[*] He he In September 2006 I decided to come to live in Japan... Well let's say, to try it. It was my third time to come to Japan. I was over 30 years old so had no possibility to apply for a working holiday visa, my only chance was to find a job and an employer willing to support me for a visa and that during the 3 months of my tourist visa's length. To make it more difficult, my Japanese was basic at the time and I had absolutely no network in Tokyo. No twitter, no facebook, no linkedi... Read more

Wow wow wow... Already the 14th of January. Veeeery slow start for the blog this year, sorry for that, as an excuse I will use the famous one : "I was busy" if you don't mind. So, well, it is kind of late for that but I wish you all an Happy New Year and thank you for stopping by! [Ice skating park in Yokohama, no ,no snow here for now, anyway it is quite unexpected] 2009 has been quite awesome for me : I got married and the ceremony in November was incredible with my parents coming t... Read more

Thanks to Gordon Kanki Knight who is a journalist based in Tokyo, I am quite happy to see about 15 photos I shot at the Cycle Mode International "published" on the website of Wallpaper*. Gordon is also a bicycle lover, fixed gear rider and formerly a track racer. He used to write for bicycle magazines as well, for sure he knows what he is talking about! As for Wallpaper* if you don't know it, wikipedia says : "Wallpaper (trademarked Wallpaper* with an asterisk) is a Time Inc. magazine... Read more

I know I still have a photo article about the bicycle market to upload but as I promised a while ago, here is my visit to one of the sneaker supermarkets in Japan, an ABC Mart, we can find them a little bit everywhere here in Tokyo. As you see for this fall collection it's a firework of colors! And all the brands are playing the game, Nike : Reebok : New Balance : (ok this one is actually a real running shoes but I could not resist to post it here)... Read more

Few shots from a ToptoTop shop in DaikanYama (yes again DaikanYama :) specialized in Japanese sneaker brands. First we have DragonBeard, it seems the company is about 10 year old. I like their sneaker models but they also have casual and walking shoes (less my type). The most famous brand abroad is certainly Onitsuka Tiger by Asics (same founder, Mr. Onitsuka... obviously). The two brands share the same logo, if ASICS is a sports label, Onitsuka Tiger... Read more