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Fujisan journeys, part I

Fujisan journeys, part I

This weekend a friend of a friend was in town so time to do some more touristy stuff. First up was a visit to Tsukiji market for some quiet eating. Part of the queue outside one of the famous sushi restaurants.  One guy in the 

Evening snapshots

Evening snapshots

One day when I got off work early I visited Meguro. いそがしくない A nice little surprise when I got there. Before you ask, yes this was at night at about 8pm.  Exposures for most shots were 2 seconds or so. The whole canal was lit 

Frequent friends

Frequent friends

Friends in town again, so more sightseeing! While walking to Ginza, stumbled across a fire extinguisher shop! Design! Ecology!  And yes of course quality.  Although if I am on fire, I don’t think I would care what colour the fire-extinguisher was… Off to the imperial 

Timeless tempura

Timeless tempura

Do you know where tempura comes from?  Apparently it was adopted from the Portuguese but now is something very very different.  My London friends and I ended up going to some hidden tempura shop.  The entrance looked like the back of some grimey (well grimey for Tokyo 

Second Sakura

Second Sakura

As promised here is some more First picture of the day.  Went to Aoyama cemetery for this set of photos Freaky cat Down the main road Mad swarm of joggers A darker shot So hard to get an empty shot! Pinkness… More emptiness A peaceful walk A different