Jun 14, 2017 | Experiences, Kansai, Kobe, Osaka, Photography
The Kansai region is made up of three major cities all within about an hour of each other. Two of which,Osaka and Kyoto, tend to hog the limelight. But the third, Kobe, deserves it’s own share of praise.It’s more quiet and relaxed that the others, perhaps,...
Jun 3, 2017 | Experiences, Kansai, Kobe, Osaka, Photography
Ask most people these days where the happenin’ photo community is and there’s a better than huge chance that they’ll tell you Instagram. Ask me though and you’ll get a different answer. I get that most of my complaints about Instagram are...
May 25, 2017 | Photography, Sendai
When I make a post, there’s usually some kind of general theme or timeframe that ends up grouping the images into some kind of coherent collection, but there’s always orphans of that process. I’ll invariably end up with a few odd shots here and there...
May 17, 2017 | Osaka, Photography
A while back, while I was waiting to meet my wife for an event, I found myself strolling around the neighborhood of Imazato and came across a time portal. Okay, not exactly, but it might as well have been. What it actually was, was a local, 1km long shōtengai (商店街), a...
May 9, 2017 | Osaka, Photography
It’s getting Spring-y in Osaka these days. Winter clothes are getting put away and short sleeves are coming out. This weekend marked the end of Golden Week in Japan, the string of national holidays that create a week of vacation for most people and it was great...
Apr 4, 2017 | Area Guides, Kyoto, Osaka, Photography
It’s been colder than usual, for longer than usual this year. That means that Hanami is a tad delayed. That’s fine though since I still have some photos from last year’s Sakura season to tide us over until the skies are thick with pink petals and the...