James' Blog

After some 26 hours of travelling through all sorts of weather we are home with our doggie Pickles! The trip started around 7am in Tokyo and being a Saturday morning it was nice and quiet so no getting pushed around like last time, quick ride on the Yamanote from Shinjuku to Shinagawa and we were [...]

Happy New Year everyone! Lovely sunny day here in Tokyo so we headed to Meiji Jingu Shrine as many do on New Years Day

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 [...]

Uh oh I think I went a little nuts!

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!

Merry Christmas everyone!!!

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!

Lots and lots of walking in Southern Higashiyama today and a meeting with the Hotel staff for final wedding details!

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!

We recieved quite the email from our wedding planners in Kyoto today!

December is upon us so i’ve created an advent calendar to share a different link to a Japan or Otaku related site every day. Check back daily on the runup to Christmas for a new link! It might just introduce you to a cool random site you didn’t know about, or it could even be [...]

Inspired by the awesome Uniqlo Calendar and a recent post over at Mikes Blender I decided to have a go at photoshopping some of my pics to mimic a tilt-shift lens effect!