Tokyo Sky Tree Light Up
An early glimpse of the new tower in the night sky
Tokyo Sky Tree Light Up
japan, PhotographyI happened to have my big lens out for a shot of this weekend’s “super moon”, so I was all set up to shoot when I glanced out the window and saw that Tokyo Sky Tree was lit up. I didn’t actually realize it was lit up for a special reason until I came in [...]
Ueno Park in the Pink
japan, PhotographyBy this point in the week, I’m sure everyone is sick to death of seeing pictures of cherry blossoms and I think I’ve almost reached my life-long saturation point for shooting them. A couple of years ago, I realized there’s really not much point in me making any effort to shoot them anymore: they basically [...]
March going out with a bang
japan, PhotographyGrowing up, I always remember hearing the saying “March comes in like a lion, and goes out like a lamb”, which always seemed to hold true with the ugly transition from winter to spring in Toronto. Today, however, the Tokyo weather has turned that saying on its head with some extremely high winds and stormy [...]
A few photos from Roppongi Art Night
japan, PhotographyThe annual Roppongi Art Night was held on Saturday and Sunday (March 24 & 25), so I popped over for a quick cruise around with my camera. I started out at Midtown, which had quite a lot going on both inside and outside. (click on any photo for a larger version) Above is a close [...]
Tokyo Sky Tree disappears in the fog
japan, PhotographyFor the past few days, I have been seeing a lot of fog photos as I cruise around the net (like these shots from my hometown on blogTO or these shots of NYC on Gothamist) and I’ve had a kind of fog-envy which I didn’t think would be redressed any time soon because a good fog [...]
Ken Mogi on the problem with English education in Japan
japanAs I was eating my lunch this afternoon, I decided to watch a bit of the launch event for the NHK x TED collaboration “Super Presentation x TED” which was being broadcast via UStream. Of what I did see, it seemed a lot of time was being spent talking about Japanese people’s speaking ability, presentation [...]
