Manga shops in Tokyo

Thursday, November 13th, 2008 Posted in manga, my photos, travel | No Comments »

Where is Tokyo's biggest manga shop? Earlier this week I was taking photos in Ikebukuro  for a story on manga.  I asked around to try and find Tokyo's largest manga shop but drew a complete blank. Shops seem to specialize in ...

Takao - Tokyo’s mystical mountain

Thursday, November 6th, 2008 Posted in my photos, photography, travel, video | 3 Comments »

I climbed Mount Takao near Tokyo yesterday for a photoessay I'm working on. These are statues of "tengu" goblin, which the mountain is famous for. There are two kinds: one with green and with a beak, and one with a ...

How to melt a Nikon

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 Posted in my photos, travel | No Comments »

Nambu-tekki ironware, one of the shoots I did in Northern Japan last week. Hot Hot Hot. I decided that August is NOT the ideal month to be taking photos of an iron foundry. I can't imagine how the people who work ...

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

Thursday, August 28th, 2008 Posted in my photos, travel | No Comments »

Writing this from a somewhat dingy hotel in Mizusawa, Northern Japan. Two stories this trip - one on Iwate ironware and one on Sendai whisky. Bumped into Matsuo Basho yesterday, or rather his statue, at a temple in Hiraizumi. He penned ...