November 01, 2007
back in Tokyo
Back in Tokyo now, but here`s another photo from Bath. This legionary (? ) was guarding the front of a camera shop by the Abbey.
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October 13, 2007
Bath
On "holiday" in Bath right now. Taking the opportunity to take some pictures of the city. Here's one of the famous Royal Crescent late on a sunny afternoon.
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August 28, 2007
Wild animals on the loose in Tsukiji
I am supposed to be taking portraits of Tsukiji workers, but got distracted by this crazy stall last Friday. There were two stalls like this in the market. Only guessing, but I think dry goods merchants also used to deal in stuffed animals.
Apart from the animals in the photo there was an armadillo, crocodile, leopard . . .
I asked the stallholder if they were for sale.
"Depends how much you pay."
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July 23, 2007
more politics
Next Sunday's Upper House election looks like it could be tough for the ruling Liberal Democratic party: Japan Times article
While the politicians are busy pressing the flesh, and rattling windows with their loudspeaker vans, I've been wandering around the backstreets of Northern Tokyo taking photos of political posters. I've put a few online here
Oddly, most of the rubbish pick up points here are plastered with posters. I think maybe those are the only free spaces after the English conversation school posters get the best spots.
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July 13, 2007
camera-otoko.com
This is now officially a text based blog!
I'll keep updating my portfolio, but the occasional photos I used to post here have now moved to my photo-blog www.camera-otoko.com.
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July 11, 2007
Photo story for the Number One Shimbun
This is a photo-story for the Number One Shimbun (the magazine of the Japan Foreign Correspondents Club)
"These photos of political posters were taken on the streets near my home. I live in Kita Ward, an area just below Saitama Prefecture, with Ikebukuro and Shinjuku to its south. In the last general election the local constituency was won by Akihiro Ohta, who has since become the leader of Komeito.
This is a lively shitamachi area, with crowded covered arcades, tatty but busy bars, small theaters and several sento (tattoos allowed). . . . ."
read the rest and see the photo-story
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June 30, 2007
tsukiji photo album
album of portraits from the fish market
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June 27, 2007
yurakucho
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June 24, 2007
fertility festival album
photos from the Kanamaru fertility festival
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humanoid robots album
another new album. various humanoid robot photos from an article I wrote for ANA
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June 23, 2007
building site
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June 21, 2007
Tokyo commuters album
and another album - a set of photos of Tokyo commuters.
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Tokyo Marathon album
a new photo album for my portfolio - some photos from the 2007 Tokyo Marathon
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June 18, 2007
spot the photographer
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June 16, 2007
stall
this guy was pushing a portable stall through Ginza
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June 14, 2007
kaiten sushi
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June 12, 2007
Godzilla!
I've only been uploading work photos recently. But here's something taken with my Olympus Pen half size camera. The statue is just behind the press club in Yurakucho.
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June 04, 2007
rush hour(6)
One more from Tokyo commuter hell. I think this man was wondering why a camera had suddenly appeared above everyone's heads.
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May 31, 2007
rush hour(5)
A rented a fisheye lens to take some photos from inside the trains . . .
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May 28, 2007
rush hour(4)
Akabane station during the evening rush-hour. After work drinks?
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May 24, 2007
rush hour (3)
It was a pretty miserable rainy Wednesday morning.
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May 22, 2007
rush hour (2)
Shinjuku station in the morning. Just before the station master told me to get out of the way of everyone!
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May 21, 2007
Bunraku photos
I've revamped the portfolio section of this website and I'm slowly uploading new photo galleries. Here's a set of photos of Japan's traditional puppet theater
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May 19, 2007
rush hour (1)
Apologies for not posting much recently. Have been too busy taking photos, amongst other things!
Here's the first of a set of pictures taken during the morning and evening rush hours in Tokyo. This one is from Akabane station on our local line, one of the busiest commuter routes in Tokyo.
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April 27, 2007
bunraku
one more bunraku photo
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April 24, 2007
doll
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April 22, 2007
hairdresser
the dolls have their own hairdressers
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April 20, 2007
doll's head
Bunraku dolls' heads are carved from Japanese cypress.
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April 18, 2007
bunraku 2
this was backstage at the National Theater in Tokyo
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April 17, 2007
bunraku
This is the first of a series of photos I took for an article on bunraku, Japan's puppet theater. The puppeteer is Kiritake Kanjuro the third.
