JR Yamanote Line
One Monday morning, the JR Yamanote Line was suspended for nearly five hours from its first departure. It was a rare large-scale disruption …
H2 fuel station
There is a hydrogen station near my residence in Tokyo. The place, with a large “H2” sign, is one of 54 filling stations for FCVs (fuel cell vehicles) …
Small bar
There are countless restaurants and bars in the city of Sapporo. Even in areas that should be familiar to you, you may be surprised …
Summer Festival
The Sapporo Summer Festival has begun. One of the main events is the Sapporo Odori Beer Garden, which runs for almost a month. Domestic and …
Intersecting layers
Shinkansen (bullet train), local train (the Kintetsu Line, to be specific) …
Evening commute in Yamashina
I like this photo, but I couldn’t think of anything profound to say about it, so I asked Bing. Of course, it came up with something cliché, as generative …
Bus Stop #4
Keihan, a local mass transit company, probably has the buses with the best liveries in Kyoto. I like …
Beef Bar in blue
A nice addition to the visual aesthetic on the Old Tokaido Highway (also known as “former Sanjo Avenue”) that runs through Yamashina …
Under the bamboo
The Arashiyama district on the west side of Kyoto certainly has the most visited and perhaps instagrammable bamboo grove in the city, but …
Twin towers of Kyoto
I’ve probably done more photography around Kyoto Station than anywhere else in the city because there’s always a new perspective …
Taxis outside Kyoto Station
When you visit Kyoto, rail is great for reaching certain parts of the city, but for locations only served by buses, like Kinkakuji Temple, save …
Romance along the Kamo River
Perhaps the best panoramic scenery in Kyoto at night can be found on the east bank of the Kamo River. The west bank tends to draw …