Chikubi ga Tatteiru

the lavender field; arriving, exhausted, at tokyo station; looking down the bastard mountain at the endless trail; sunrise from about halfway up; and this last picture is the design festa gallery, the place in harajuku i have wanted to see for years and spent half a day looking for last winter. finally found the thing at the end of a cramped little lane called "cat street", but didn't have so much time to poke around in there.

Akiramerrrrrrro!

a shot of towadako, making some candles with the chillunz, more fireworks, a huge taiko at the tree planting ceremony, and the guy that works at aoi tori, back in the little kitchen area.

Me ga Mabushi Sugiru

the attendees at the little dinner out by the damn mall, the birthday girl mei-ping shooting off some fireworks, a couple of the creepy cracks and tunnels in the copper mine, and a feller painting the creek near aomori.

Shabilly-shabi-shashin

these pictures: indoor picnic party in the cafeteria for one of my taiwainese friends, party in the little student lounge for a mongolian friend's birthday, the monkeys lounging about on monkey mountain (or "saruyama" in japanese), another party (one of maybe three or four) for the mongolian guy, and the middle school kids welcoming us.

Shabishibinjubitsubu

the old sapporo brewery, part of the restaurant inside the brewery, kitaichi-san's sister and her husband, the bridge in aomori at night, and the remains of hirosaki-jo.

Shamalama Shashinjutsu

this batch: warehouses in the hakodate harbor, a hakodate street at night, waiting for a streetcar, a view of the fort from the tower, and some warehouses along a canal in an old area of sapporo

Mo Shashin

the sea of japan, the tofu maker, the view of sendai from the site of sendai castle, cliss road in sendai, and one of the islands of matsushima

Shashin Totta

carls quinn in the cafe, hard hatted fellows waiting around in akita station, the view from senshu park, the tower of kubota castle, and the chilluns what i worked with last weekend.

Shashinjutsu Bonus Cuts

octo-pile, old snack shack, observation tower/light house, ryota blowing out his birthday candle, and the guy everyone calls ebi-kun (shrimp-boy) eating the disgusting american candy.

Shashinjutsu Juichiman Gosen Nanahyaku Hachiju Kyu

these 'uns is: some kids i played japanese games with, part of the kabuki performance, the main gate of the big shrine/temple/park area, birds shitting on me, and folks who attended the nabe party.