target practic

doutonbori, oosaka

Shooting arcades along doutonbori. Visited with a childhood friend. Unbelievably sunny, hot, and humid.

That one crossing

Shibuya scramble

How didn't i already have a photo of this place yet??

brooklyn, japan

shimo-kitazawa

Coffee shop under the train tracks in shimokita.

Souya

Odaiba

Visited the museum of maritime science in odaiba. The main hall was unfortunately closed for renovation but this was still worth the trip. You can go inside the ship and explore a real antarctic exploration vessel. I visited with my friend after hitting the museum of modern science which was honestly not that impressive. In the background is the tokyo international cruise terminal, and behind that is the tokyo bay.

Fuji TV

Odaiba

The famous fuji TV building.

Three

musashi-kosugi

Near musashikosugi(JR) station. Taken on the way to the todoroki stadium to watch my friend run in a track meet. Blistering hot weather, makes florida seem like a fall day in comparison.

Sleeping cat

沖縄

ちゅらうみ

本部、沖縄

Churaumi aquarium in okinawa. Huge acquarium with a famous whale shark. I went here with some friends I met at the SeMI 2023 conference which I also presented at, held at OIST.

京都鉄道博物館

京都

View from the roof cafe of the kyoto railway museum. The rail line on the far left is actually used for the steam locomotive demonstrations that you ride for 300 yen if you visit. Really fantastic museum that covers everything there is to know about railway in western japan. Plenty of interactive exhibits, I'll say without shame that I rode the little bicycle railcart thing for kids.

Out of the trees in Enoshima

江ノ島

The main road (enoshimasen) on enoshima that leads up to the shrine from where the photo was taken. Overlooking enoshima bentenbashi and beyond that, katase in fujisawa-shi. Personally I really love the enoshima-kamakura-shounan area, it's super cultural, laid back, and fascinating. Everywhere you look there are tiny, soulful shops and the beach is never more than a few minutes walk. Also, the beautiful shonan monorail and of course Enoden are among some of my favorite public transport routes in the country.

昌栄産業

横須賀新港

Warehouse by yokosuka new port. Behind this is the terminal for the kitakyuushu ferry. To the left is a massive parking lot that fits hundreds of trucks.

Kenrokuen

兼六園、金沢市

The main lake at kenrokuen in kanazawa. Kenrokuen is supposedly one of the three best gardens in japan, along with kourakuen in okayama and kairakuen in mitoshi, ibaraki.

Island gate

森戸大明神、葉山

Photo of the torii on najima, taken from moridodaimyoujin on the hayama coast. Also visible is a wind surfer (wind surfing is very popular in zushi-hayama-kamakura) and the hayama lighthouse to the left.

Film festival by daylight

逗子

Zushi beach's film festival. Taken while biking the southern coast of the miura peninsula. I think i started from yokosukachuo, biked west to zushi, then hayama, and then back up to kamakura.

Tokyo from a playground

池袋

A view of tokyo from a playground on a hill in ikebukuro. Taken while walking from somewhere on the chuo line to ikebukuro sunshine city to eat at hanada ramen (highly recommend), famous for its miso ramen.

雑貨店、夕暮れ

倉敷市

Small shop in Kurashiki's historical area. Okayama is a beautiful place!

Verticals

御茶ノ水

雨の秋葉

秋葉原電気街

Late afternoon after the rain in akihabara's main street

雨上がりのハレーション

伊勢佐木町、横浜

Taken after a brief but surpringly intense shower of rain.

Smoker

桜木町、横浜

花見

新宿御苑

Hanami'ers at shinjukugyoen.

Cherry moon

新宿御苑、東京

Moon visible from the Shinjuku Gyoen. This park really is so much more impressive in spring than fall. During the peak somei-yoshino (the main ornamental variety) season, the park is reservation-based.)

新宿、東京

Random building near one of the shinjuku subway stations

桜と信号

雪の下、鎌倉

At the end of the path pictured in the previous photo

桜並木

雪の下、鎌倉

Sakura trees along the path leading to tsurugaoka hachimanguu in kamakura.

Tokyo tower in spring

増上寺、浜松町、東京

View of the tokyo tower from zoujouji. Also seen is the azabudai hills building, the tallest building (not structure) in japan.)

杉並

戸隠、長野

Famous sugi-namiki leading to togakushi-okusha, a small shrine that takes a bit of climbing to get to.

Calendar through broken glass

三浦市

Taken while walking from misakiguchi sta. to misaki port to eat some tuna. IIRC I ate tuna at a place called Renge, it was quite good

Taura from a hilltop

田浦梅の里

View overlooking southern yokohama (but facing northish) from the taura plum blossom park hill. Taken in mid february, I was a bit early for the flowers. I had a really great time there though, an awesome place to lay on the ground, eat some strawberries, and relax while watching dads running after their children flying kites!

東京学芸劇場

池袋、東京

Interesting photo of a theater in ikebukuro. Taken while aimlessly wandering around tokyo, I didn't go there to watch anything in particular.

野島青少年研修センター

野島、横浜市

A nojimatankentai event in front of the nojima youth center. I volunteer with this group once a month to help out with their 2-day sleepover camps, this was day 1 on a birdwatching trip. Day 2 was at nagahamakouen a little ways up the seaside line.

無人駅

東山北駅

Station on the gotemba line

Battleship at sunset

横須賀港

Ship is a JMSDF vessel? The shell is loaded onto a huge cannon that could apparently shoot projectiles to haneda airport from its location at verny park.

