For a few weeks now I've been thinking about a project for this summer. A sporty one. My goal is to start from 0m, Yokohama altitude to the top of Japan, the Mount Fuji, 3776 m.In one day and by my own strength.Meaning riding my bike from Yokohama to the fifth station of Fuji San (last place the cars can reach) and then climbing to the top.Yokohama in red, Fuji San in blue.To make it eve... Read more

I just realized that the last episode of "Everyday Life in Japan" was as far as December! As Homer Simpson would say : "D'oh!" Yep, time is flying!!So it is much time for my random mix of snapshots in Tokyo and around.Most were taken with the Nikon D5000, and the bad looking ones were taken with the iPhone 3G.This lion is at the entrance of an old imperial building now used as an exhibition place.... Read more

I already covered the city previously but I've been there 2 times last week (it is only about 25mn from Yokohama) and took many photos again. The weather was really nice with a taste of spring. Preparing the photos for the article I remembered that I went there also in November with my parents during their Japan travel. That time also was a good day for photography so I include here some... 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... Read more

Completely forgot to upload these photos! I took them at the beginning of November during our trip in Nagano prefecture. We spent an afternoon in this Ninja village : even if it was a rather small place, it was fun! The place is called : Togakushi Ninja Karakuri Yashiki. I said village but it mostly composed of 3 main houses. One being a "trick" house. This is where the fun... Read more