Marco Garcia

Travels in Japan

Capturing life inside Japan.

A geshia clad hostess welcomes guests to a Japanese Inn in Noto, Japan. Photo by Marco Garcia
   
An ikebana flower arrangement sits in front of a paper screen inside of a traditional Japanese Inn in Noto, Japan. Photo by Marco Garcia
  
Two geishas play Ozashiki-Asobi, or traditional geshia games, for guests at a ryotei in Kyoto. Photo by Marco Garcia
     
  
Tourists take pictures in front of the Kinkaku-ji Temple in Kyoto. Japanese and foreign tourists braved the summer heat to see some of Kyoto's most famous sights. The Buddhists temple is covered in pure gold leaf.
   
A careaker peers out of a shirne in Tokyo. Photo by Marco Garcia
  
O-jizo sama, or prayer statues outside a temple in rural Japan. Photo by Marco Garcia
     
  
Moss samples grow at the Gio-ji, a Shingon Buddhism nunnery near Kyoto.
   
Two gesihas at a ryotei in Kyoto. Photo by Marco Garcia
   
Visitors entering the Toshogu Shrine in Nikko, Japan. Photo by Marco Garcia
     
  
Hot spring water pours into an onsen, or traditional Japanese bath in rural Japan. Photo by Marco Garcia
  
A deer peeks in on a smoker in Nara, Japan.
   
Two geishas greet guests at a ryotei in Kyoto. Photo by Marco Garcia
     
  
Fall foliage near traditional Japanese architecture. Photo by Marco Garcia.
   
Left: An umbrella at the Gio-ji nunnery in Kyoto.Right: The attendant inside the suite at the Imperial Hotel in Tokyo.
   
Inn workers outside an Inn in Noto, Japan. Photo by Marco Garcia
     
  
A bather at a traditional bath house in rural Japan. Photo by Marco Garcia
   
Left: Women wear Japanese yukatas, or summer kimonos, on a warm summer night in Kobe. Right: Participants mark the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima.
   
A hostess welcomes you to your tatami mat room.
     
  
Japanese engrish in a hotel in Japan. Photo by Marco Garcia