All in Japanese Culture
I love spring time in Tokyo. The weather is not too hot and not too cold. You can wear a light sweater and a light jacket but the jacket isn’t required. It was nice to not have a weekend that involved travel so I took the opportunity to get out with my wife
When I got back from Jakarta last week I just crashed. I took off a few days and didn’t do much of anything. I had big ambitions to do a few blog posts and shoot a few videos but I ended up doing basically nothing. I was really tired after all of my travel
I was recently recruited to a new company and will be starting a new job on Monday. I won’t go into the details here on ShootTokyo. You are welcome to guess but my answer/confirmation will be on my LinkedIn on Monday when I update it. I’ve had the past
I just flew in from America. I was spending a week visiting my folks and doing some power shopping. That is probably an under statement to the amount of shopping I did. I haven’t bought casual clothes in a few years and basically purchased a wardrobe.
I get asked a lot by students coming to Tokyo what is a good cost effective camera to capture Tokyo with. I always answer the same way – the Ricoh GR. I love mine. It has great ISO capability. The wide perspective is perfect for capturing Tokyo. You can
Today is Constitution Day in Japan. The current constitution was drafted under the direction of the US after World War II and went into effect on May 3rd, 1947. Japan’s current constitution replaced Japan’s militaristic and absolute monarchy with democracy. It
Today was a bit of mixed weather with the threat of rain. Mayumi and I headed to Kinuta Park to meet some of my coworkers for Ohanami. It started to rain as we left but thankfully it wasn’t raining when we got to the park. I found a drive through Starbucks in
My teams work very hard and sometimes you need to take a break. Last friday we head out of the center of Tokyo for a bit of rest and bonding. We started out at Akigawa Trout Fishing Park for a bit of river fishing and a BBQ. This place is a lot of fun. I spent
It’s that time of year again and Ohanami in Nakameugro is about as good as it gets in my opinion. I love being able to walk by Meguro River viewing the cherry blossoms, watch the people, take in the sights and sounds and the smells from the many food vendors
One of the parts of Japanese culture I really love is Sayonara parties. It is a great way to honor and thank people who worked hard to help and support you. Jim came over from San Francisco to help us for a year and Friday was his last day in Japan before heading
I was lucky enough to have some free time and catch a baseball game at Tokyo Dome last week. The Nippon Ham Fighters were playing the Softbank Hawks. A few years ago when the Red Sox came to Tokyo to play a few exhibition games
I am loving the views of Mt. Fuji as we approach the clear skies of winter...
I attend a Japanese wedding and give my first speech in Japanese!
