Gunkanjima (Battleship island) open to the public
Gunkanjima, a small and intriguing abandoned island used for coal-mining in Nagasaki Prefecture, is now open to tourists from April 22, 2009. The large apartment buildings atop the island make…
Cell phone decoration
Spotted this camera phone while I was watching a festival in Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture. It’s not a clamshell type phone. The top slides upward to reveal numeric keys underneath. Such…
Japanzine’s Best of Japan On the Web 2009
Nagoya-based magazine Japanzine selected PhotoGuide Japan as one of the best Japan sites for 2009 under the Photo Gallery category. See the complete list here: http://www.seekjapan.jp/article/jz/1974/Best+of+Japan+On+the+Web+2009