One of the things that I love about Tokyo, is that you can stray only a block or two from some of the busiest streets and shopping precincts in the world, and find yourself lost in narrow, quiet, residential streets with barely another soul in site. Each time I’ve visited, I’ve made sure I make […]
Sumo
One of the reasons I stuck around in Tokyo for a few days was to attend one day of the January Sumo Basho at the Ryogoku Kokugikan. It was a fun day, made all the more understandable by the ability to hire a radio and listen to English commentary. I didn’t have a great seat […]
Hokkaido Day 11 and 12
The tour of Hokkaido has come to an end, and I’m now back in Tokyo. Battling the Yamanote line during Friday night peak hour with luggage. And doing laundry. I’m a one man party machine. We drove around on Thursday looking for somewhere to shoot, and as we came over a hill and saw this […]
Hokkaido Day 10
Today I decided to mostly just have a bit of fun with the camera. We initially stopped to photograph some sun rays over a scene we shot yesterday. The light on the water was fantastic so I decided to spend a bit of time panning the camera across the waves. View fullsize Oh, and there […]
Hokkaido Day 9
We arrived in the small town of Ohmu on the Hokkaido East Coast yesterday. There aren’t a lot of photography opportunities in this area, and following a night of too many drinks and too much karaoke, today was somewhat subdued. We had a few hours out in the field this morning, followed by a couple […]
Hokkaido Day 8
Today we photographed boats. Here are some boats. View fullsize And here’s a Northern Pintail. View fullsize
Hokkaido Day 7
More exploring along the coast south of Wakkanai today. View fullsize The coastal roads here remind me of any other, except where they would usually be surrounded by yellow sand, the dunes here are a crisp white, with at times deceptively deep snow. The following photograph was taken on a beach, which was accessed by crossing […]
Hokkaido Day 6
We’re now in Japan’s most northern city of Wakkanai, where we will spend the next couple of days exploring the coast before making our way across the north of the island and down the east coast. View fullsize View fullsize On the drive today, we stopped suddenly on the highway when someone noticed a fox […]
Hokkaido Day 4 and 5
We’ve made it to the coast, where we will spend much of the rest of the trip. Man, I love the coast. View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize View fullsize