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Osaka, Photo
Motorbike
11.23.07 | Permalink | Comment?

I’ve recently been taking photography more seriously and going on photowalks to find and take pictures. It’s something I really enjoy doing. It’s inspired by the stunning photography and his photowalks over at thomashawk.com This is of an abandoned motorbike front part next to a rice field.
Baseball, Life in Japan, Osaka
Koshien
09.17.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

I went to see the mighty Hanshin Tigers baseball team on Friday. They’d won all of their last 10 games and were top of their league. Naturally I was there and they lost. We were in the best seats I have ever been in. Right in the home run zone in the noisy section close [...]
Life in Japan, Osaka
Kirin Plaza Osaka
09.12.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

As I wrote this in my notebook, I was sitting in the Kirin Plaza in the heart of Shinsaibashi enjoying a very satisfying ale on the bottom floor. Japan is a very lager orientated country and it’s very hard to find an ale that isn’t a Guinness and the Plaza has a few. The Kirin [...]
Japan, Osaka, Photo
People of Osaka
05.27.07 | Permalink | 2 Comments

If you look through my blog or my flickr stream, you will see that whilst there are plenty of pictures of rust, temples and statues, there are very few photos of the people of Osaka. This is a great shame as the people of Osaka, especially the ones that hang around the Americamura and nearby [...]
Japan, Japanese, Osaka
Any recommendations
05.01.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

for a Japanese language school in Osaka?
Food, Japan, Osaka, Photo
Smallest takoyaki shop in Japan
04.05.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

Whilst walking through the narrow passageways under Umeda train station which I like to call Salaryman Central, I came across this takoyaki shop which bills itself as the smallest takoyaki shop in Japan. It had newspaper cuttings to prove its point. Takoyaki is fried octopus pancake balls and is a speciality of the Kansai region [...]
Japan, Life in Japan, Osaka, Photo, Politics
Political Grimace
03.31.07 | Permalink | 3 Comments

It’s local election time again in Japan. Candidates stand outside train stations wielding megaphones and wishing everyone good morning. Signs are erected with the various candidate’s posters extolling their virtues with winning smiles. Wait a minute winning smile? That’s a grimace of the first order! Come on man you can do it! Stretch those mouth [...]
Osaka, Photo
A cheap quick and tasty noodle shop
11.29.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

A noodle shop in Kyobashi, Osaka which bills itself as quick, cheap and delicious.
Japan, Osaka, Photo
Mundane Japan V
11.27.06 | Permalink | 2 Comments

Here`s some posters for live events in Osaka.
Japan, Osaka, Photo
Izumi Aobadai at Sunset
11.24.06 | Permalink | 1 Comment

This is the area in which I live – Aobadai in Izumi City, Osaka nearing sunset.

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