Happy New Year 2012!
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! Hope you all stay safe, healthy, and prosperous in 2012.
Merry Christmas 2011!
I took this photo inside a department store in Kyoto. It happened to include the three words I live by. Merry Christmas!
Moonstruck in Tokyo
Totally clear skies tonight around midnight in Tokyo. Left shot was taken around 12:05 am, and the right shot was taken at around 12:40 am. The moon was directly above…
2011 Asakusa Samba cancelled
The popular Asakusa Samba Carnival which would have been held on Aug. 27, 2011, has been cancelled. This was announced in June 2011 on the Asakusa Samba Carnival’s official Web…
Safe from earthquake
Northern Japan got hit with a major earthquake today on March 11, 2011. We felt it in Tokyo as well, and it was the worse earthquake I ever experienced. I…
Buying a flat-panel TV in Japan
Last Nov. 2010 was a buying frenzy for TVs in Japan. Electrical appliance stores sure made a killing with so many customers every day until Nov. 30, 2010. I was…
L&L Hawaiian BBQ in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
L&L Hawaiian BBQ is a restaurant chain based in Hawaii. They specialize in what we call “plate lunches” which typically consists of two scoops of rice, a scoop of macaroni…
Japan Blog revamped
After 3 years of neglect, I’ve finally revamped this Japan Blog and hope to start writing here again. The previous blog system was so cumbersome to use, and upgrading it…
Our online gallery’s new look and features
Our online photo gallery at PHOTOGUIDE.JP/pix/ has undergone a major makeover upon the upgrade of the software that runs it. It now has a new look and feel even though…
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…