The last time I visited Japan I was captivated by the Osaka Castle, but noted then that it was a bit challenging to photograph due to the layout of the site.  Well, for this visit I’d had a chance to do some research and discovered that there’s actually a museum next to the site that looks down at the castle (the museum is partly about the castle).  I absolutely loved the view it afforded as I thought it was neat how the very old castle was juxtaposed with the modern skyscrapers of the downtown area.  A very literal old meets new.  Inside the museum you ride an elevator up to a high floor, and then ride escalators down to the lower floors of the exhibits.  I’m sure the workers thought I was crazy for riding the elevators up multiple times as I compared the views the various floors offered, but, oh well!  Such a neat spot.

Once the museum closed, I went up to the castle and wandered around.  I managed to find another neat reflection spot in the garden area, and you can find that scene below in the Alternative Perspectives section.

More next week!

–Dan Thompson