January, 2010
A couple of months ago I had to wait for a while at the entrance of Yoyogi park and had the opportunity to take some pictures and videos of the Tokyo Rockabilly Club in action. They have been gathering at the entrance of Yoyogi since the 70′s practically every Sunday and they spend the day [...]
In the middle of this photo you can see the magazine Morning Manga with Vagabond on the front cover. Vagabond is a “serious” manga based on the life of Musashi Miyamoto. The funny thing is that it is surrounded by other manga magazines with sexy Japanese idols on the front cover. It is not unusual [...]
It was a hot summer night, I had dinner plans with Hiroyuki, a friend who has been working for Sony for the last 18 years. After a few too many rounds of sake, Hiroyuki started telling me that he worked in a secret lab from Sony. After finishing dinner and a couple more rounds I [...]
Yebisu Garden Place is a “micro-city” like Roppongi Hills or Tokyo Midtown but much smaller. Ebisu is a neighbourhood in Tokyo that emerged around the first big beer factory of the manufacturer Japan Beer (known today as Sapporo). In 1890 Japan Beer launched a beer that was called Yebisu (archaic written form of Ebisu), which [...]
Sometimes in Japan you can find ridiculously narrow houses and buildings. One of the reason of this strange phenomenon is that the laws to divide plots of land are not restrictive at all, so owners can end up having plots of land of 3×20 meters in downtown Tokyo or even 2×30 meters… I think that [...]
Three months ago I visited South Korea, it was my second time visiting it. I think South Korea is more a country to live in for a while to truly enjoy it, that a country to visit briefly. It surprised me that South Korea has many similarities with my home country, Spain. Both countries have [...]
When the Second World War ended, one of the conditions imposed to Japan by the United States was that emperor Hirohito had to lose his divine status. The emperor of Japan was considered a god, direct descendant of Amaterasu, the Goddess that created Japan. Arahitogami (現人神 – now, person, God) means “God that at this [...]
A little bit late but… Happy New Year to everyone! Time flies! It seems like yesterday when I started to compile pictures I took last year in my Flickr account. Throughout the year I’ve been putting together in this Flickr set what I thought were the best photos I was taking. All the pictures were [...]
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