Category Archive: Tokyo

28 Jan

Kanchu Suiyoku (midwinter bathing)

Kanchu Suiyoku (midwinter bathing)

The new year here in Japan starts off with some quite masochistic festivals. The other week I went to the Kanchu Suiyoku festival, which is …

 
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11 Jan

Tokyo Tower

Tokyo Tower

Recently I’ve been photographing a lot of buildings around Tokyo. It’s always good to have stock shots of the same buildings, I often get asked …

 
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09 Jan

Shibuya Crossing at night

Shibuya Crossing at night

The other night I went to Shibuya to photograph and video around the crossing area just out from the station. Shibuya has the image of being …

 
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03 Jan

Sensoji

Sensoji

Today was another beautiful day in Tokyo and I headed down to Asakusa, one of Tokyo’s downtown areas that still clings to an older way …

 
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01 Jan

The start of 2010

The start of 2010

Happy New Year everyone. 2009, like most of the last decade, just seemed to fly in. It doesn’t seem long ago I was seeing in 2009, …

 
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21 Dec

Christmas Tokyo style

Christmas Tokyo style

Japan has its own way of doing things, quite often very different from how it’s done in other countries. Christmas is a good example. Here in …

 
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05 Dec

Kusajishi and Yabusame

Kusajishi and Yabusame

One of my favourite things about Japan is how ancient rituals and festivals go on on unchanged for centuries. No matter how the country grows …

 
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26 Oct

Down and out in Tokyo

Down and out in Tokyo

Tokyo is full of homeless people, they live in most of the big parks, by the rivers, under railway bridges, in small wooded areas on …

 
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09 Oct

Jobs you shouldn’t do….

Jobs you shouldn’t do….

Anthropologists would have a field day delving into the lives of your average salary man. Their lives are so complex, the social hierarchy of their …

 
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Also posted in Life, Photography, Salary men
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08 Sep

Crawling up Centre Gai

Crawling up Centre Gai

When I do work for the Japan Times I usually work with some writers, mainly Nick Coldicott in the Liquid culture section and Paul McInnes …

 
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Also posted in Drinks, Nick Coldicott, Paul McInnes, Photography, The Japan Times
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