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Temple Horse

On November 16, 2011 · In things

The White Horse occupies a strong place in the Japanese psyche, somewhere near that of the unicorn. Perhaps that’s why the #1 Scotch Whisky in Japan is White Horse.

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Shibuya means “crowded valley” and is that insanely crowded part of Tokyo made famous in the film “Lost in Translation.” Today was a Sunday morning so there were few people milling about, but still the noise was loud enough that I thought it would be fun to just film a short walk, to record the [...]

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Kamakura

On August 7, 2010 · In places

I don’t remember the names but I’ll put them into the blog later. Spent the day with an old friend, Azby Brown. We took the train down to Kamakura from Yokohama and spent the day walking from temple to temple. The walks were almost as beautiful as the temples themselves. We ended the day in [...]

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Tokyo Faces, and…

On August 6, 2010 · In people

… there’s another theme going on through these photos, or at least most of them. Can you guess? Hint: it’s most obvious in this first photo…

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Tokyo vignettes

On August 6, 2010 · In places

A few scenes from the world’s largest city: the greater Tokyo metropolitan area has over 40 million people in it. Still, there are a few pockets of calm… this is Arisugawa park, right in the middle of Hiro-o, one of the most upscale districts of the city.

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Harajuku

On August 6, 2010 · In people

The fashion center of Japan, where people go to see and be seen. I know it’s a cliche, but here the little kawaii (“cutsie”) girls dress in costumes, hang around Harajuku station and park, and even carry model release forms for photographers who want to shoot them…

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Tokyo Trains

On August 6, 2010 · In places, things

Everybody travels by train. Everybody. In a country with an inhabitable size of New Jersey but with a population half that of the entire U.S., trains are pretty much the only option. But they are efficient.

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The Manga is dead…

On August 6, 2010 · In people

…long live the cell phone.

When I lived in Tokyo in the 80′s and 90′s, people escaped into thick phone-book sized “manga” comic books. The kids had space-ship manga’s and the men had their soft-porn manga’s. Now, the world’s forests can breathe a sigh of relief as demand for manga has been replaced by cell [...]

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