
A woman holds a sign seeking blood donations at an exit from a train station in Kōbe, Japan.

A woman holds a sign seeking blood donations at an exit from a train station in Kōbe, Japan.

The Xian Gate marks the west entrance to Nankin-machi and the Chinese community in Kōbe, Japan.

The Changan Gate marks the east entrance to Nankin-machi and the Chinese community in Kōbe, Japan.

One of the oldest Shinto shrines, the founding of Ikuta-jinja is linked with the beginnings of Kōbe, Japan.

A grey heron stands on an old pier on a lake in Nara, Japan.

A man exits a restaurant in a narrow alleyway in the Nara-machi district of Nara, Japan.

Posters found plastered over the side of a building in Nara, Japan.

One of the many, many deer everywhere in Nara-kōen, Nara, Japan.

A shiny metal box containing a water hose in Nara-kōen, Nara, Japan.

A bamboo fence in Nara-kōen, Nara, Japan.