Trainspotting

Shinkansen... Because sometimes GT-Rs are too slow.

Doesn't get more JDM than this.

My car is dead. Punkspring is dead. I'm not dead... yet.

Work is doing everything it can to kill me though, so it may not be too long now.

Music:
* one of the tunes from the Into Infinity project
 - http://intoinfinity.org/

* Sayonara
 - Manny Marx
 - http://mannymarx.com


Camera:
 - Sony a7S
 - iPhone 7+

Social:
 - https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
 - https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

Passion:
 - http://darc.jp
 - http://bit.ly/darcjp666
 - https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
 - https://twitter.com/darcjp666


work:
 - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDYQOcu6MwS-z_gNvYa67Aw

Today in Tokyo (2017-01-30)

3 Random Shots I took in Tokyo today.  #tokyolife

Sake, sunsets and sado-masochism #7Days7Minutes (2016-05-23)

An ever so slightly more VLOGish video with a touch of good booze and good old fashioned BDSM.

Music:
Manny Marx - Complications https://mannymarx.bandcamp.com/track/complications
Manny Marx - Some People https://mannymarx.bandcamp.com/track/some-people
http://mannymarx.com

Psykick - Monsters http://ccmixter.org/files/Psykick/36019



More of my stuff here:
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More from the Japanese Underground:
web: http://darc.jp
YouTube: http://bit.ly/darcjp666
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcjp666

Tokyo Nightscape - New Transit Yurikamome (新交通ゆりかもめ) #RandomJapan

I personally rate this as one of my favourite videos on my Channel, but I tend to see things quite a bit differently to most peeps. Check it out, let me know what you think.

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Riding the Yurikamome at night yields a unique, and rather appealing, view of Tokyo.

music: Wounded by Avius & Kyoot

from Creative Comons on soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/creativecommonsmusicfree/avius-kyoot-wounded-creative-commons

original:
https://soundcloud.com/dubstep/wounded-by-avius-kyoot

More of my stuff here:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darcnoodles/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcnoodles

More from the Japanese Underground:
web: http://darc.jp
YouTube: http://bit.ly/darcjp666
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/darcjp666

Mt. Fuji, Akihabara and a few camera tests #7Days7Minutes (2016-01-25)

This is one of my more abstract 7D7M videos.
Bits and pieces from my last job mixed in with a visit to Akiba.

I am a bit busy these days so this is going to be the norm for a while.

Music:
Kurorak - Good Shit
https://soundcloud.com/kurorak/good-shit

Wontolla - Shape in the Snow
https://soundcloud.com/iamwontolla/shape-in-the-snow

both tracks licensed under creative commons.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Trains, Fukushima protesters, halloween & more #7Days7Minutes (2015-10-26)

An interesting, if somewhat typically Tokyo selection. Yes, it's a week late but that's to make up for the following week... which isn't coming.

Music comes from the Liquidata royalty free pack.

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

Daruma, Gunma, tripping and more... | 7 Days 7 Minutes (2015-06-22)

I went back to Gunma in this week. I missed it so much thjat I flooded this 7 days 7 minutes with footage from there. It's also, one of the most random 7D7M episodes I've ever made.

Music:
"Chillin'" by DJ Russell CrossFire 

 "Illumination" by Little Light 

Nagasaki, cats, Japan from the sky and more | 7 Days 7 Minutes (2015-05-25)

Music: "Ant Tube" by Tyler Abstract - https://soundcloud.com/tylerabstract

Tokyo, How it is - Shots #145

Tokyo, How it is

Slow Motion Tokyo | 7 Days 7 Minutes (2014-12-01)

Watch on YouTube website for 60fps

00:00 MONDAY Tokyo Reflections
01:00 notTUESDAY Rollin'
01:53 WEDNESDAY SCRAMBLE!
03:00 notTHURSDAY The Quintessential Tokyo Experience
04:00 FRIDAY 36 million people and a cat
05:00 SATURDAY 2 good causes, 1 day
06:00 SUNDAY Caption This!

Kyoto, Autumn, Slipknot & more... | 7 Days, 7 Minutes (2014-11-10)

MUSIC: 者の形 by MannyMarx
00:00 MONDAY Autumn Colours
01:00 TUESDAY Kiyomizu-dera
02:00 WEDNESDAY Gion
03:00 THURSDAY Shinjuku shakey cam
04:00 FRIDAY Shibuya shakey cam
05:00 notSATURDAY Knotfest
06:00 SUNDAY Jump The Fuck Up!

Kiyomizu-dera	Gion
Shinjuku Station East Exit	Shibuya Scramble Crossing
Makuhari Messe

Tokyo Rush Hour Express Train - Random Japan

The herds heading home after a long work day in Tokyo.

