Everyday Life in Japan - 7

Tags: japan, life, photography

No, I did not give up on this series of "Everyday Life in Japan". Last one was quite a while though, so the following is a collection of photos taken the last 2 months.
As usual here, no real common theme but just random shots I took from my day to day life...

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Minato Mirai by Night.

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I am never bored of this place.

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And I guess I am not the only one.

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Many groups of photographers come in the area to practice.

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This one was taken from the Washington Hotel, an average comfortable, not expensive hotel and well located (near the Sakuragicho station).

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In my neighborhood, this house was a ruin for the last 3 years (at least), finally they cleaned it. In 2 days there was nothing left.

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Vegetation vs construction : 1 - 0

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Yebisu beer : a good one! and beautifully designed.

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Twitter going mainstream with an article in Brutus magazine. Don't forget you can follow me at twitter.com/jeromesadou! I tweet stuff like this : (sometimes) :

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The guy with the big case choose the steps... the guy with the small case the escalator... mmm What to think ?

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1971 - 2009 - 2012 ? gah!.... well, quite unfortunate or done on purpose ??...

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If you wonder this is fried fish and it is good :)

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Ramen, the first plate I offer to my relatives visiting Japan for the first time!

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And what do they bring to me? Saucisson, for the win :)

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Tonkatsu is also a rather common plate here.

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We spent one night in a ryokan in our last trip in Tottori.

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If you come to Japan, try to spend at least one night in this kind of hotel/pension.

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An other random shot from the iPhone and tweeted at the time : a ganja t-shirt for 5 y.o kids in a well respected store :)

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In a sushi restaurant, once you finished you have a chance to win something for each plate you ate.

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I won this little samurai guy representing the restaurant brand.

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Why have a dog or a cat as a pet when you can have a goat ?! [goat is yagi in Japanese]

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Tottori style, I guess!

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This fruit is called Zakkuro, funny to eat and spit the seeds.

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In Nagano, somewhere in the mountain...

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This guy comes always with his bro.

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but actually I shot only one...

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A verrrrrrry long way. We did a u-turn

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when we reached this gate.

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Crabs from Tottori taking their last bath ...

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Sorry guys ...

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Back in Yokohama, not far from the apartment, a rather genki mikan tree!

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Swine flu sign at IKEA

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Street shot taken by my dad from the Excellent Hotel in Ebisu (not excellent but comfortable and close to the station).

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One more by my dad

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The classic oil tank, each 2 weeks (in winter) I fill it from the truck that comes in our street on Saturdays. We use the oil for the stove.

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We had a cruise on the Sumida river.

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Shots from the boat.

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This is Odaiba

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My bro practicing at a battling center for the first time. He was not bad at all.

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Visit of Roppongi Hills with the family.

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Let's go to the top

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Not easy to take good shots and without a mirror effect...

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This is the Tokyo tower, as high as the Eiffel tower : 300m (slightly more actually if I remember well)

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The Landmark tower (cf. shots from Yokohama) is also 300m high.

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No transition : a typical Japanese salary man at work :)

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And a new pet at home!

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It changed from the spider

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Did I say my wife was a great cook ? :)

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Found this shrine in Ebisu.

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Near a big avenue but in a street I never took before.

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When I have some time, I like to walk randomly in Tokyo.

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Well, 58 photos for this article...

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I hope you liked some of them

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