Category : Living
Winter face masks
I caught a cold recently, so have been wearing a face mask at night when sleeping to try and keep my throat from getting to...
Early Morning Ebisu Walk
I was up early and decided to take a walk around Ebisu and towards Naka-Meguro. It was dark at the start and without a tripod...
Merry Xmas
Merry Xmas to all of the shibuya246 readers. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas Season. This is the tree at the Westin Hotel...
Boss in Ebisu
The “Boss” looks over the crossing here in Ebisu. The sky was really powdery today, almost like marshmallow clouds. Great scene. How is your Saturday...
Tokyo Weekend
The weather has cooled down and this weekend was really nice, even though we had some stiff breezes and a little rain. Autumn is one...
Japanese Cats
I almost missed this photo as I walked straight by a cafe in Shimokitazawa on the weekend and then realized, theres a guy having a...
Kachidoki Bashi
The night view of Tokyo is always quite colorful in a tasteful way. There is neon, but its not over the top, there are lights...
Digital Vending Machine, Tokyo
I came across this new vending machine at the station. It looks like its modeled on a big iPhone. You just point at the picture...
Metro Trouble?
If you get into any trouble on the metro, just scan this bar code into your mobile phone (maybe not an iphone) and get a...
Kutan, Narita Airport
Coming back from Australia, I found this character at Narita Airport, on standby for photos with travelers. The cape looks a bit like a flyboy,...
Narita Airport Cleaning
I am in Australia this week and have been without internet coverage for a while. Before leaving from Narita Airport last week I came across...
Water in Park
I have been busy this week with getting my visa extension application organized. I have a business management / investment visa, which means there is...
Public Toilets
Public toilets in Japan can either be very clean or very dirty. It depends where you are and who is in charge of looking after...
Kindergarten Sakura
Sakura season means lots of picnics and hanami. These kids are learning the tradition fast. The weather is a bit overcast today, but they seem...
Sakuragaoka-cho, Shibuya
Sakuragaoka-cho is located close to Shibuya Station just on the other side of Route 246. I have lived and worked here for a number of...
Japan Smoking House
There was a fire drill at some office buildings in Shinagawa today. As I was passing, I noticed this fire tent, or fire house, that...
Japan Profiles
Just got tweeted about these great images that LifeYouTv has created with photoshop and uploaded to flickr. Looks like the four of us are out...
Tokyo Videos
Shibuya Faces Part II from eleven23 on Vimeo. Short film shot in Shibuya on November 5th 2009 with the Canon 7D. Music : Saint Etienne...
Tokyo.JapanTimes Launch
The launch party for the new Tokyo.JapanTimes.co.jp Site was on tonight at Roppongi Hills. Lots of people gathered to hear about the launch and catch...
Hard Disk failure
I upgrade to Windows 7 a week ago and everything seemed to be going fine. I normally don’t turn my computer off at night but...
Japan Public Sleeping
Japanese train travelers often find themselves with a 30 minute or longer train ride where they can either read a book, surf the web on...
Tokyo Snow
It doesn’t snow in Tokyo very often during the year, maybe once or twice. When it does snow it is normally in February or March,...
Tokyo Weather
Wonderful weather in Tokyo today. The sun was out, the sky was blue and the wind was only slight. It always seems that December and...
Museum Boy
I took this shot at the Mitsubishi Minatomirai Industrial Museum in Yokohama. I have more photos of the trip which I need to go through...