Posted in Art, Food, Humor, Japan, Photography, Random on July 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I’ve known about Suicide Food for some time. Suicide Food shows art of animals that desire to be eaten. This is a photo I took in Japan. Is the pig working out for your tasting pleasure?
Posted in Lies, Media, News, Photography, War on July 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Via the New York Times.
As news spread across the world of Iran’s provocative missile tests, so did an image of four missiles heading skyward in unison. Unfortunately, it appeared to contain one too many missiles, a point that had not emerged before the photo appeared on the front pages of The Los Angeles Times, The [...]
Posted in Architecture, Photography, Random, Seattle on June 28, 2008 | No Comments »
This building built in 1971 would seem to have a very out-of-date style. Who knows though, it may come back into fashion. It’s surprisingly good office space. Those diamond shaped windows make for some very good light.
Posted in Animals, Art, Environment, Photography, Seattle on June 26, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The Last Polar Bear: Facing the Truth of a Warming World is an exhibition at the Burke Museum in Seattle of Steven Kazlowski’s amazing photography.
The polar bear — a charismatic icon in the struggle against climate change — faces a precarious future along with other ice dependent species as its Arctic habitat rapidly continues to [...]
Posted in Architecture, History, Photography, Random, Seattle, Washington on May 25, 2008 | No Comments »
The Arctic Building is associated with one of the lesser-known facets of the Klondike gold rush–the formation of social institutions for the men who returned from the Yukon gold rush after “striking it [...]
Posted in Environment, Humor, Photography, Random, Seattle on May 23, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yes, that’s a highway in between this sign and the waterfront.
Posted in Entertainment, Food, Humor, Music, Photography, Pop Culture, Random on May 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Fisherman’s Restaurant famous for its specialty Bjork on a stick.
From The Slog May 2007:
I work in a restaurant here in Seattle called The Fisherman’s. No big deal when Bjork shows up Friday with her cute little mini-Bjork daughter and asked for “pork on a stick.” I could dig that, like a corndog with no corn [...]
Posted in Architecture, Photography, Random, Seattle, Uncategorized on May 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Interesting mix of architectural styles at the Pioneer Building in Seattle.
Posted in Barack Obama, Coffee, Photography, Random, Seattle on May 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Liberal attitude where the bike messengers get their coffee, Monorail Espresso is my favorite coffee in Seattle. I’m quite partial to the maple syrup latte with real maple syrup.
Posted in Japan, Photography, Random on May 16, 2008 | 1 Comment »
It’s supposed to be a beautiful day in Seattle, so I’ll be taking my camera around today. Here’s a photo from Japan.
Posted in Fashion, Feminism, Humor, Islam, Photography, Religion on April 23, 2008 | 4 Comments »
A 19th-Century puff-sleaved knockoff with a 3 inch curled back bang (fringe) worn by the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints women?
Or a designer couture jilbab and hijab?
Above two photos via Kuwait-Style.
Last photo via Alixianne’s Photostream on Flickr.
Posted in Beer, Japan, Photography, baseball on March 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Of course you would. I believe that’s the point. You can see from the photo how they carry the kegs are their back. Taken at a Yomiuri Giants vs. Hanshin Tigers game in Tokyo.
Posted in Food, Japan, Photography, Travel on March 15, 2008 | No Comments »
We’re enjoying these wonderful yeasty morning baked goods. Not flaky like French pastries, but wonderful and buttery, soft and good. Very creative fillings as well. This picture is from a bakery in Tokyo.
Posted in Food, Japan, Photography, Travel on March 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I find it ironic that when on vacation I go to a fish market since my home, Seattle, is famous for the Pike Place Fish Market. Well, we’ve got nothing on Tsukiji.
Tsukiji is a working wholesale fish market that happens to be a tourist attraction — not the other way around. In other [...]
Posted in Japan, Photography, Travel on March 13, 2008 | 2 Comments »
In Japan an onsen is a place where hot water naturally springs out of the ground for you to enjoy. We took a trip to Takaragawa-Onsen, an onsen about 2 1/2 hours from Tokyo. The water has an ever so slight hint of sulfur. A rotemburo is an onsen located outside, so you can enjoy [...]
Posted in Japan, Photography, Travel on March 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Posted in Architecture, Japan, Photography, Travel on March 10, 2008 | No Comments »
Posted in Japan, Photography, Sports, Travel on March 10, 2008 | 5 Comments »
We took the train today to Osaka to watch some Sumo Wrestling. The wrestling starts at 9 am and goes until 6 pm. As the day goes on the rankings get higher and the level of play is visibly superior. It was really neat walking near the gymnasium, because you see these wrestlers — huge [...]
Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Japan, Photography, Travel on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
From Lonely Planet:
The park [Nara-koen] is home to about 1200 deer, which in Pre-Buddhist times were considered messengers of the gods and today enjoy the status of National Treasures.
A manhole.
Once again the popular cartoon mascot.
In the woods.
Posted in Japan, Photography, Travel on March 9, 2008 | No Comments »
These look familiar. I think we have one of these at home.
Stone lanterns in the forest.
Posted in Japan, Photography, Religion, Travel on March 9, 2008 | No Comments »
A word about my photographs:
I tend to photograph a lot of cultural images rather than monuments and buildings. The reason is I’m not a great photographer and when I take pictures of awe-inspiring things the pictures always come up short. I’m showing this photo because it truly is an amazing bronze structure. But it doesn’t [...]
Posted in Japan, Photography, Travel on March 9, 2008 | No Comments »
Nio Guardian
Posted in Japan, Photography, Travel on March 8, 2008 | No Comments »
Not unlike a gargoyle.
Graveyard on a hill.
Delicious bean pancakes.
Temple in the hills.
Thanks to Jeni for the Photoshop tips. I have yet to fix the other photos, but it looks like the advice made some major improvements.
Posted in Americana, Art, Business, Japan, Photography, Travel on March 6, 2008 | 3 Comments »
On this small market street near our Ryokan there are signs for businesses which remind me of American Folk Art. In America, these were popular because immigrants often could not read English so businesses used images to convey what their wares were. In Japan, these come in handy for tourists like me. Can you guess [...]
Posted in Japan, Photography, Random, Travel on March 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
This cat doesn’t speak English.
Cherry blossoms already at the Imperial Palace Gardens in Tokyo.
Very cute bird in cherry blossoms.
There’s no beefy duck here. No siree!
Beautiful tree at the Imperial Palace Gardens in Tokyo.
Imperial Palace Garden fish have eyebrows.
An aside, I’ll be honest I’m really struggling with putting my photos in WordPress. I’ve tried Save As [...]
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