7 Days 7 minutes (2014-08-25) Shibuya, Kichijoji, Crazy Englishmen and more.

00:00 MONDAY Un-Train
01:00 EPIC, How it Is
02:00 notWEDNESDAY Kichijoji Street
03:00 THURSDAY Home time lapse
04:00 FRIDAY Zoom Train
05:02 SATURDAY Sundowner
05:54 SUNDAY More Shibuya

England, How It Is: Mancunian slang and colloquialisms part 1

DJ Russel CrossFire - When I'm Feeling Orange

The Living - Yggdrasil

7 Days 7 Minutes (2014-08-11) Shibukawa Dashi Matsuri, Obon Rituals and more...

00:00 MONDAY Ashes to Ashes
01:00 notTUESDAY Web Surfing
01:22 WEDNESDAY Obon Rituals
02:03 THURSDAY Caffenation
03:22 FRIDAY Homecoming
04:23 SATURDAY Shibukawa Dashi Matsuri - Day 1
05:32 SUNDAY Shibukawa Dashi Matsuri - Day 2

The Great East Japan Tour

I've been busier than a former AKB girl turned hooker over the last few weeks, and the places I've been generally didn't have connectivity or I didn't have the time to use the connectivity to blog. I apologise. 

I left for Shibukawa, Gunma on the 9th, and rode the 50cc 6 hours on the backroads to get there. I stayed with Yoshitatsu that night and the next morning we pulled out at 2am to go to Nikko Circuit for the DRiFTWiRED1 drift event. 

When I got back The Cat told me that her grandfather wasn't doing well and the next morning I got the call that he passed away. I met up with her and her sisters in Takasaki, Gunma we went back to Nagano for the funeral and proceedings.

After the funeral, I hopped the shinkansen back to Gunma and participated in the Shibulawa Dashi Matsuri. Which is and was one of the highlights of my life when it comes around every 2 years. It was good to be home. 

After 2 days of festival and a day to replace the Chain on my bike, I rode back to kawasaki and barely had a day to recover some semblance of sanity before hopping a Shnkansen for 5 hours to Akita in the far north.

I interviewed the heads of the Yamamo Soy Sauce company and a maker of Inaniwa Udon (one of the best known types of udon in Japan)

Back on the shinkansen to Kawasaki where I had a night in my own bed before heading west to Nagahama, in Shiga Prefecture, on the shores of Like Biwa, Japan's largest lake. 

The work was to interview the management team at Top Seiko, one of the world's most precise ceramic and tungsten machining companies. 

I then tool a look around the Kurokabe area, near Nagahama Station, where one of Japan'a oldest downtown shopping areas has been preserved and still serves the same purpose. Lack of money prevented me form taking too much time there. 

I hopped back on the shink and finally headed back home where I am now putting together a craptonne of articles, images and videos  over the next 2 weeks before getting on more trains and heading to more exotic destinations.

not my actual route or transport method but accurate sense of scale

Random Japan Phone Snaps #02 ランダム携帯で撮った写真

Sometimes I snap things with my phone that I only ever use once or intend to use in the future but never do. They gradually build up till I drag them all off my phone into a dump folder, where would usually spend the rest of their digital eternities...

Until now.

Enjoy these random images of random times in random Japan.

7 Days 7 Minutes (2014-06-23) Touchscreen Vending Machines, a cute caterpillar and more...

 

00:00 MONDAY - The Crossing <location>
01:00 TUESDAY - Jesus Plant
02:00 WEDNESDAY - 0.7x Wide Angle Converter is Wide
03:00 THURSDAY - Touchscreen Vending machine <location>
04:00 notFRIDAY - SOFA KING CUTE!!!!!!! <location>
05:00 notSATURDAY - DAMN! <location>
05:35 SUNDAY First decent drive since Okinawa <location>

notFriday Music: Mr. Punch by The Living

7 Days 7 Minutes (2014-04-28) Kawasaki, My Mother, New Bike and more...

Ive added standard location titles as of this episode so you guys know where I am exactly. You can find google location maps next to the days so you can find them if you want to or you can at least streetview them.

00:00 notMONDAY Lazona Mall, Kawasaki <location>
01:00 notTUESDAY Window Seat
02:00 notWEDNESDAY Happy Birthday <Okachimachi Station location>
03:07 THURSDAY Word to(from) my Mother
04:00 FRIDAY Padding the Wallet <Kamata Station location>
05:00 SATURDAY FREEDOM!!!!
06:00 notSUNDAY Kawasaki Station Random <Kawasaki Station location>