Here are some clips from yesterday's 'experimental fireworks' festival in Suwa, as seen from the other side of the lake in Shimo...
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Sumo at Akimiya
We gathered under the dappled shade of the tall trees at Akimiya Shrine. The wide torsos of eleven professional sumo wrestlers from Tokyo gl...
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Tokyo Shenanigans
My semi-fogotten inner-nerd rose to the surface in Tokyo when I caught up with some old friends. Tsukiji Fish Market It was my first time...
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Vlog #07 - Togakushi
Togakushi: one of the first places I ever visited in Japan, and still one of the most beautiful. Note: Videos don't appear in em...
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Vlog #06 - Onbashira Satobiki
Too much fun resulted in too much footage to cut down, so the result is just under six minutes! Note: Videos don't appear in email ...
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The Jazz Guy
I stumbled upon a jazz band in Nagano City. As I took a position on the footpath to watch, an old guy sidled up beside me to practise his (p...
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Wind vs Festivities
I thought I was going mad when I heard the whinny of a horse near my apartment. Playing games too much, I told myself. But it turns out ...
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The Nagamochi
Well, this was a surprise... I knew something was going on when I saw a group of people in purple yukaka in my neighbourhood arou...
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Onbashira Part 2: Shimosha (Vlog #05)
Even compared with the risky kiotoshi ("tree drop") in Chino the week before, Shimosuwa's is very dangerous. This is no cont...
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Cherry Blossoms 2016
There are only a few days of the year where the cherry blossoms are ripe: that precious heartbeat of full bloom before green leaves sprout. ...
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