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April 13, 2007
photo story on the Tokyo marathon
I used some of my photos from the Tokyo marathon for a photo-story in the correspondent's club magazine. A bit dark and grey - but it was a dark and grey day!
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April 12, 2007
2000 yen
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April 10, 2007
shibuya
the famous Shibuya 101 building - high school girl mecca
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April 08, 2007
escalator man
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April 06, 2007
Brad-san
This is another one from my little Olympus Pen. Tried it out with slide film - incredibly sharp.
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April 04, 2007
dream
taking a snooze on the train (the poster above the rack says "dream")
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April 02, 2007
three girls
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March 31, 2007
great minds
another photo from my half-size Olympus
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March 29, 2007
the birdman of osaka castle
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March 27, 2007
Osaka
Down in Osaka at the moment researching rakugo and robots. Here's one of the castle.
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March 23, 2007
new camera
Picked up a new camera the other day - an old half frame Olympus (2 pictures to every 35mm frame). This photo was taken round the back of the correspondent's club in Yurakucho.
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March 21, 2007
Tokyo Marathon (5)
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March 19, 2007
Tokyo Marathon (4)
at the finish . . .
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March 16, 2007
Tokyo Marathon (3)
Some runners passing Asakusa's Sensoji in the pouring rain
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March 14, 2007
Tokyo Marathon (2)
Organisers handed out plastic raincovers to keep runners warm till the start.
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March 11, 2007
Tokyo Marathon
Last month I spent a very wet day taking photos of the Tokyo marathon. Here's the first of a set of photos.
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March 06, 2007
Abe-chan
Japan's erstwhile Premier
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March 03, 2007
men at work
the sign says "men at work. danger! no entry"
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March 01, 2007
beach
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February 27, 2007
three kings
I've been taking pictures of political posters recently. Of the two posters here, the one above is of a local politician and the one below is for a local playhouse.
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February 25, 2007
flower power
This one was taken with a Yashica Electro I rescued from the junk camera
box in a Shinjuku shop. Just needed a bit of a clean and adjustment.
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February 23, 2007
stairway to heaven
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February 21, 2007
urban samurai
Another photo from the same grey afternoon in Shinjuku. I think these urban samurai were advertising something.
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February 19, 2007
shinjuku
Taken in Shinjuku with my Pentax Spotmatic. I liked the look of the tree branches against the white sky.
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February 14, 2007
flower pot
somewhere in Shibuya . . .
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February 12, 2007
window
a hairdressers?
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February 10, 2007
ginza
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February 07, 2007
city shrine
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February 03, 2007
shrine-scraper
this shrine was surrounded by skyscrapers
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February 01, 2007
Tokyo Skyline
I visited one of Docomo's Tokyo offices last week and took this picture from the 27th floor.
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January 29, 2007
new photo album
I have added a new photo album to my B&W portfolio. click here
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January 27, 2007
Baruto
help! I'm shrinking!
I have an interview with Estonian sumo wrestler Baruto in this month's JAL inflight magazine. Can't post the article here for copyright reasons, but thanks to Jun Takagi for this pic.
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January 25, 2007
masks
Another photo from Toyokawa inari.
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January 23, 2007
daruma stall
At Toyokawa Inari, a shrinto shrine in Aichi prefecture.
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January 20, 2007
fuji
I went down to Aichi prefecture for New Year's. This was taken out the window of the bullet train on the way back.
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January 18, 2007
mirror
This is the last of that B&W roll. In one of the underground passages of Ikebukuro station. The ad underneath the mirror says "the secret beauty tips of 101 people".
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January 14, 2007
waiting
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January 11, 2007
on the bus
Taken on the bus to the swimming pool. Nice thing about the Yashica is that the shutter makes almost no noise, so just right for candids.
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January 09, 2007
love of the year
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January 07, 2007
young couple
Here's the first of a few black and white photos taken with my Yashica Electro 35.
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January 06, 2007
ginza cherub
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January 01, 2007
snuggle
very tired commuter on the way home from Kyoto
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December 30, 2006
Tokyo Story(19): Guardian Angels
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December 28, 2006
cable car
the journey back down the mountain was by cable car
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December 26, 2006
statue
Here's one last statue from Mount Takao. Another goblin I think.
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December 23, 2006
guardian statue
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December 21, 2006
temple guardian statue
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December 17, 2006
another tengu
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December 14, 2006
Tengu
The shrines on Mount Takao near Tokyo are dedicated to Tengu (Japanese Goblins)
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December 12, 2006
smile!
