Yoyogi Park in springtime #tokyostreets

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Meeting Dave, small-town Tokyo, local shrines and more... #7Days7Minutes (2016-05-04)

Finally met Dave Coulson, the man behind Hong Kong How it is. He's a  Hong-Kong based pro-tog who is currently shining a light on the reality of what's happening in Hong Kong as China tightens it's grip on the city.
His website: http://www.davecoulson-photography.com
his channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/cheesindave

The rest are my usual missions about town, though for a change, I shot places I've never shown you before.

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Sakura Nights #RandomJapan

Approaching midnight, in a quiet residential park, in a bed-town southwest of the Tokyo madness, the atmosphere is as perfect as the sakura.

Sexy Spring 2016 - 3 fresh looks from the streets of Tokyo!

In Tokyo, Fashion is king and trends dictate one's reason for living. Here are some of this spring's hot new looks, fresh off the Shibuya streets!

Spring #RandomJapan

Not the first plum blossom of the season (actually it's one of the last) but it's the first one I shot this season, so there!

A long walk from Shibuya to Oimachi | JAPAN, How It Is.

Shot in Spring, Edited and released in Autumn. That super fast turnaround time is why The Germanator is joining the fray. On the bright side, this is long enough that you can digest through it for the next 6 months it takes me to work through some of my other backlogged videos ;)

The title is self explanatory, I took a walk through Tokyo and you get to join me on it.

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*1 04:33 If you get this reference, tell me if you can spot the others I make from the same source.

*2 08:03 Review of Suzuran in Ebisu.

*3 15:08 No. It's the Yamanote line, but the cut was so obvious that I thought I'd make a joke that only English Teachers in Japan would truly appreciate.

*4 17:19 https://youtu.be/BRDBvKGc1fE

*5 21:26 Sam and Joe 

*6 24:27 Orion Beer. Google it!

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Riding, Shibuya & your opinion | 7Days 7 Minutes (2015 -05-11)

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00:00 Riding Intervals (5 seconds every 2 minutes) (Ota Ward)
01:11 Your thoughts on my thoughts
02:15 Intersecting (Shibuya)
03:11 Riding Realtime (Kawasaki)
04:11 A Shibuya crossing that's not THE Shibuya crossing
05:11 River Ridelapse (Setagaya Ward)
06:11 Reflections

Yoyogi Park Hanami #TokyoStreets

I got a new (old) Minolta MC Rokkor 50mm f1.4 lens which I adapted to my a7S and I happened to be near Yoyogi Park with the combo at the height of the cherry blossom blooming this year.




There are a few more shots in the flickr gallery.

Japan How It Is - Desert Sand And Pollution (Unwanted gifts from China)

A quick look at the yellow sand and pollution that blows in from China around this time of the year. In short, me complaining about the weather.

Watch the Hong Kong, How It Is pollution video I referenced:

Japanese Spring Flowers that aren't cherry blossoms

The national obsession with the cherry blossom tends to override the fact that other flowers bloom in spring. Don't get me wrong, I like the Sakura as much as everyone else, but sometimes You'd think that they're the only flower in existence... Here are 5 that are not:

3rd on down is an Anzu (apricot) blossom. The rest... I haven't the foggiest. If you know, enlighten me with a comment!

Shots #111 "Japannize" Style Marketing

It says so there in black and white so it must be right!

Cherry Blossoms and Spring Time in Tokyo ~5 Hit Combo~

7 Days 7 Minutes (2014-03-24) Bad Religion, Spring, Futsal and more...

00:00 MONDAY On The Balcony
01:00 notTUESDAY Futsal and the City
02:00 WEDNESDAY About the Weather
03:00 notTHURSDAY International Arcade, Yurakucho (Location)
04:00 notFRIDAY A truly beautiful sight
05:00 SATURDAY Bad Religion, Punkspring 2014
06:00 notSUNDAY Follow Sunday, XIIRosary - Nina (Blog) (YouTube)

Spring? This little guy thinks so. ~5 hit combo~

Nope. I have no Idea what bird it is... If you know, comment below.

Nope. The sakura are not yet blooming. Those are probably plum (maybe peach)... they are all in the same family though.

7 Days 7 Minutes (2014-02-24) Wagner, Ikebukuro, messy hair and more...

00:00 Timbuk2 Snoop Messenger

01:00 YES! My hair is always messy.
02:00 Shinjuku Starbucks
03:01 SPRING!!!!!!!!!
04:01 Follow Friday: Pal Marinehttps://www.youtube.com/user/palopezm...
05:02 Ikebukuro Station
06:00 The Cat's friend and her friend

Walking Home

Spring is the perfect time of the year for walks. you don’t freeze or sweat you balls off. The Sakura are out (for a short time at least). You have winter blue skies and summer long sunsets. Basically. Its a great way to wind down after long day at work (Ok so I just have fun all day… but they pay me to do it so I don’t complain)

If I time my walk well, I get the sunset to last most almost my entire walk home from the school field, right till I reach my road. As the walk progresses, the sunset gets quite a bit more spectacular.

In winter every little thing becomes a massive obstacle that you need to gaijin smash through. The little curiosities of the Japanese way of life becomes backward stubborn stupidity and the system that keeps the country running looks like an oppressive brainwashing factory that dumbs the masses into obedient bleeting sheep.

While in truth All those things don’t actually change. It does not matter as much when the weather is fine and the skies are aflame. Spring is a new beginning. A chance to repair your frayed nerves and warm your frozen bones.

And there is just somethng about sunsets in General that are just so powerful. Yes, You will say that this has nothing on back home. It is true. African sunsets are mindblowing. But any sunset. Is such an awe inspiring thing. Regardless of where we see it.

Think about it. We are on  a rock hurtling through space at breakneck speeds around a nuclear chain reaction. All the things that have happened on an atomic scale for billions of years to give us the chance to just enjoy the view.

Yet how many of these magnificent sunsets do we actually see? How often do we ignore these little yet spectacular events because our lives demand it. People forget to take in the fact that our lives mean nothing if we don’t truly live them.

We are told that fun is something to be done after work. Slaving away so the fatcats can have our pay. They don’t own the skies. and they can’t tax our eyes. The next time the skies go red. LOOK UP!

Hanami Part 2… More pretty flowers

on the way back home from Shikishima Park last week, I decided to take the long way home in an effort to avoid traffic. We came into Shibs on the 34. At the Hydro electric plant on the dge of the city, The flowers were in bloom too. We stopped for a bit.

Hanami Part 1… Looking at the pretty flowers

In Japan, The end of winter is heralded in with a spectacular  transformation. The brown, barren branches erupt into a flurry of pink as the temperatures start to rise. Spring is upon us!

Last week, we went to Shikishima Park to take a look at them.