Hakosuka GT-R because... I don't need a reason.

Is and always will be one of the best proportioned cars ever made. (Shot at Daikoku Parking Area in 2016/12)

Driver Portraits - Daikoku Parking Area Dec 2016

Those of you who follow my Japanese underground instagram account or follow my facebook page will have seen these, and my previous portraits like them. If it's your first time seeing my [driver portraits] series, the basic concept is that all the cool cars are nothing without the people who build their hearts and souls into them. Everyone shoots the cars, which are just secondary representations. The true creativity, beauty, passion and soul of a vehicle is the person behind the wheel.

If you want to see more of the people that mainstream Japanese society shuns, and the amazing things they do, check out my instagram account or follow my facebook page.

CP+ rant, Miso Ramen, plum blossoms and more... #7Days7Minutes (2016-02-22)

It's been a while since I've vented frustrations on this vlog, but what's a vlog, if not a place to vent. I make up for it with scenic shots of places no other J-vlogger will show, and some bonus CP+ fanservice to make up for it though.

music:

Good Shit (Kurorak) http://kurorak.bandcamp.com 
licenced under creative commons http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Anguish (YouTube creator's library)

Realpolitik, daily life and trains #7Days7Minutes (2015-09-21)

No Shibuya for a change ;) Though I'm really amazed and quite proud that Japanese people are finally realising that they need to take control of their government!

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Music by Tyler Abstract
and Manny Marx

Grind Chaos, Yokohama & Inokashira Park #7Days7Minutes (possibly NSFW/L)

The last 2 minutes of this video might be NSFW/NSFL. It also brings us (almost) up to date.

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Music:
"Give it Up (Start Again)" by snowflake (feat. Subliminal)
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Daikoku - a petrolhead's Mecca #JapaneseRides

When some mates were over earlier in the year, they rented a sports car and enlisted me as the driver. When you have a couple of petrolheads to show around there is only one place to Take them.

I took too many shots to stick on here... I put the rest on FLICKR.

Hit this link to peep them.

Epic BMX, Pixellated Sushi, Tokyo cats and more | 7 Days. 7 Minutes - April 2015

April just got away from me so I decided to stick all the best clips into one video and bring things back on schedule.

If you wanna stalk Ken, do so on twitter

Music by:
DJ Russel CrossFire
Manny Marx

Daikoku Parking Area, Landmark Tower, Dancers and more | 7 Days 7 Minutes (2015-03-16)

0:00 Barbed-wire sunset (Saginuma, Kawasaki)
0:43 Dance is peace (Shibuya, Tokyo)
1:43 Forever alone (Shibuya, Tokyo)
2:43 Calling the faithful to eat (Higashinihonbashi, Tokyo
3:25 guru guru guru guru guru guru guru guru guru guru guru guru (Kawasaki)
4:25 Second Place (Landmark Tower, Yokohama)
5:22 Nocturnal Predators (Daikoku PA, Yokohama)

Yokohama Nightscape | SHOTS #143

7 Days 7 Minutes (2014-07-21) Yokohama Night, Street Performer, Epic Music and more...

00:00 notMONDAY Street Performer
01:00 TUESDAY Just Riding
02:00 notWEDNESDAYLocal Bike Shop
03:00 notTHURSDAY Minatomirai
04:00 FRIDAY Follow Friday: Moth De La Cruz
05:00 notSATURDAY Yokohama Nights
06:00 SUNDAY Another Perfect Sunset

All Music by The Living off the album M.I.V.1


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7 Days 7 minutes 2014-04-21 Boat Taxi, Cat Park, Mountain Roads and more...

00:00 MONDAY RAINbow Bridge from the Tokyo Monorail
01:00 TUESDAY Yokohama - Tokyo Bay Taxi
02:00 WEDNESDAY Cat Park (Ikebukuro)
03:00 notTHURSDAY The good life
04:00 notFRIDAY Mountain Roads
05:00 SATURDAY Butthurt
06:00 notSUNDAY Burning up the Dancefloor

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Shots #106 DOOK!

I took this in 2013 in a more working class suburb of Yokohama. In Japan, many of these old school, single owner bottle stores have these bizarre yet awesome and well detailed mascots. They also often have great selections of Japanese booze.

