights of Kyoto, Kiyomizudera temple, usually closes before dawn. This picture was taken during a very special event when they illuminated the whole temple and let people visit until 9pm. The wooden structure depicted here has 13 meters and uses no nails nor bolts, just wood piled over wood.

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At the Buddhist Temple you can read your fortune by randomly picking a stick in a container, and then matching the writing on the stick to the symbols on some wood boxes. Inside the matching box you find a piece of paper with your fortune in it. If you have a good fortune you keep it. If you have a bad fortune you tie it on a wooden frame in the temple in order to keep it away from you.

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This is a night view of Umeda, at the heart of Osaka city. The picture was taken very close to the JR station, using a tripod at a platform, stretching long exposure settings. Unfortunately the platform shakes a bit so very long exposure ends up blurring. This was the luckiest shot I got at that spot that night.

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Picture taken 298m above sea level, from the top of the tower of the Akashi-Kaikyō Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge. More about the bridge in this Wikipedia article.

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Cherry blossom (or Sakura) sightseeing is a major event in Japan around spring. These trees are everywhere, coloring all the country with their pale pink tones. The event typically does not last for much more than a few weeks because soon the rain and stronger winds wash all the blossoms away. This happens in the beginning of April in Osaka, but in different times at different parts of Japan.

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A view from the bottom of the Floating Garden Observatory, which connects the tops of both of the twin towers of the skyscraper called Sky Building. More about this building in this Wikipedia article.

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This is a rickshaw, or in Japanese, jinrikisha (human powered car). Several geisha were being transported through the narrow streets of Kyoto around Kiyomizu-dera as part of a kind of parade.

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Furry kitty that lived across the door. Now it has grown up.

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This is a small waterfall in the japanese garden next to Bampaku Expo 70's park in Osaka.

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Umeda as viewed from the top of the Sky building.

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Interior of the rotunda of the Old St. Louis County Courthouse. This used to be the tallest building in St. Louis from 1864 to 1894 and now is part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. More about the Old Courthouse here

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