March162013
Shamisen Duo From the same performance as the pic I posted yesterday. Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. August 2012

Shamisen Duo

From the same performance as the pic I posted yesterday. Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. August 2012

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March152013
Shamisen Man Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. August 2012

Shamisen Man

Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. August 2012

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March122013
Flying Squid Aomori City, Aomori. August 2012.

Flying Squid

Aomori City, Aomori. August 2012.

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March102013

Lady in Red

Photographed at Meji Mura, a Meji-era historical site in November 2010, a beautiful autumn day.  This lady was part of a wadaiko group performing there that day. It’s hard to see, but she’s actually playing some kind of wood block percussion instrument. I love how her bright red costume contrasts with the natural colours around her.

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March62013
Friends, laughter… and room with a sweet view. I don’t know what he said but apparently it was pretty funny.  I love how I somehow managed to capture a fun moment and a nice view of Nagoya’s JR Central Towers way in the background. Good lighting, I guess. October 2009.

Friends, laughter… and room with a sweet view.

I don’t know what he said but apparently it was pretty funny.  I love how I somehow managed to capture a fun moment and a nice view of Nagoya’s JR Central Towers way in the background. Good lighting, I guess.

October 2009.

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February262013
Sweet Potato Girl A little girl proudly (?) shows off her freshly picked sweet potato. This was shot in Sayama City in Osaka, in October 2008. I was visiting some friends at an English school I used to work at.  They were taking their kindergarten students on a field trip, so I tagged along.

Sweet Potato Girl

A little girl proudly (?) shows off her freshly picked sweet potato.

This was shot in Sayama City in Osaka, in October 2008. I was visiting some friends at an English school I used to work at.  They were taking their kindergarten students on a field trip, so I tagged along.

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February252013
Love Me Shiney Another festival photo. And another badly shot but accidently cool (maybe?) composition, this time featuring some stereotypically nonsensical Japanese English. Taiko Matsuri (festival) May 2008, Nakamura Ward, Nagoya, Japan.

Love Me Shiney

Another festival photo. And another badly shot but accidently cool (maybe?) composition, this time featuring some stereotypically nonsensical Japanese English. Taiko Matsuri (festival) May 2008, Nakamura Ward, Nagoya, Japan.

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February242013
Mikoshi ManI love the expression on this guys face as he struggles — but enjoys himself — helping to carry a mikoshi (portable shrine) during the Taikyo Matsuri. Nakamura Ward, Nagoya, Japan. May 2008.

Mikoshi Man
I love the expression on this guys face as he struggles — but enjoys himself — helping to carry a mikoshi (portable shrine) during the Taikyo Matsuri. Nakamura Ward, Nagoya, Japan. May 2008.

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February222013
Blur This is one of those badly photographed but accidentally kind of cool photos.  At least I think so.  March 2008 in front of Nagoya Station.

Blur

This is one of those badly photographed but accidentally kind of cool photos.  At least I think so.  March 2008 in front of Nagoya Station.

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February202013
Another Cosplay Girl If I was more of a geek I could tell you who this girl is dressed up as. But I have no idea. Shot in August 2008 at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya.

Another Cosplay Girl

If I was more of a geek I could tell you who this girl is dressed up as. But I have no idea. Shot in August 2008 at the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya.

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