the globetrotter's journal 🛫🌎🌍🌏🛬

Fiery Momiji “Japanese red maple in the cultivar group atropurpureum is a versatile, ornamental, hardy small tree or multi-stemmed shrub. The deeply lobed 5-7-9 leaves are red or reddish-purple in spring and again in fall. In between, color varies from remaining red all summer to sometimes fading slightly with maturity or summer heat and even turning green.” Excerpt from Japanese Red Maple Acer palmatum var. atr - https://www.arborday.org/trees/treeguide/TreeDetail.cfm?ItemID=866 . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #hiroshima #itsukushima #miyajima #momiji #japanesemaple mapletree #iphonephoto #iphonephotography #iphone12promax #iphone12 https://www.instagram.com/p/CnJ0Z1Wp41v/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

This is my simple religion. There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy. Our own brain, our own heart is our temple; the philosophy is kindness. ~ Dalai Lama . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #hiroshima #itsukushima #miyajima #toriigate #templegate #buddhisim #buddhisttemple #daishoin #iphonephoto #iphonephotography #iphone12promax #iphone12 (at Daishō-In (大聖院) Miyajima (宮島)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnJP04HJPV5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

“The ginkgo tree is from the era of dinosaurs, but while the dinosaur has been extinguished, the modern ginkgo has not changed. After the atomic bomb in Hiroshima, the ginkgo was the first tree that came up. It’s amazing.” ~ Koji Nakanishi . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #hiroshima #itsukushima #miyajima #toriigate #ginko #ginkotree #iphonephoto #iphonephotography #iphone12promax #iphone12 #iphone12pro (at Itsukushima Shrine) https://www.instagram.com/p/CnJOIPCpj6P/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you. ~ Brian Tracy . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #kansai #kyoto #fushimiinari #toriigate #japanesemaple #maple #sonya6400 #sonyalpha #a6400 (at Fushimi Inari Shrine, Kyoto) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmxLp1BBszd/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Success is a journey, not a destination. The doing is often more important than the outcome. ~ Arthur Ashe . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #hiroshima #itsukushima #miyajima #toriigate #japanesemaple #maple #sonya6400 #sonyalpha #a6400 (at Itsukushima Shrine) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmxMyoWhLa5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

There is only one corner of the universe you can be certain of improving, and that's your own self. ~ Aldous Huxley . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #hiroshima #itsukushima #miyajima #toriigate #japanesemaple #maple #iphonephoto #iphonephotography #iphone12promax #iphone12 (at Itsukushima Shrine) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmxMccihLwg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

There are always flowers for those who want to see them. ~ Henri Matisse . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #Hiroshima #mitake #mitakidera #lilies #easterlily #sonya6400 #sonyalpha #a6400 (at Mitaki-dera) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmoby1IJHXg/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful. ~ Paul Simon . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #Hiroshima #mitake #mitakidera #trainstation #train #iphonephoto #iphonephotography #iphone12promax #iphone12 (at Mitaki-dera) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmoaiGsJQxt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Autumn wins you best by this its mute appeal to sympathy for its decay. ~ Robert Browning . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #osaka #autumn #autumn2022 #kansai #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #mapleleaf #autumnleaves #iphonephoto #sonya6400 #sonyalpha #a6400 (at Osaka Castle 大阪城) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmoVQwfJDga/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Everything in life... has to have balance. ~ Donna Karan . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #umeda #kansai #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #umedaskybuilding #umedasky #osaka #iphonephoto #iphonephotography #iphone12promax #iphone12 #architecture #architecturephotography #glassandsteel (at 梅田スカイビル（Umeda Sky Building)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmNHHEjhSRt/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can. ~ Arthur Ashe . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #umeda #kansai #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #umedaskybuilding #umedasky #osaka #iphonephoto #iphonephotography #iphone12promax #iphone12 (at 梅田スカイビル（Umeda Sky Building)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmNGg4Qhp9e/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

New synthetic substances - steel, concrete, glass - are actively superseding the traditional raw materials of construction. ~ Walter Gropius . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #umeda #kansai #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #umedaskybuilding #umedasky #osaka #iphonephoto #iphonephotography #iphone12promax #iphone12 #architecture #architecturephotography #glassandsteel (at 梅田スカイビル（Umeda Sky Building)) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmNDEPaB6q0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside. ~ Mark Twain . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #shinsekai #kansai #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #tsutenkaku #iphonephoto #iphonephotography #iphone12promax #iphone12pro (at Shinsekai) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmICHZJvejr/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

If you are in the country, you should notice landmarks - that is, objects which help you to find your way or prevent you getting lost, such as distant hills, church towers, and nearer objects, such as peculiar buildings, trees, gates, rocks, etc. ~ Robert Baden-Powell . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #shinsekai #kansai #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #tsutenkaku #sonya6400 #sonyalpha #a6400 #sel35mm (at Tsutenkaku) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmIBnlQvqdy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Sushi is something very exclusive. It is not like a McDonald's, not like a hot dog, not like a French fry. It's very high-class cooking in Japan. ~ Nobu Matsuhisa . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #shinsekai #kansai #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #iphonephoto #iphonephotography #iphone12promax #iphone12 #sushi #tsutenkaku (at Shinsekai) https://www.instagram.com/p/CmIA4gdymM7/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Architecture is a visual art, and the buildings speak for themselves. ~ Julia Morgan . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #osakacastle #kansai #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #iphonephoto #iphonephotography #iphone12promax #iphone12 #architecture #architecturephotography (at Osaka Castle 大阪城) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9W8sShkAs/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will. ~ Mahatma Gandhi . . . . . . . . . . . . #iger #igerph #igermanila #igerphilippines #osaka #japan2022 #japan #autumn #autumn2022 #osakacastle #kansai #travel #travelphoto #travelphotography #solotravel #vacation #vacation2022 #sonya6400 #sonyalpha #a6400 #sony #a6400 (at Osaka Castle 大阪城) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cl9VHy1huO5/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=