Tag: Tokyo

Galaxxxy

Galaxxxy

Recently I did another job for Tokyofashion.com on a little fashion boutique called Galaxxxy in Shibuya, with my friend and fashion writer extraordinaire, Paul McInnes. …

 

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 …

 

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 …

 

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, …

 

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 …

 

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 …

 

Beating the heat….

Beating the heat….

Tokyo gets oppressively hot in the summer. You take a step out from your air-conditioned apartment and your dripping with sweat in no time. Whilst …

 

Photographing fireworks

Photographing fireworks

Summer in Japan is firework season. All the big displays in Tokyo, especially the sumidagawa fireworks in Asakusa are packed with people hours in advance …

 

Celebrating death

Celebrating death

A couple of weeks back I went to photograph the celebration of death at the Mitama Matsuri (soul festival) in Tokyo’s Yasukuni shrine. This Shinto …

 

The woman in the dog mask

The woman in the dog mask

When I’m on an assignment for my agency or a job for a newspaper or magazine, I’m always drawn to the unexpected. Recently I went to …