Friday, August 29, 2003

Well protected.... 



Ribbed?

Thursday, August 28, 2003

Summer's finally here... 

After a long cold and rainy spell, the summer heat has hit us!! I don't know whether to happy or sad...


Random Pictures 

Throughout the week...




Canadian Embassy 

Went to the Canadian Embassy in Akasaka. Beautiful place.




Saturday, August 23, 2003

Mommy 




Ginza at midnight 






Saturday, August 16, 2003

Comeback? 



Parappa on your cell (in Japanese only)

Busy week 

It was a busy week. power failures,viruses, and rain....what else is going to happen?


Saturday, August 09, 2003

After the storm 

Typhoon number 10 passed us today.
This typhoon was unusally slow in moving past Japan and has caused considerable damage.


Sunsets are always so beautiful after a typhoon passes.

Jia Pengfang at Tobu Ikebukuro 

Went to look for a friend's birthday present and was fortunate to hear a free concert by Jia Pengfang. Jia is a famous erhu (Chinese Fiddle) player.


Bought two of his cd's and got them signed.

To learn more about Jia Pengfang and the erhu, click here.

Friday, August 08, 2003

Japan Photography Mailing List 

A new mailing list for people interested in photography in Japan is now available. This is run by Kristen Elsby (Lil) and Juregen Specht
Click here to join: Japan Photography Mailing List

Another good resource for photography in Japan is Photojpn.org run by Philbert Ono

In the dark 


Thursday, August 07, 2003

Chuck Berry in Tokyo 

A friend of mine's Aunt's husband's brother is the the bassist for Chuck Berry
and he got us back stage passes to see the king of Rock and Roll.


This is where we got to watch the concert


The King still rocking at the age of 76!!!

For more pictures of Chuck click here

Wednesday, August 06, 2003

26 Things in July 

I know it's August but I came across this cool site and I submitted this website there.




Here is my contribution 26 Things in July by Artsyken


Update: I think I did this wrong. There is a list of things that I should of followed:

Footwear animal home light money you signage sound sunset time transport scape love water food color communic... construction little t... empty numbers new weather symetry monument

Tuesday, August 05, 2003

Minature world returns! 

Whipped out my cellphone and started taking pictures around the office of the minature figurines.
Enjoy:




courtesy of A. Hashimoto




courtesy of T. Takahashi


courtesy of M. Sakuma


Monday, August 04, 2003

Pictures from Fuji Rock 

Check out: Friday, August 01, 2003 blog or click here!

How can anybody find anything like this? 


Too tight! 

Should he pick it?


What the.... 



I made the same mistake!

Minature models and the salaryman 

A strange phenomenon that I've noticed over the past few weeks is the number of minature models popping all over my co-workers desks.
They range from tanks, figurines, to animals. What's going on?


Famous animation cartoon


The "Nagashima" series

Largest "Golden Arches" in Japan 

Saw this while walking around Gotanda:



That's advertising!!!

Sunday, August 03, 2003

I don't know what it is... 



But for some reason I like it....

Saturday, August 02, 2003

Festival season and the Yukata 

Japan has many great summer festivals. Fireworks are one of them. Girls tend to wear something called a "Yukata" which is only worn during the summer. You'll see girls all over Tokyo wearing them.

You know that summer is here when you see it!


Summer is here! 

The rainy season has finally finished. It officially finished on Saturday at 10:30am. Here comes the humid summer!!


Friday, August 01, 2003

Survived Fuji Rock 

Fuji Rock 03 was cold and wet but we all managed to have a great time!
Live music is so much different than listening to a cd.
Pictures from the festival:








Pet Models? 

I put a classified ad in to find pet models for my portfolio.
Here is my ad:

Free photos of your pet
Amateur photographer seeks people who want photos of their pets.
I'm trying to improve my portfolio and want your beautiful pets as models.

I posted this at Tokyo Classifieds found here