The Foreign Service Journal, April 2017

74 APRIL 2017 | THE FOREIGN SERVICE JOURNAL LOCAL LENS BY ÁSGEIR SIGFÚSSON n KYOTO, JAPAN Please submit your favorite, recent photograph to be considered for Local Lens. Images must be high resolution (at least 300 dpi at 8” x 10”, or 1 MB or larger) and must not be in print elsewhere. Please include a short description of the scene/event, as well as your name, brief biodata and the type of camera used, to locallens@afsa.org. T his photo is a bit of a “view askew” of the To-ji Temple in Kyoto, Japan, one which puts the temple’s elaborate woodwork into stark relief. The temple is Japan’s tallest wooden tower and stands 180 feet high. The five-story pagoda dates back to 796, in the early Heian period. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site—one of many such sites in Kyoto. n Ásgeir Sigfússon, a native of Iceland, is AFSA’s communications director. He took this photo using a Nikon D5200 camera.