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Author Archives: Jim Buell
Trees Surround
Ahh it’s finally spring! And for just a short couple weeks in Japan, spring means cherry blossoms. Beautiful cherry blossoms! Here visitors to Kitanomaru Park (北の丸公園) in Tokyo walk under cherry blossoms in bloom. The park is within the grounds … Continue reading
The Water Temple
Hidden under an unassuming soccer field outside of Tokyo lies a massive column-filled chamber like something out of a video game or an action movie. And indeed, this cavern has been used as a fantastic setting for super hero movies, … Continue reading
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New York Beneath the Clouds
Apropos of nothing, here’s a picture I took in Central Park when I visited New York last August. And that concludes this week’s edition of “Pictures I Forgot to Post.”
Racers
[wpcol_1half id="" class="" style=""] [/wpcol_1half] [wpcol_1half_end id="" class="" style=""] [/wpcol_1half_end] Motorcycles and Formula One race cars fill the display floors of the Honda museum in Motegi, Tochigi, Japan.
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Elements of Hakone
Steam surrounds a worker in Hakone, Japan, as he prepares to extract 黒玉子, or black eggs, from the sulfurous water of a mountain hot spring. The eggs boiled in the water take on a black color from the sulfur. According to … Continue reading
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Speed of Light – Video
The ceiling sounds like the sky threatening to rain as trains thunder by on tracks overhead. Ticket gates in the distance whine with the constant “beep-beep” of passengers entering and exiting with electronic cards. Eyes look to the ground, look … Continue reading
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Kansai
A man walks through torii gates at Fushimi Inari Shrine in Kyoto, Japan. The gates lead up a mountain toward various shrine buildings. Many of the thousands of torii gates are donated by companies and individuals. This is sort of the standard … Continue reading
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yo
Where do some of the best yo-yoers go to practice? Apparently they go to a park just outside of Tokyo. I spent a few hours photographing three young yo-yo experts while they practiced the art of the yo-yo. Former world … Continue reading
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Tokyo Eyes
I’m working on a project for a Japanese newspaper right now. There isn’t much more detail to the assignment than that. They want to me shoot something. The photo directors I talked to said they liked the angles at which … Continue reading
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Everything is Art (Even Fish)
The intersection of art and fish is currently on exhibit at the Art Aquarium in Tokyo’s Nihonbashi district. Full of exotic-looking fish and even more exotic looking aquariums, this aquatic gallery is a good place to take a date or … Continue reading
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