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- Creative Ways To Donate
- April 1st, 2011Category: Photography
- More and more people around the world are trying to find ways of how to help the victims of the Japan earthquake and tsunami. Japanese sporting stars, actors, musicians and other celebrities are all contributing to help hasten the recovery efforts and rebuild people's l ... » Continue Reading
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- During The Quake
- March 28th, 2011Category: Photography
- It's the start of the third week since the earthquake and tsunami of March 11 hit Northern Japan. Most of the attention, now though, is being diverted to the ongoing nuclear crisis in the Fukushima power plant and the future impact it poses on the environment, agricultu ... » Continue Reading
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- Surviving
- March 14th, 2011Category: Photography
- A baby survivor is fed milk by a member of the Japanese Red Cross National Disaster Response Team in Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture on Sunday. You can find out more about supporting the Japanese Red cross here. ... » Continue Reading
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- Sumo in the Modern Age
- February 10th, 2011Category: Arts & Entertainment, Culture, Photography
- It was the summer of 2001 when I first came to Tokyo at the behest of a cute young Japanese girl named Nami I had met in a hostel in Rome while traveling around Europe the previous spring. I had not come to see her specifically, but she got in contact just as I had take ... » Continue Reading
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- “Room with a View” Photo Contest
- December 17th, 2010Category: Photography
- A couple of months ago, we introduced a Japan photo contest held by our sister site, RealEstate.co.jp. The property portal, which lists a huge amount of housing that is available to rent or buy by foreigners in Japan, invited anybody with an interest in photography a ... » Continue Reading
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- Snapshots from Tokyo hell
- December 14th, 2010Category: Culture, Photography
- Tokyo's metro system is where Japanese manners go to die - as anyone who has spent any time living and working in the city can tell you. Though perhaps not as bad as stereotypes will have you believe, there are still plenty of examples where the behavior on commuter ... » Continue Reading
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- Okutama Autumn Colors 2010
- November 21st, 2010Category: Photography, Travel
- If you hurry, you might just be able to catch some final glimpses of autumn in Tokyo before the cold and snow set it. I grabbed this shot out in Okutama, which is in an area of Tokyo known as Nishitama. Okutama is home to Tokyo's highest mountain, separating it from ... » Continue Reading
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- Owariya Soba
- October 26th, 2010Category: Photography
- Visualize if you will, a spry young man in his work kimono made of an easy-to-clean light fabric, walking down the dirt-paved roads of the old capital Kyōto to the clickety-clack of hundreds of Japanese sandal-wearing passers-by as they go about their daily business, sm ... » Continue Reading
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- Presenting the Real Estate Japan Photography Contest
- October 19th, 2010Category: Photography
- As one of the most comprehensive sources of apartments, mansions and other Japanese property, realestate.co.jp has an amazing view of Japan's homes. Now you can share the vision from your own place. Enter to win an iPad and have your own photo featured by the site. ... » Continue Reading
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- Japan’s Aging Society
- October 12th, 2010Category: Photography
- The aging of Japan outweighs all other nations with the highest proportion of elderly citizens, 21% over the age of 65. In 1989, only 11.6% of the population was 65 years or older, but projections were that 25.6% would be in that age category by 2030. However, those est ... » Continue Reading
- Snapshots With the GoPro Hero 3 Black Edition
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- Gunkanjima by Night
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- Harajuku Fashion Photo Essay, Takeshita Dori
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