I wonder how many Tokyo travel guide covers the entrance to the temple Senso-Ji appears on? I'll be it's roughly all of them! And yet, with as many times as I've been to Tokyo, I'd never visited it myself. So one pleasant early-spring afternoon, we met up with my old...
Our move to Sendai is finally complete...ish. So much yet to take care of before we're truly settled but I think I'm at least in a position to get back to regular posting here at the Flap. Even though we're in a new locale, I have a few leftover Tokyo photos to work...
I swear, one of these days I'll having something to write about as well but for the moment, I'm just trying to get into a normal swing of a sustainable photo workflow. You might say I'm trying to develop a photo routine. Get it? <sigh> Today's batch is from one...
I have fond memories of Shinjuku at night. The first time I visited was in 1997 on an epic trip with fellow exchange students and friends, Damon, Louis and Mike. There was a bit of a story, but the gist of it is that the place we'd arranged to stay at fell through and...
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Even though I've only visited there for a couple days in total, I really like Sendai so far. It's got a good, energetic vibe but is still totally warm. During my walk around town when I took these photos, it wasn't unusual for people to greet me as we passed on the...
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We've been enjoying our time in Tokyo but next week it draws to a close. We kind of arrived in Japan a little early in terms of Mary's work, so being here has been an exercise in setting things up to move on to the next step. That next stage being, Sendai! We've gone...
I took a brief stroll through the area around Ueno Station a few weeks ago. There was a hint of Spring about but it was still pretty brisk out. Ueno is well known among other things for it's huge and amazing park, which has several temples and shrines, four...
So apparently Ikebukuro is described as an 'entertainment district.' I'm not sure exactly what that means aside from the fact that there's a metric fuckton of restaurants around here, sprinkled with a healthy dose of Love Hotels for good measure. In any case, things...
Lots of cats roaming the streets around this neighborhood. As we consider our cat less of a pet and more of a member of the family, of course we brought her along with us to Japan. Most people are surprised to hear how well she handles travel. Even at the ripe old age...