This is Uchihori Street. We go around to the left and enter through the Sakashitamon Gate.
Still, there are so many people for a weekday.
The Nijubashi Bridge—such beautiful architecture, and I’m seeing it for the first time.
As expected, the police presence is extraordinary. The atmosphere is quite tense.
We go through baggage checks and body checks before finally being allowed to enter.
Handling this many people must be quite a task.
In any case, the crowds are overwhelming.
The cherry blossoms have already fallen, so there’s not much to see, and we just drifted through.
Before I knew itwe had arrived at the Karyomon Gate… how fortunate, how fortunate!
We cut through the East Gardens as a shortcut. I’ve never seen so many people in the gardens before.
It really is vast…
PC Micro-Nikkor 85mm f/2.8D and other manual focus lenses are the only ones I’ve been using lately, oddly enough.
Since I’m not shooting moving subjects, I suppose it’s the urge to focus manually myself?
Being an older lens, you can find reasonably priced examples with macro capability, 85mm working distance, and tilt/shift functionality—a very versatile lens.
Since it’s a specialty lens, the limited number of used examples makes it hard to choose.
Such beautiful weather—I’m truly grateful.