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December 10, 2006
Tsuen tea-shop
Another new set of photos. These are from a trip down to Kyoto, Osaka and Uji last month. The 800 year old Tsuen tea-shop has been run by the same family for 23 generations. Click here
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SOS
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December 07, 2006
a rainy day in Kyoto
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December 04, 2006
commuters
Osaka station
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December 02, 2006
Tokyo Story(18): Type
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December 01, 2006
Tokyo Story (17): fortune teller
the sign in the foreground says "fortune-telling"
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November 29, 2006
train cab
Taken on the train to Chichibu, a small town near Tokyo. Actually on a bright sunny day.
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November 25, 2006
Origin Arts Program
A set of photos I have just added to my online portfolio. I took these earlier this year for an article on the Origin Arts Program in Kyoto, which runs short introductions to traditional Japanese culture . . . click here
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November 24, 2006
Mount Takao
Apologies for not posting for a few days. I've been down in Kyoto taking pictures this week. Here's a photo from a trip to Mount Takao earlier this month. This shrine was near the summit.
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November 17, 2006
Tokyo Story(16): Microsoft
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November 15, 2006
I'm on Wikipedia
I'm on Wikipedia! Feel free to edit me:)
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November 14, 2006
Tokyo Story(15): Look!
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November 12, 2006
ukima festival
I've uploaded a slide show to the portfolio section of my site . . . click here
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November 11, 2006
Tokyo Story(14): Department store
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November 09, 2006
Ukimafunado festival(8)
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November 07, 2006
Ukimafunado festival(7)
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November 03, 2006
Ukimafunado festival(6)
Nikon D200
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November 01, 2006
Ukimafunado festival(5)
taking a break . . .
Nikon D200
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October 30, 2006
Ukimafunado Festival(4)
Nikon D200
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October 28, 2006
Ukimafunado Festival(3)
Nikon D200
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October 26, 2006
Ukimafunado Festival(2)
Nikon D200
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October 24, 2006
Ukimafunado Festival(1)
The beginning of the local festival a few weeks ago. I was helping carry this "portable shrine" around the neighbourhood.
Nikon D200
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October 21, 2006
Tokyo Story(13): train
Nikon FM2, colour neg
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October 19, 2006
Tokyo Story(12): Fire
Nikon FM2, Colour Neg.
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October 17, 2006
Tokyo Story(11): different directions
Nikon FM2, colour neg
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October 15, 2006
lion
Yashicamat, colour slide
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October 12, 2006
Tokyo Story(10): Waiting
Nikon D200
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October 09, 2006
Tokyo Story(9): Jogger
Nikon FM2, Colour Neg
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October 07, 2006
Tokyo Story(8): two lamps
Nikon FM2, color neg
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October 05, 2006
Tokyo Story(7): Mylord
Nikon FM2, colour neg
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October 02, 2006
Tokyo Story (6): station undercourse
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Yashica Electro GS, colour neg
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September 30, 2006
Tokyo Story (5): office window
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Yashica Electro GS, colour neg
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September 28, 2006
Tokyo Story (4): train
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Nikon FM2, Colour Neg
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September 26, 2006
Tokyo Story (3)
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Yashica Electro GS, Colour Neg.
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September 24, 2006
Tokyo Story (2)
(click to enlarge)
The Arakawa river runs near our house. This was taken by the path that runs along the top of the river bank.
Nikon D200, 50mm
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September 22, 2006
bell
one more picture from the drumming performance
Nikon D200, 50mm
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September 17, 2006
drum performance
Nikon D200, 50mm
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September 15, 2006
drummer 2
Here's another one from the same performance. The drummers do all sorts of juggling tricks with the sticks.
Nikon D200, 50mm
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September 13, 2006
drummer
Last month a local drumming group gave a performance at a summer festival near our house.
Nikon D200, 50mm
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September 11, 2006
Tokyo Story (1)
This is the first in an occasional series of photos taken in and around Tokyo. From the big Muji superstore in Yurakucho
Nikon FM2, 50mm, Color Neg
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September 09, 2006
ram
here's another, rather scary, picture from the same market in Urumqi
Nikon FM2, B&W neg
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September 07, 2006
market stall
Nikon FM2, B&W neg
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September 04, 2006
Market in Urumqi
Nikon FM2, B&W neg
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September 02, 2006
hill
3000m above sea level in the Qinghai mountains, China
Nikon FM2, colour slide
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August 31, 2006
Mosque in Xining
The mosque in Xining (about half the population of the city are Muslim).