堯天花見

円覚寺、北鎌倉

plum (?) flowers just beginning to bloom near engakuji, mid january. taken at 7am before the temple opens after participating in a meditation session.

Enoden upward terminus

鎌倉駅、鎌倉

Enoden single-line tracks at Kamakura terminus.

North Chiyoda at noon

千代田区、東京

North side of Chiyoda-ku, on the way to the museum of modern art.

箱根駅伝

蒲田

Shot of runners during the 2023 hakone ekiden, Jan 3rd, soon after they pass Keikyuu Kamata station.

お台場の山手線

東京ビックサイト、お台場

Taken at Comiket101. Guy is dressed up as gojou from jujutsu kaisen wearing a yamanote line headress??? No clue what's going on here. Tokyo big sight in the background at sunset near the end of day 2.

One view of Yuigahama

鎌倉

View of kamakura city's yuigahama coastline from the observation deck at Hasedera near Hase station on the Enoden.

flowers in winter

宝戒寺、鎌倉

Flowers in winter on the side path at houkaiji in kamakura. taken during a prep trip for a volunteering activity.

からくれなゐに

奈良公園

Stream in nara park.

寺巡り

京都、清水

Crowded road in Gion near kiyomizudera.

Clear water

京都、清水寺

奉納

京都、伏見稲荷

Fall foliage on inariyama, while walking through the 千本鳥居.

House in Nara

奈良

Truly just a random house. Snapped while walking to toudaiji after taking the wrong bus for a few kilometers.

東大寺

奈良

Toudaiji, the top attraction in Nara. Really lives up to the hype, it's very cool. Inside the main chamber is the largest bronze buddha statue (i think) and a little museum of sorts. The pillar with the hole you crawl through was closed.

修学旅行

奈良、東大寺

Gate leading up to toudaiji in nara. only had my 50mm lens with me on this trip so there was no chance i was getting it all in frame.

Kiyomizu

京都清水

Entry to the road that begins up the hill to Kiyomizudera.

Rock garden

京都、龍安寺

Maybe one of the most famous rock gardens, at Ryuuanji. Just one rock of many. The entrance fee to this temple is waaaay to high...

散華、秋。

京都

Inside the garden behind kinkaku-ji

Ferry leaving for miura

千葉県浜金谷鋸山

Ferry that brought me to chiba leaves for Kurihama Port, visible in the distance. Taken from the top of nokogiriyama, reached by ropeway cable car.

Shibuya before sunset

渋谷

Part of the same trip as the previous tokyo photos.

明治通り

原宿

Crowded day in harajuku. Taken on the way to the gingko trees at the 外苑.

参道

原宿

Harajuku station right outside meiji shrine on the 表参道.

Early colors in shinjuku

西新宿

Tokyo metropolitan building. The left side tower has an observation deck on the 45th floor. Great views of central tokyo and yoyogi/shinjukugyoen.

夕焼け

東京湾

beautiful sunset on the way back to Kurihama

Shrimp chips

東京湾

Man throwing shrimp chips at seagulls that have learned to fly behind the boat to get fed. They're shockingly good at catching them out of midair!

Kurihama port

久里浜

Taken right before getting on the Tokyo-bay ferry across to Kanaya in Chiba

Golden cosmo

横浜

Yokohama ferris wheel right before sunset.

FriendSHIP day

横須賀

Friendship day in Yokosuka. Navy base is opened to the general public. The line was exceedingly long, stretching all the way from the central station to Mikasa park, where this photo was taken. Fireworks ensued after sunset.

Yokohama station

横浜

JR tower above Yokohama station, west exit. On top of the tower is the famous rooftop garden with the Yokohama sign.

beach at yuigahama

鎌倉

Beach close to yuigahama station on the Enoden line. The sky was absolutely beautiful, but it was extremely windy.

first hint of blue

鎌倉

coming down the hill from zuisenji. clouds just starting to clear up

雨上がりの太陽

鎌倉

Zuisenji. Sun came out of the clouds for the first time that day while I was there.

garden at the foot of kinpeizan

鎌倉

very cool looking leafless trees. there are SO many absolutely lethal looking spiders on this path though...

someone's flowers

鎌倉

妙隆寺

鎌倉

Smaller temple very close to kamakura station.

literature club

横須賀

flock of birds in front of the yokosuka city library. Spontaneous shot.

seaside line

横浜金沢

train on the seaside line bound for kanazawahakkei station. the pyramid in the distance is the aquarium on Hakkeijima. I believe the tower on the right is an observation tower in the amusement park there.

cosmos field

くりはま花の国

Cosmos, also known as 秋桜 [akizakura], fall cherry blossoms.

park exit

上野

Park exit of ueno station, my favorite train station yet!! To the left out of frame is the museum for western art. Behind me is the 文化会館 where there are musical performances. Ameyoko, taken in a previous picture is down a hill to the right.

oncoming traffic

横浜

Northbound keikyuu train for shinagawa as seen from the front of a southbound train for misakiguchi. Rainy weather thanks to Typhoon 15.

enjoying the view!

鎌倉

Bird seems to like the attention it gets sitting over there. Near Engakuji.

商店街

アメ横

Shopping district near Ueno park.

建長寺

鎌倉

Kenchouji in kamakura. Probably the biggest temple there?

hospital stairs

横須賀

Stairs at the Yokosuka city hospital

keikyuu overpass

横須賀

Southbound train for misakiguchi leaving yokosukachuo

電線

鎌倉

Near 建長寺