Kunitachi Festival faces
Whether low-key or nationally lauded, Japanese festivals are always a lot of fun — events where one can enjoy a variety of sights and soun....
29 Sep 2:00 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Carefully crafted calligraphy
A time-honoured technique in a time-honoured temple. ....
28 Sep 1:00 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Slightly bleak Tokyo barbecue?
Tokyo doesn’t exactly have a glut of greenery, and a good deal of what there is has a ban on barbecues, so, when a spot of outdoor dining ....
27 Sep 4:06 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Bokeh
Bokeh (暈け or ボケ) is a a Japanese term for the subjective aesthetic quality of out-of-focus areas of a photographic image. It refers ....
27 Sep 3:49 pm  from  Thumbnail Of Life   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Weekend in Kyoto
  Autumn has finally come to Japan and I was lucky to be able to enjoy the sunny, cooler weather in Kyoto - along with my trusty Nikon D-70....
27 Sep 3:26 pm  from  Visual Anthropology of Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Matsumoto Castle
The furthest one can get away from the seas is as remote as it gets in Japan. This is Matsumoto, one of the lone stars in the vast wildernes....
27 Sep 1:16 pm  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Ruins of the Imari Kawanami WWII Shipyard
The Imari Kawanami Shipyard (伊万里川南造船所) is a favourite among haikyo fanatics not least because of its infamous history, but a....
27 Sep 1:40 am  from  gakuranman.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Photography Tip: Aquarium Shots
Shooting pictures of fish in an aquarium can be tricky and I’ve seen tourists from all over the world firing away with their cellular phon....
26 Sep 7:07 pm  from  Mikes Ryukyu Gallery   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Gallery Talk on Early Photography from the 1860 Japanese Delegation to New York
 Image borrowed from Museum of the City of New York Webpage. Announcement from H-Japan: Early Photography Talk at the Museum of the City....
26 Sep 6:20 pm  from  Visual Anthropology of Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
“Okinawa photographer captures life around military bases”
From today's Japan Today: Okinawa Prefecture-based photographer Mao Ishikawa on Saturday opened an exhibition in Nago in the prefecture sho....
25 Sep 6:42 pm  from  Visual Anthropology of Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
PHOTO OF THE WEEK: FLOWERS
HAVE A BEAUTIFUL WEEKEND !....
25 Sep 1:27 pm  from  Mikes Ryukyu Gallery   [Profile]  [Recent] 
The crazy world of Arata Baba
This man gave us fire. But, if I hadn’t been watching, and instead had been walking, I’d have feasibly got a far better photo of this o....
24 Sep 3:30 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tokyo: A Life Cinematic
Pondering the movie that is ‘life’. Jim Morrison of The Doors once lyricised; ‘Have you had a good life, enough to base a movie on?’....
24 Sep 11:09 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Cotton Candy Hair and Exquisite Glamour… Can You Have Both?
This 2003 Vogue Italia spread by Steven Meisel has me once again making public my obsession with candy-colored hair. Who knew it could be ....
24 Sep 8:41 am  from  Dropdeadkawaii   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Revisiting the Tradition ~ Photography & Sumi Exhibition
Stewart Wachs sent me this one, and though it isn’t actually in Kyoto, I suppose I can bend the rules just this once. Nara isn’t too far....
24 Sep 8:32 am  from  deep kyoto   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Micah Gampel’s “My Nippon” Photo Exhibition at Cafe Dell’Orso
Micah Gampel has written to say that his ongoing My Nippon photo show ぼく の二ッポン has moved to Caffe dell’Orso near Kyoto Univ....
23 Sep 9:38 pm  from  deep kyoto   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Autumn signs on Shubun no Hi
Yesterday was blistering, a bona fide belter, but today, on a national holiday named Shubun no Hi (Autumnal Equinox Day), it’s suitably co....
23 Sep 6:00 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
lina scheyniusvia a drawing diary and ici-marie
lina scheyniusvia a drawing diary and ici-marie....
23 Sep 12:39 pm  from  ii-ne-kore   [Profile]  [Recent] 
A kimono and ocarina combo
After more than ten years in Tokyo, and even though coming across one really isn’t that uncommon, the sight of a kimono is still something....
22 Sep 3:00 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese workers (traditionally) working #33
A terrific triple whammy of traditional togs, tools and techniques. ....
21 Sep 5:30 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Canon EOS 60D CM Featuring Ken Watanabe
I absolutely love this commercial by Canon Japan promoting their new EOS 60D DSLR. Not only it features my favorite Japanese actor Ken Watan....
21 Sep 1:03 pm  from  alafista   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Imagine Iraq Photo Exhibition @ Cafe Kazenone
We are so used to images of Iraq at war that it is hard to imagine it as anything other than a place we associate with bombs, kidnappings an....
21 Sep 12:28 pm  from  deep kyoto   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Little boys and their toys
With today being a national holiday, and one entitled Respect for the Aged Day, it’s entirely feasible that the little fella below was dra....
20 Sep 3:00 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Sunrise over Tokyo
Good morning!....
18 Sep 5:57 am  from  TokyoMango.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Japanese power sleeping
With long commutes and even longer working hours, seeing someone in Japan grabbing a quick power nap or simply falling over with exhaustion ....
17 Sep 9:51 am  from  Unknown   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Tranquil time out #78
A parasol, some paint, and perhaps most importantly, plenty of peace and quiet. ....
16 Sep 6:00 pm  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
“Taiyaki’s international photography tour”
From today's Daily Yomiuri Online:When freelance photographer Mika Sudo travels around the world, she takes no ordinary companion. For the p....
16 Sep 12:01 pm  from  Visual Anthropology of Japan   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Endangered Chinese Pond Turtle [Vignette]
One overcast day, about halfway through my solitary wanderings in Japan, fatigue finally caught up with me. I left the manga cafe in search ....
15 Sep 12:29 am  from  gakuranman.com   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Yamanashi grape vines and wines
Samuel Johnson’s famous adage that, “when a man is bored of London, he is bored of life” is also equally true when talk turns to Tokyo....
14 Sep 11:30 am  from  Tokyo Times   [Profile]  [Recent] 
Voltron
DPJ leadership election tomorrow. The heatwave may finally, really, actually be over soon (with "over" I mean temperatures around ....
13 Sep 11:11 pm  from  Janne In Osaka   [Profile]  [Recent] 
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