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Soba noodles are a favorite anytime all over Japan, but are also traditionally enjoyed on certain special occasions such as New Years or when someone moves as they are said to bring good fortune. So as it’s New Years Eve we decided to go to Kanda Yabu Soba as we’ve always wanted to give it [...]

Christmas is well and truly over in Japan. From the evening of the 25th of December you can see shops wasting no time taking down their displays – being a commercial event over here you could consider it little more than point of sale. Over the next few days, these curious looking objects start popping [...]

Last night in Kyoto really going to miss this place… I always forget how great it is. Set the Camera up from around 10pm – 1am to record one last time lapse as the station area goes to sleep… Oyasumi Kyoto…

Just a few shots from my wedding on the 24th December – an incredible day! Opted against NHK being present, our photographers did an amazing job i’m sure you’ll agree, i’ll be sharing more in the future!

Last day of freedom! Spent it climbing a bloody great hill to hang with some simian buddys and hunting down some of Kyotos finest Irish bars for my 3rd Stag do!

Following my recent Tilt Shift Tokyo post i’ve been thinking of other funky things to try and today have experimented with some time lapse recording today from our suite window using Emmas, Ricoh CX1, here is the result… Video put together in Adobe Premiere, runs at 29fps. It’s certainly not perfect but i’m quite happy [...]

Busy busy day today scooting between Nara and Osaka! Bikes were riden, Deer were fed and Castles explored!

Here I am sitting in our suite in Kyoto at just after 5am, absolutely knacked and existing outside all known timezones. So what better time to post some pics!