I'm off to Japan. One very full week of work and then one week of vaca. The majority of the time I will be in Tokyo but will likely do one major trip out of town -- either to Kyoto or to Mt. Fuji.
Advice appreciated for:
1) Places to shoot. Note we're talking mid/late April, so after the cherry blossoms blow through Tokyo. I don't think I want to travel north just to see blossoms coming in -- I hear it's amazing, but I've never been to Japan and have much bigger cultural/visual/culinary fish to fry on my hitlist.
2) What gear to bring, but note that it must fit in the photo compartment of my PRVKE 21 -- see below. For rough size purposes, it can hold my 5D3 + two FF lenses that are in the standard/wide FL range (possibly three if two are small and the other is an f/4 zooms) + filter loadout (and no hoods, which is fine).
I might be talked into bringing my GuraGear Kiboko 22L instead (a more dedicated photo bag with a lot more camera space), but it's on the back end of a business trip and I know I'll overpack it. I really don't want 30-40 pounds on my back while suited up for work during the week before the vaca starts. So you'd have to sell me on that like a champ.
3) Besides what I presume is the obligatory photography pilgrimage to the Akibahara area of Tokyo, are there other musts for a photographer there? I mean tourist/cultural photography experiences -- like photo museums, a Canon corporate site, walls of famous old cameras, etc. -- not necessarily shooting opportunities. Think less 'Instagram opportunity' here and more 'guy who wants to absorb a rich slice of a photography loving culture'. Where might fit that bill?
4) Is it clear in english (or with the universal language pictorial) where I can / cannot shoot in Japan? I don't know what areas are considered sacred / off-limits from photography.
Arigato in advance
- A
Advice appreciated for:
1) Places to shoot. Note we're talking mid/late April, so after the cherry blossoms blow through Tokyo. I don't think I want to travel north just to see blossoms coming in -- I hear it's amazing, but I've never been to Japan and have much bigger cultural/visual/culinary fish to fry on my hitlist.
2) What gear to bring, but note that it must fit in the photo compartment of my PRVKE 21 -- see below. For rough size purposes, it can hold my 5D3 + two FF lenses that are in the standard/wide FL range (possibly three if two are small and the other is an f/4 zooms) + filter loadout (and no hoods, which is fine).
I might be talked into bringing my GuraGear Kiboko 22L instead (a more dedicated photo bag with a lot more camera space), but it's on the back end of a business trip and I know I'll overpack it. I really don't want 30-40 pounds on my back while suited up for work during the week before the vaca starts. So you'd have to sell me on that like a champ.
3) Besides what I presume is the obligatory photography pilgrimage to the Akibahara area of Tokyo, are there other musts for a photographer there? I mean tourist/cultural photography experiences -- like photo museums, a Canon corporate site, walls of famous old cameras, etc. -- not necessarily shooting opportunities. Think less 'Instagram opportunity' here and more 'guy who wants to absorb a rich slice of a photography loving culture'. Where might fit that bill?
4) Is it clear in english (or with the universal language pictorial) where I can / cannot shoot in Japan? I don't know what areas are considered sacred / off-limits from photography.
Arigato in advance
- A