This shop doesn't exist anymore. I spoke to the owner who was in the process of packing up and selling off the last of his wares, he told me that the shopping centre that opened at the station a few hundred metres away broke him. The generic chain stores within buy in massive bulk and can undercut the local sellers. While they generally don't stock some of the finer and more unique varieties of alcohol from smaller sake and shochu producers in favour of the cheap mass-market pigswill from bloated businesses like Kirin and Suntory, they do let the customer get drunk for cheaper. As a result the friendly old man at the corner liquor store was forced to close down and that cute duck perched atop it's barrel has probably been melted down or is rusting in a scrap heap.

This is a double blow because without outlets to sell their sake, smaller producers get hit too, and while they have some government assistance, that very government is trying to put them out of business with the TPP.

Tokyo masses are to busy slaving away in their offices and watching the happy lies on NHK, too insulated by the city's wealth to the realities outside,  all the Otaku fap away to their pre-pubescent idols, all the overseas dreamers look at pictures of geisha, sakura, and mt. Fuji and think everything is idyllic and wonderful. But the true heart of Japan is being hollowed by greed to turn a quick profit.

This is the side of Japan that nobody sees. This story is being replayed at every single family owned retail business in every single small town and suburb in the country. Sadly, these bizarre yet awesome mascots,  like so many amazing and unique things in Japan, will likely disappear as a result.

7 Days 7 Minutes (2014-02-17) Singers in Osaka, my opinion Fukushima and more...

00:00:00 MONDAY Bloovem (Tennoji, Osaka)
00:01:00 TUESDAY Hina Museum (Yuasa, Wakayama)
00:01:36 WEDNESDAY Thoughts on Fukushima
00:02:36 THURSDAY blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
00:04:26 FRIDAY Yokohama Blue Line
00:05:00 notSAURDAY Tokyo Metro Fukutoshin Line
00:06:00 SUNDAY Shinjuku Pedestrian Paradise

[TEST SHOOT] Panasonic’s New LEICA DG NOCTICRON 42.5mm F1.2 (AkihabaraNews.com)

More CP+ coverage for AkihabaraNews.  

Worth every yen in build and image, but still a tall order for all but the most heavily invested professionals.

Arise Lord Vader! 
The new Panasonic LEICA DG NOCTICRON 42.5mm F1.2 is a beauty to behold. Its satin black, metal body has a heft and finish that exudes a quality that one would expect from glass this expensive. It is simple and understated, but has a presence akin to Luke's daddy. The design is undeniably worthy of the Leica name, as is the image quality and performance. We would need to spend an extended period of time with it to be sure, but first impressions count, and -my word- what an impression it made.

Read the rest... and check out the shots on AkihabaraNews 

7 Days, 7 Minutes (2014-02-10)

Hey, I know Friday is not monday but better late than pregnant.

here's the latest 7 Days 7 Minutes



be sure to like it if you like it, dislike if you dislike it and leave a comment here or on the video.

cheers.

CP+ 2014 Day 1: The best in Camera and Photo Imaging Technology (AkihabaraNews.com)

CP+ 2014, or the Camera and Photo Imaging Show is currently being held over 4 days at the Pacifico Yokohama Convention Centre (Feb 13 -16).

As is spashed on the event website and proclaimed by our press kit, the event theme is:

“Joy and Beauty through Advance Photo Imaging Technology” [sic]

…and were it phrased as a question, the best answer would be YES! That’s right, All-CAPS yes.

To break it down, all the big (and many not so big) names in the Photo and Imaging industry are here with their latest products on show. AkihabaraNews has a good deal of in-depth coverage on the way, but the quick and dirty highlights run along the lines of:

Read the rest of the post on Akihabara News!

I 'm serious. It's a pretty good short piece, even if I say so myself :p go read it!
There is also a good deal more coming.

7 Days 7 Minutes (2013-09-23)

MONDAY 00:00:00 - What The TRUCK!
TUESDAY 00:01:00 - Apocalypse Now
WEDNESDAY 00:02:00 - RELAX
THURSDAY 00:03:00 - YOSHIMURA-YA
FRIDAY 00:04:00 - Can't kill the protest
SATURDAY 00:05:00 - Heavy Mental
SUNDAY 00:06:00 - I don't understand

Starbucks Sakura Macaron (It's Not Sushi 07)

Starbucks' spring deliciousness.

ARCH ENEMY Japanese Khaos Tour –Yokohama Blitz 2012-04-14 LIVE REPORT

I saw Arch Enemy live!

Essentially that sums up the whole live … but you can click the Jump if you want more details!

Shin Yamato Damacy Ep.9 - DAIKOKU Parking Area, Yokohama.

Better late than Pregnant.