Nikon FM2, colour slide
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August 29, 2006
Xining
Taken at a bee farm up in the mountains near Xining.
Nikon FM2, colour slide
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August 26, 2006
Xining sunset
This one was taken from the hotel window too. I opened the door to my room, looked out of the window and only had time to take three photos before the sun disappeared.
Nikon FM2, colour slide
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August 23, 2006
train to Xining
Nikon FM2, color slide
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August 21, 2006
train
on the sleeper from Shanghai to Xining
Nikon FM2, colour slide
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August 18, 2006
apartment blocks
from the window of our hotel in Xining
Nikon FE2, colour slide
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August 15, 2006
Lake
Taken up in the mountains near Xining (3700m above sea level). A newly built dam had partially submerged this road.
Nikon FM2, colour slide
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August 13, 2006
Shanghai street
Nikon FM2, colour neg
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August 10, 2006
Oriental Pearl Tower, Shanghai
Nikon FM2, colour neg
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August 09, 2006
Shanghai hotel
Nikon FM2, Colour Neg
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August 07, 2006
Shanghai
Apologies for the long silence. Have been in China for the last 16 days: Shanghai, Xining, Turpan, Urumuqi, Beijing. Here is the first of a few pictures from the trip.
Nikon FM2, Colour Neg.
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July 19, 2006
chindonya
"chindonya" street advertiser
Pentax Spotmatic, B&W neg
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July 16, 2006
press club library
the view from the correspondent's club library window
Pentax Spotmatic, B&W Neg
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July 13, 2006
lanterns
two musty lanterns
Nikon D200
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July 09, 2006
shrine
the same shrine in Kyoto
Nikon D200
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July 06, 2006
Tokyo Game Show
online photo album from last year's Tokyo Game Show
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July 04, 2006
shrine at dusk
close to Ginkaku-ji in Kyoto
Nikon D200
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July 01, 2006
Buddha in the window
Was in Osaka yesterday. Taken near Shitenno temple.
Nikon D200
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June 28, 2006
ikebukuro street
Pentax Spotmatic, colour neg
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June 24, 2006
crane
Pentax Spotmatic, colour neg
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June 22, 2006
ikebukuro
Pentax Spotmatic, color neg.
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June 20, 2006
daruma dolls
from an antiques fair in Saitama
Nikon D200
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June 18, 2006
stripes
Nikon D200
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June 16, 2006
guardian
one of the guardians of the temple
Nikon D200
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June 14, 2006
Kamakura
I took my new D200 out for a spin the other day. In a small shrine on the outskirts of Kamakura.
Nikon D200
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June 12, 2006
karaoke
Yashica electro GS, colour neg
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June 11, 2006
view from the press club
this was taken after the same storm
Yashica GS, colour neg.
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June 08, 2006
Yurakucho
taken from the windows of the press club bar in Yurakucho
Yashica GS, colour neg
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June 06, 2006
lucky gods
Gotanda, Tokyo
Yashica Electro GS, color neg.
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June 04, 2006
Tokyo Walker
Yashica Electro GS, neopan400
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chess
These guys were playing "shogi", a kind of Japanese chess. In Shimbashi.
Yashica Electro 35, Neopan 400
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May 31, 2006
park
Yashica Electro GS, neopan400
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May 29, 2006
tarmac-flower
Yashica Electro GS, neopan400
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May 27, 2006
friends
one last photo from the Akabane festival. my favorite I think. looks like it could have been taken 30 years ago.
nikon FE2, 50mm, neopan400
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May 22, 2006
whistle
this guy with the whistle was directing one of the teams
nikon FE2, 50mm, provia100
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May 15, 2006
portable shrine
this is another one from the festival in Akabane.
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May 12, 2006
akabane matsuri
this is from the Akabane matsuri a couple of weeks back. carrying a "mikoshi" portable shrine through the streets
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May 01, 2006
temple courtyard
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April 23, 2006
Cherry Blossom
In Asakusa
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April 12, 2006
wires
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April 02, 2006
friends
wintry spring afternoon in Shinjuku
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March 30, 2006
James Brown
Taken at a flea market in Sugamo.
