Not since 2018 did Tokyo have snow like this. More than 10 centimeters fell on January 7, and it caused havoc. Luckily I had a day off. For me, there is nothing worse than snow and ice. The day after, though, I have to admit that the winter wonderland it creates does look beautiful. I …
If you are talking about books in Tokyo, then Jinbocho and Book Town needs to be in that conversation. From small beginnings in the early twentieth century, the area has grown to about 200 book stores. They have everything you could want to read. Need something on Russian literature? You can get it there. The …
Several years ago, I visited the Tokyo Metropolitan Memorial Hall. Over the years, I’d heard about it but hadn’t been there. It was built to remember two events. One was the Great Kanto Earthquake in which 100,000 people died. The other was the Great Tokyo Air Raid which killed roughly the same number. It is …
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I went to my first futsal game! It was a sport I didn’t know at all. But I had a chance to photograph it. Futsal Tokyo Meetup kindly allowed me access to one of their matches. It was an exciting night! My first task was to learn it. To me, it resembled soccer. That was …
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A Godzilla statue was unveiled in Tokyo in late March 2018. It was a version based upon the one featured in the 2016 film “Shin Godzilla.” According to Toho, the production company, it is Japan’s largest King of Monsters statue. It is a piece of cinema history. Let me tell you, this statue is very …
My favorite street photo is from Shinjuku. From the first time I saw it, it fascinated me. It was of a person walking out of one of the Marunouchi line’s entrances in Shinjuku at night. The scene is so thought-provoking. I needed to photograph it myself. But, where was it? Shinjuku has a lot of …
Shinjuku is a city of taxis, especially after sunset. There are so many. Don’t quote me on this number, but apparently, over 35000 are in the city. I don’t use them a lot, but I often photograph them. They are a part of the nightscape. All the areas around Shinjuku station have massive taxi ranks, …
Rainbow Bridge in Tokyo is the place for lovers of walking and photography! It joins Shibaura to Odaiba over the bay. Crossing by foot doesn’t take long, but that depends. It depends on how often you stop to take pictures of the magnificent city skyline! You can walk the pathways on either side of the …
