88 Temples of Shikoku ... advice

[syd]

G'day all,

 

I am traveling to Shikoku in late May early June for a brief reccy for a longer

trip in November; this will all be on foot in November but this trip will be

cycle and foot. I plan to take my film SLR - Contax 139Q and 24mm - as my main

choice + a 50mm. Having walked the Spanish Camino in 2000 from the South of

France over the Pyrenees I learned the value of traveling light and carrying as

little camera gear as possible.

 

I am flying into Osaka and plan to buy Velvia 50 when I get there, are there any

recommended Camera stores to do this?

 

I also tend to use a tripod from force of habit as my usual type of photography

is landscape - I will be visiting Temples along the way in Shikoku and read

elsewhere that tripods were verboten at some temples; can anyone confirm this

and will I be carrying a lead weight for no good reason by brining one? I know

the Temples of Shikoku are not the fancy type and are rather the fisherman's

type of Temple, though no less sacred I wondered if this would see a more

relaxed position?

 

Any other recommendations for film besides Velvia 50 also welcome - I have most

experience with 100F in recent times and have found Provia too blue for my taste

in the past. Any further thoughts, advice or tips welcome!

 

Best, Simon

[starvy]

this is not a definite yes but from what i have heard, there is some restriction on tripods in the main temples around hokaido, honshu and kyoshu. with that in mind perhaps the same applies to shikoku as well. november is an interesting season in nippon.

[Jerry_]

You can search the Internet for Yodabashi Camera stores in Japan. If they have a web-site, the location of their stores should be on it (and in English?) That should be the #1 place to find the film you planning to buy.

 

 

 

Tripods: maybe yes and maybe no. Some places, after you purchase a ticket to see the interior, have a neat 'No Photography' sign once you are in the building. (My wife and I spent late 1987 to early 1993 in Japan, thanks to the U.S. Air Force. She is Japanese and she caught the flack for my camera clicking in a few places where there was no photography 'supposed' to be allowed. Some folks (Japanese citizens) were walking through with their video cameras on, red light blinking...no problem.)

[ci_p]

There is a big fat Yodobashi just outside Osaka station (not Shin Osaka)

[syd]

Thanks for the suggestions gents I shall look into it.