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March 25, 2006
coffee shop
I wrote an article on Tokyo coffee-shops recently. Wasn't much to take photos of in this coffee-shop in Asakusa - until I looked up at the ceiling!
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March 23, 2006
Shrine in the Snow
Near Mt Fuji. I took this with my Yashicamat 6x6.
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March 20, 2006
ball stuck in tree
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March 16, 2006
kimono shop
There is a huge covered arcade near where we live. This shop sold kimono and silk cloth.
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March 12, 2006
fortune
choosing an paper fortune at a temple in Tokyo
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March 08, 2006
wa
"wa" (harmony). Part of a shop sign
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March 05, 2006
steam
round the back of a dry cleaners in Takadanobaba . . . cold day!
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March 02, 2006
doll
I've been writing about Japanese toys recently. This doll was in a shop-window in Asakusabashi, where many of Japan's toy manufacturers are based.
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February 26, 2006
hunter
not quite sure what this sign is for . . .
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February 22, 2006
fuji
a shop hoarding in Kanda.
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February 18, 2006
shimbun alley
"Shimbun Alley" - the Correspondent's Club's occasional Saturday night bar (the rest of the week it is a sushi restaurant).
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February 16, 2006
takadanobaba street
another photo taken with my Yashica 35 in Takadanobaba
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February 12, 2006
gnome
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February 10, 2006
record shop
Record shop with crazy wallpaper!
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February 06, 2006
snow
Takadanobaba street, the window of a hairdresser's shop.
More snow forecast today.
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February 04, 2006
snow blossom
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February 01, 2006
snowman
Another photo from Takadanobaba in the snow. A minute after I took the photo, two children and their father turned up and gave their snowman a nose.
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January 29, 2006
last weekend's snow
Tokyo had a few inches of snow last weekend - the most I've ever seen here. I took a few photos with a Pentax Spotmatic I'm looking after at the moment. Here's one from a Japanese garden near Waseda university.
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January 28, 2006
elephant
Taken in the same playground
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January 27, 2006
elephant eye
Taken with a 3500 yen camera I rescued from a 2nd hand-shop in Nagoya at New Years.
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January 15, 2006
tengu
Just before new year we travelled to Nagoya by "ju-hachi kippu" (a discount ticket which is incredibly cheap, but only lets you ride local trains). This was taken in a station on the outskirts of Tokyo.
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January 13, 2006
RIP film
Time has run out for film. Nikon announced today that they won't be making 35mm film cameras anymore.
Here's one photo taken on Kodak Gold anyway. An apartment block in north Tokyo.
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January 09, 2006
snow and leaves
Just one more photo from Kyoto. Snow and leaves outside the gates of a temple. That was a a month or so ago, the rest of Japan has had a lot more wintery weather since then.
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January 05, 2006
Merry Christmas!
A belated Merry Christmas (and a Happy New Year). This was taken in a shopping arcade in Akabane.
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December 29, 2005
shrine
Another photo from Kyoto. I'm not sure what the shrine is dedicated to though. The board at the entrance is to mark next year's Chinese year of the dog. Round the back was a Noh stage, a figure of a boar, and a photo of a WW2 battleship (apparently one of the very few that survived the war intact).
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December 27, 2005
green tea
In a tiny temple up in the hills not far from Kyoto. It was about as cold inside the temple as outside in the snow. The tea was hot though.
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December 25, 2005
plum orchard
The sign says plum orchard. Taken in the grounds of the old imperial palace in Kyoto.
