Living in Japan
Tokyo Station Water Park
The renovations on the west side of Tokyo Station are largely complete and families on the hot summer weekends get the chance to watch their children play…
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Culture
City Contrasts
In a modern city it is always interesting to see how the older style architecture and culture is incorporated into new plans. Looking at this scene…
Buildings
Tokyo View
Its a fine day in the city. This photo was taken before the earthquake in Tohoku. You can see the top of Tokyo Tower is not bent here. After the…
Outdoors & Sport
Yutenji
The weekends are always a good time for a walk. The weather seems to get better and people on the street seem to be smiling more. I didn't have my main…
Outdoors & Sport
Snow in Tokyo
We had snow in Tokyo tonight. Normally we get a bit of snow between January and March, but it doesn't normally settle so easily. I expect by the morning…
Living in Japan
Hiroshima Book
I finished putting together another book on Canon's PhotoPresso site. This one is from a trip to Hiroshima. You can see other books in the shibuya246…
Living in Japan
Tokyo Elections 2011
This weekend is election time for Tokyo and many Prefectures. The 2 big name candidates in Tokyo are the incumbent Ishihara-san and former Governor of…
Shopping
Shibuya after Tokyo Earthquake 2011
It is fairly quiet in Tokyo at the moment, a day after the 8.9 Magnitude strike in Tohoku northern Japan. I went out to Shibuya in the afternoon to see…
Living in Japan
Earthquake evacuations, Tokyo
There was a major earthquake today in Japan in the North just off the coast of Sendai. Reports at the moment are saying it is somewhere between magnitude…
Shibuya
Tokyo Snow
It was snowing in Tokyo today. I was out this morning and took these shots of Shibuya. The snow kept falling until evening when it became a bit more like…
Shibuya
Shibuya Station
These HDR picture were taken over a year ago when I first bought my Nikon camera. I took the picture in RAW and remember being disappointed that the…
Living in Japan
Metro Trouble?
If you get into any trouble on the metro, just scan this bar code into your mobile phone (maybe not an iphone) and get a hotlink to the help line.…
Photos
Imperial Palace Outer Grounds
The Imperial Palace is located in the center of Tokyo. It is surrounded by a moat and has many wonderful traditional structures and gardens to view. On the weekends, particularly in good weather, you can expect to see many people in the park near the Palace.
Tech
Linux chown command
A few people have asked me to talk about some of the code I have been programming on websites including the shibuya246.com site. I wasn't sure where to…
Photos
Kabukicho, Shinjuku
I took a walk around Kabukicho, Shinjuku in the evening. Shinjuku Station is always packed with people coming and going, and the kabukicho area picks up a lot of traffic from people going to restaurants, clubs, love hotels and more.
Living in Japan
Tokyo.JapanTimes Launch
The launch party for the new Tokyo.JapanTimes.co.jp Site was on tonight at Roppongi Hills. Lots of people gathered to hear about the launch and catch up.…
Characters
Rilakkuma iPhone case
After a trip to the Tokyo Station Rilakkuma Store I now have a hard case cover for my iPhone with style. Would you like a Rilakkuma hard case cover for…