Yoyogi park weekdays, fishing in Nagano and more...#7Days7Minutes (2016-05-16)

A slightly more abstract video than the last, and a bit rushed on the cuts, but I need to make a point of pushing through the backlog, so quality may suffer.

Otherwise, I don't get on camera this week either. For which, you're probably better off.

MUSIC:

Terminus by May
http://bit.ly/mayterminus

Les Toreadores (Bizet)
Youtube Creator's Library

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

Hot Honda VFR

Check out the fenders on that Suzuki Jimny #JapaneseRides

apparently, the matte black 12c spider looks pretty dope too :P

People Watching, Shinjuku rooftops, a street performer and more... #7Days7Minutes (2016-05-09)

Vivid vicarious voyeruristic visual vistas.

The diamond miner at 1:56 is Reno from http://anthrobotic.com/
He did that on purpose for the camera.

All music by MilesM
support him at: https://soundcloud.com/russellcrossfire

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

On patrol - The Sony a7S owns the night #RandomJapan

I know the camera is only a part of the image making  process. Give me a shitty camera and I'll still give you an excellent image. Conversely, give the average Taro a Hasselblad and you'' get a blurry 50 megapixel duck-face selfie. But there are times when the technology becomes more than just a medium with which to create, but actually enables creativity in conditions that other cameras just can't handle. IS0 32000 in the outskirts of town, surrounded by rice fields. Lit only by a single, weak, incandescent streetlight. I have always been a fan of shooting in low light, but with my a7S I no longer shoot at night... I own the night.

Shibuya #RealJapan

Before i lived here, I wasn't much of a fan of the Fuji/Sushi/Geisha/shrine images of Japan that Japanophiles, tend to spam the internet with. Nowhere on Earth is anything like the postcard, but the inability of visitors here to see past their sakura tinted glasses bugged me, after 8 years in Japan, it positively vexes me.

It may be one of the best places to live. I know I don't want to live anywhere else. But all the 'japanese culture' that the tourists shnarf like cocaine no more real than the twisted right-wing nationalism that Shinzo Abe is trying to force down everyone's throats. It's all a facade. Thick white makeup covering a pockmarked and blemished face.

I do my damndest to show the reality of this place, through well composed and quality Photo/videography. Sadly, if there is one universal truth about the vast herd of snapchatting baboons infesting the globe, it's that the last things anyone wants to see, are reality and quality.

Kabukicho - The Morning After the night before #TokyoStreets

The thing about blogging, is you have to do it. Unlike instagram, where apart from staggering posts, there is very little upkeep. This can become quite tedious at times. Though it is where everything all started for me, so I feel like I need to keep it going... Which is more than I can say for the peeps in the first two photos.

This last picture is of an evenly matched group pf guys and girls (one of the dudes just dashed off) looking terribly sober and lacking any other signs to hint at any group (or individual for that matter) debauchery. I know peeps are not getting it on as much as before but when you have matched pair dates in Kabukicho overnight at  least  make sure you do something. 

Incidentally, if you haven't followed me on instagram, you probably should.

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.

All music by Manny Marx:
web: http://mannymarx.com
Support independent artists, buy his music: http://mannymarx.bandcamp.com/


------------------------------------＼(￣▽￣o)(o￣▽￣)ノ-------------------------------------

Follow my ass on Instagram and Twitter for more regular updates:
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

Ray(MadAfro), a drunk, 80D autofocus & more...#7Days7Minutes (2016-04-25)

Only a month behind... thats pretty good by my standards :p
April was the month for visitations. One of my oldest and best mates spent 3 weeks with us. fortunately for you, most of the shenanigans were not caught on camera. There is some gratuitous Shibuya too, as always.

Music:
"The Bridge" and "Heavenly Loon"
by MilesM (DJ Russell CrossFire)
https://soundcloud.com/russellcrossfire


Follow my ass on Instagram and Twitter for more regular updates:
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

Canon 80D
iPhone 6
Sony a7S

#MINAMIS live in Shibuya. #TokyoStreets

Shibuya was abuzz last Saturday, for a change. I happened upon the MINAMIS in Udagawacho. They were probably the most energetic street performance i've seen in a long time. It's good to see people out, expressing themselves through their art, in public. We need more invasions into polite society like this.

Follow the MINAMIS on twitter: https://twitter.com/MINAMIS_pdf

for more on the Japanese Underground,
follow me on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/darc.jp/
and facebook: https://www.facebook.com/darcjp/