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December 23, 2005
jizo
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December 20, 2005
Kyoto
a cold afternoon near Sanzenin temple in Kyoto
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December 16, 2005
blazer in shop window
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December 09, 2005
pachinko
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December 03, 2005
tokyo shrine
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November 29, 2005
flea market
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November 27, 2005
in Kyoto
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November 23, 2005
temple
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November 21, 2005
Tokyo backstreet
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November 18, 2005
ueno pond
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November 16, 2005
journey home
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November 13, 2005
ginza
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November 11, 2005
shimokitazawa barman
in Shimokitazawa. the goggles are because of smoke from grilled chicken
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November 10, 2005
10 thirty-four pm
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November 08, 2005
manga
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November 06, 2005
temple jizo in Iwate
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November 04, 2005
Iwate
rice field in Iwate prefecture
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November 01, 2005
snapshots
customers and staff at the game show
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October 31, 2005
sonic
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October 27, 2005
topplayer
more from the Tokyo Game Show
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October 24, 2005
text message
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October 22, 2005
Sonic the Hedgehog
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October 19, 2005
tokyo game show
from a visit to Tokyo Game Show last month
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October 16, 2005
hustings
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politician campaigning
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October 15, 2005
from the local park
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October 13, 2005
3 chairs
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October 11, 2005
escalator
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October 07, 2005
yurakucho
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October 06, 2005
telephone call
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October 04, 2005
outside Akabane station
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October 03, 2005
train passengers
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October 01, 2005
cherry blossom
one I took earlier this year
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September 29, 2005
akabane station
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September 27, 2005
mickey and friends
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September 25, 2005
going home
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September 23, 2005
friends
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September 19, 2005
ice-cream
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September 17, 2005
passing over Hachijo-koshima
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September 15, 2005
out to sea
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September 12, 2005
bullet train
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September 10, 2005
Hachijojima beach
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September 09, 2005
waterfall on Hachijo island
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September 07, 2005
shrine
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September 05, 2005
sleeper
ukimafunado park
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September 03, 2005
bicycle & foot
on the embankment by our house
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September 02, 2005
asakusa temple stall
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August 30, 2005
time for bed
our local station on a Saturday night
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August 28, 2005
storm
taken from our balcony a couple of weeks ago
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August 27, 2005
tetrapods!
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August 26, 2005
picnic
picnic in the park
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park
and one of a "photo competition" in the local park . . .
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and another
and another! (click below)
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new photos
just got a new film scanner - I can upload photos taken with my old (very old!) medium format TLR now.
here's one to get started with . . . . (click below)
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August 12, 2005
sento photos
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June 20, 2005
tattoo show photos
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June 07, 2005
tattooing demonstration
click image to enlarge
I'm famous this week. The Shunkan Shincho magazine carried a story on a tattooing demonstration at the Foreign Correspondents Club.
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May 11, 2005
at the seaside
I went down to omaezaki in shizuoka prefecture recently to cover a story. here are some photos from the beach . . .
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April 23, 2005
Photos from Mandarake superstore
some photos from Mandarake "otaku" superstore in Nakano. Have a look at the prices on some of the models!
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April 02, 2005
photos from a Sega arcade in Shibuya
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March 15, 2005
odaiba photos
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February 25, 2005
shop in omotesando
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February 24, 2005
Tokyo Subway
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February 18, 2005
church in Kawagoe
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February 15, 2005
kawagoe station
train station this time . .
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subway
I've been taking a few photos of the subway recently for an article . . . here's one
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January 29, 2005
doll
another photo from the flea market
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mind the GAP
photo from a flea-market last Sunday
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January 22, 2005
spot the heron!
A photo from a trip to Ise this New Years. There's a heron in there somewhere . . .
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January 10, 2005
slippers
This is from a 'gagaku' performance in Nagoya bus station. . . Where else?
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mikan throwing festival
Here's one image from a brief mikan throwing (!) festival we caught in Ise. (he's only throwing nuts in this photo, the mikans were to follow)
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November 27, 2004
window
Hamamatsu Station again (photo)
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clash!
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October 08, 2004
International Cooperation Festival 2004
I covered the International Cooperation Festival in Hibiya last Sunday. About 200 different NGOs. The weather was terrible. Interesting event, though.
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August 27, 2004
No pictures please
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Drummer
The local bon-odori dance festival had some drummers too.
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One (or 10) too many
Shimizu-san's bar again.
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Portrait
A friend from the bar downstairs.
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August 21, 2004
hyoutan
A photo of the door to the bar downstairs (and me). The bar's called 'hyoutan' - which means 'gourd' I think.
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August 20, 2004
me
Yoshie took this photo of me in Shimizu-san's bar downstairs.
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August 14, 2004
tortoise
Taken on the raised path by the river bank near our house. Sunday afternoon strollers, people on the way back from the golf course opposite, the occasional tortoise!
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August 12, 2004
a broken cherub
Underneath the windmill in Ukima-park
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August 05, 2004
tortoise by the river
someone was taking their tortoise for a walk by the river
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Gotanda underground station library
Gotanda underground station has a library of books for commuters with time on their hands (!)
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August 01, 2004
three more photos
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July 23, 2004
jogger
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its all uphill
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lost dog
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July 14, 2004
Rice cooker
I'm writing about rice cookers at the moment. Here's one of the originals!
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July 12, 2004
Chotto kowai
flea market in Shinjuku
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