Favorite Photos of 2009

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1. Renechong 3 January 2010

   I like the Autumn in Aoyama series best. Love the colors of the pictures ^^

2. darenothope 3 January 2010

   #2 Shibuya Station: Ohno! <3 Those are some really great photos!

3. alafista 3 January 2010

   I think the photo with the giant Rilakkuma is the best ^^

4. johnkent 3 January 2010

   Love all of them. Good job.!

5. micky2be 3 January 2010

   Great!!! Now try to be better for 2010 ;)

6. HELLOSHEENA 3 January 2010

   Love the boat and the one with Rilakkuma!

7. katiemuffett 3 January 2010

   Ahh, Kyoto. Almost capable of making me think 'Tokyo, meh, too expensive' ;) Almost! It is incredibly beautiful though. And can I repeat praise for those Fuji-san golf shots. My husband is becoming a bit of a golfer, and settings like this would confirm it for him.

8. Neksus 3 January 2010

   Good compilation. You rarely miss "local beauties", bionic eye? Lol.......

9. shibuya246 3 January 2010

   That was a fun day :)

10. shibuya246 3 January 2010

    Thank you. It was fun taking them :)

11. shibuya246 3 January 2010

    The "Autumn in Aoyama" post turned out to be the second most popular article for the year, only just behind Gundam Wedding.

12. shibuya246 3 January 2010

    Maybe I should do a post just with that as the theme ;)

13. shibuya246 3 January 2010

    Kyoto is beautiful all year round. I am ready for another visit. I need to spend more time in the country areas in 2010 to capture some of the differences in Japan.

14. Irit 3 January 2010

    Such wonderful photos! The one of the festival - where the focus was on the other camera - is amazing!!!

15. banchou 3 January 2010

    #55's caption is incorrect. He isn't buying cakes; he is clearly buying shuu cream (cream puffs) at a Beard Papa's or similar store, most likely the one in Shibuya by the station. As can be seen in the picture, the text in the store reads クッキーシュー　（cookie shuu)

16. shibuya246 3 January 2010

    Thanks :) It is the Beard Papa store at Shibuya Station where he is buying Shuu cream puffs. Here is the original article containing the photo http://shibuya246.com/2009/11/26/hachiko-for-labor-insurance/ photo towards end of page.

17. lithiumangel 3 January 2010

    Great selection :-) It's nice to do these compilations; it will also show you in an overview how much your photography has improved the moment you have more compilations :) 2010 ! Let's make it another great year for photos ! On a sidenote, have trouble trying to persuade my golf-loving friend to come with me in April to Tokyo. But, I suppose I will show him your golf pics with Mt Fuji in the background to do the persuading (even tough i rarely play golf; those shots really makes me wanna go there to play a few holes)

18. Donia 4 January 2010

    What a wonderful collection! Looking forward to a whole new year of photos! Happy New Year to You!

19. Neksus 4 January 2010

    LOL We'll be waiting ;)

20. shibuya246 4 January 2010

    Thanks. I will be working on a great set for 2010. Happy New Year.

21. Protocol Snow 4 January 2010

    Fantastic round-up of the year. Looking forward to more great posts!

22. Tristan 4 January 2010

    Love the Kyoto shots...I have such fond memories of the temples in Kyoto! Sounds like we were both tourists when we (individually) visited Kyoto as we both have the same photos! (though yours are much better quality) [img]http://shibuya246.com/wp-content/upload/1112-100_1345.jpg[/img] My shot of the Water Temple at Kiyomizudera Thankyou again for your wonderful photos...I am so jealous that you get to do this on a daily basis!

23. Shockerz 4 January 2010

    I love the compilation of all the great photos you have taken in year 2009. I do hope to see more in 2010 :D Btw, I have a a question, how did you implement the add notes functions? Are you using Flickr Manager plugins for photos?

24. atrix 4 January 2010

    what's the different with roppongi hills? park itself part of the complex? nice HQ picture you've got here :D

25. Meowsa 4 January 2010

    Your photos are gorgeous... looking at them makes me miss my time living in Japan. Thanks for sharing them.

26. auTAKU 4 January 2010

    I wasn't able to to get image notes to work, but there are some really beautiful shots here. I love the yellow sky behind the Odaiba Gundam, and the Mt Fuji shot with all the different vertical layers - sky, Fuji, clouds, trees, grass - is very nicely composed. Looking through all of these makes me miss Japan even more.

27. shibuya246 4 January 2010

    Thanks. Glad you liked the photos. I have the new version of image notes almost ready to upload. will find out what is wrong and fix for that. Appreciate you taking a look at it. :)

28. shibuya246 4 January 2010

    You are welcome. Looking back through them made me also feel I needed to get out more and enjoy Japan. Too much time spent indoors is not good. Thanks :)

29. shibuya246 4 January 2010

    Roppongi Hills and Tokyo Midtown are both near Roppongi crossing, but in different directions. Roppongi Hills goes down more towards Hiroo, Azabu Juban and beyond, Shibuya, direction. Midtown is more up towards Nogizaka, Akasaka direction.

30. shibuya246 4 January 2010

    I havent heard of Flickr Manager plugin but will take a look. I am using a jquery library. (here is my quick mention of it in a post http://shibuya246.com/2009/12/30/parco-can-campaign/). I am still updating the code and have a new version to release soon which will be better. Danny Choo did a good write up of his implementation of this library also. http://www.dannychoo.com/post/en/25316/JQuery+Plugins.html

31. shibuya246 4 January 2010

    Very nice. Yes, I think I have that exact photo :) Hope you have the chance to get out more in 2010 and take more photos.

32. shibuya246 4 January 2010

    Thanks :) Tell your friend to review these http://shibuya246.com/2009/11/08/mt-fuji-golf/ http://shibuya246.com/2009/06/10/rilakkuma-on-the-golf-course/ http://shibuya246.com/2009/08/30/golf-at-koga-links/

33. shibuya246 4 January 2010

    Thank you always for your comments. Back when the Site first started there were many days when you and I were the only ones making any comments. You sure are part of the shibuya246 family. It is great to see so many people now participating with comments and also uploading photos as well. The community is growing well and has some really nice people involved. Thank you all :) I enjoy reading the comments and feedback. It is a good indication to me of what content you like and what I should write more about. I hope your Internet doesn't get cut off and that 2010 can be a better year for you.

34. theahhmoment 4 January 2010

    Ohno kun on the billboard in the second pic! Kyaaa~ :D

35. Shockerz 5 January 2010

    I saw those post before but no idea how to implement them. If I'm right I need to get Jquery install on my server, then create a script with the code given by chris, after that I'll be using custom field to insert into each photos by myself?

36. haro_kitei 30 April 2010

    kawaii!

37. haro_kitei 30 April 2010

    Awesome photo!

38. Kalista Ajenjo 14 May 2010

    Oh wow!!! Thanks for sharing your pictures, they are really beautiful, love the autumn and tokyo midtown illuminations pictures ^^

39. Irvin O'Bryan 27 November 2012

    I was in Tokyo 1945-1946 for one year. A beautiful country, but very damaged at that time. The countryside, beaches, temples and the people were all enjoyable, and I made several very good friends there.My favorite places were Kamakura, Nikko and the Izu peninsula (Atami).My office was in the Meiji Building directly across from the Imperial Palace. Interested?, My email : obisan3201@gmail.com. I Live in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.