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A scramble crossing with a Torii at Tsurugaoka Hachimangu Shrine, Kamakura Info:Nikon D300 Lens: 18-70mm F/3.5-4.5G Focal Length: 18mm Aperture: F/4.5 Shutter Speed: 1/3200s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 500 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Street performance in Ue...

Street performance in Ueno Park, Tokyo Info:Nikon D300 Lens: 18-70mm F/3.5-4.5G Focal Length: 38mm Aperture: F/5 Shutter Speed: 1/1000s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 400 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Dragon of Menuki

Amusement Park Houses in Yokohama, Yokohama Info:Nikon D90 Lens: 18-70mm F/3.5-4.5G Focal Length: 48mm Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/400s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 320 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Host Club Advertising in Kabukicho

Host Club Advertising in Kabukicho, Tokyo Info:Nikon D80 Lens: VR 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G Focal Length: 36mm Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/125s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 400 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Anime Shops on Otome-dori

Anime Shops on “Otome-dori", Ikebukuro, Tokyo Info:Nikon D90 Lens: 18-70mm F/3.5-4.5G Focal Length: 25mm Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/1000s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 320 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Traditional Japanese Interior

Between February 5 and 11, in Sapporo takes place the Sapporo Snow Festival (Sapporo Yuki Matsuri), one of the biggest winter events in Japan. It is estimated that this year more than 2 million visitors will go to Sapporo to see the amazing ice and s...

Traditional Japanese Interior, Edo Tokyo Open Air Museum, Tokyo Info:Nikon D80 Lens: 18-70mm F/3.5-4.5G Focal Length: 18mm Aperture: F/3.5 Shutter Speed: 1/50s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 1250 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Harajuku Station

Harajuku Station, Tokyo Info:Nikon D90 Lens: VR 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G Focal Length: 20mm Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/800s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Shinjuku Sky

Japanese Red Bridge, Hakone Info:Nikon D80 Lens: VR 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G Focal Length: 32mm Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/60s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 100 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Shinjuku Streets

Shinjuku Streets, Tokyo Info:Nikon D80 Lens: 12-24mm F/4G Focal Length: 24mm Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/80s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 320 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Akihabara Maid

Two photos with the splendid Mode Gakuen Cocoon Tower, reflected on the Shinjuku i-Land Tower. When I took the pictures, I think I was standing somewhere around here: Read more »

Tanuki, Inokashira Park, Tokyo Info:Nikon D90 Lens: 18-70mm F/3.5-4.5G Focal Length: 70mm Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/100s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 800 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Jizo Rows

Today, Twitter got its first Trending Topic in Japanese! The trend lasted about 5 hours (between 11 and 16 GMT) and the message was RTされた回数だけ腹筋！さぁ来い！ translatable with “I will do sit-ups as many times as this is retweeted! Come on!“...

A short list of Japan related links that drew my attention this week… Enjoy! Temari Balls – Mesmerizing Artworks Made of Yarn Concrete Tree The narrowest train platform in Japan (video) Toh-shiya au Sanjusangen-do à Kyoto, ou quand l...

Jizo Rows, Zojo-ji Temple, Tokyo Info:Nikon D80 Lens: 18-70mm F/3.5-4.5G Focal Length: 18mm Aperture: F/4.5 Shutter Speed: 1/250s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Queen’s Square Stairs

After enjoying the trip with the Hakone pirate ships, from Motohakone-ko to Togendai I took the Hakone Ropeway… Click on photo for higher resolution … and after a few minutes climb to the altitude of 1044 meters, I arrived in… O-jigoku - Great He...

Miko, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, Kamakura Info:Nikon D90 Lens: VR 70-300mm F/4.5-5.6G Focal Length: 280mm Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/250s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 320 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Ginza Nikon House

If you traveled to Japan, chances are you’ve seen some unusual looking objects like this one: Kumade, The Shitamachi Museum, Ueno This is a kumade, a wide rake made of bamboo, traditionally used to sweep the fallen leaves or grains. During the Edo...

Ginza Nikon House, Tokyo Info:Nikon D90 Lens: 18-70mm F/3.5-4.5G Focal Length: 18mm Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/640s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Harajuku Shops

One of the few buildings in Ginza that survived the bombings of the Second World War was the Hattori Clock Tower, also known as Ginza Wako. Located at the hearth of Ginza district and owned today by Seiko Holdings Corporation, Ginza Wako is one of t...

Shops on Takeshita Street, Harajuku, Tokyo Info:Nikon D90 Lens: VR 18-55mm F/3.5-5.6G Focal Length: 18mm Aperture: F/5.6 Shutter Speed: 1/500s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 200 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Scramble crossing in Shibuya

One of the best known temples in Kamakura is the Hongaku-ji Temple, belonging to the Nichiren Buddhist Sect. Little known is the fact that before the construction of the present-day Temple, on the same place there was a Shrine dedicated to Ebisu, on...

Scramble crossing in Shibuya, Tokyo Info:Nikon D80 Lens: 18-70mm F/3.5-4.5G Focal Length: 18mm Aperture: F/6.3 Shutter Speed: 1/320s ISO Sensitivity: ISO 320 Yesterday’s Japan Photo: Taiko Drummers

This is an old building that I like very much, on Asakusa Dori. I passed by it on every trip I made to Tokyo… … and when I returned home I discovered that I never took a picture with it. I always delayed, whether because I didn’t like the light, o...