Apr 7, 2016 | Culture, Experiences, Osaka, Photography
Another year, another Hanami (cherry blossom viewing) season. Last year we were in Tokyo for the blossoms and had a great time at Shinjuku Gyoen Park. This year I was personally lucky enough to have two good sessions on the same weekend. Last Saturday, I headed out to...
Mar 24, 2016 | Osaka, Photography
As I’ve mentioned before, when I’m in a new place for any length of time, one of the first things I like to do is get up high and get oriented to the surrounding geography. Sure you can look at a map, but it’s just not quite the same as eyeballing...
Jan 18, 2016 | Photography, Sendai
It finally snowed! I’ve been hearing about Sendai’s cold winters and snow since we got here seven months ago but it only got properly cold in the last few weeks, and just this morning we finally woke up to some proper snowfall. Enjoy the view from our...
Jan 9, 2016 | Osaka, Photography
Wow, been a while since the last update. Truth be told, I’ve been struggling to maintain a decent pace of photo output ever since restarting blog operations here. It certainly hasn’t been a challenge getting out and taking photos (there’s always...
Dec 9, 2015 | Culture, Photography, Sendai
Almost every town in Japan has it’s own festival of some sort. Most of them are quite local affairs and it would be unusual for someone more than a couple towns over to know much about them. A few of them, however, are famous nationwide and Sendai’s...
