Kokubunji – Tonogayato Garden (Tonogayato Teien)
Making a stopover before heading to the Hachioji Matsuri for the second time, I visited Tonogayato Garden in Kokubunji. Kokubunji
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Asagaya Tanabata Matsuri, Star Festival
Tanabata (七夕) festivals (star festivals) are usually held in shopping streets such as the one in Asagaya. Colored paper streamers
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Mitama Matsuri, Soul Festival of Ikegami Honmonji Temple
Start of my matsuri month, in which I will try to visit as many matsuris (festivals) as possible from the
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Gujo Odori Festival in Aoyama
„Odori“ means „dance“ in Japanese and Gujo Odori is a traditional folk dance festival in Aoyama, Tokyo. Gujo Odoris are
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Todoroki Valley
Just leaving the train station and looking around, many places seem to look the same. But Tokyo is full of
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Cat Cafe in Tokyo: Don’t wake the cat!
A cat cafe near Inokashira park with a relaxed atmosphere – but don’t wake up the cat!
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Photo Plant and Kimchi Chocolate
In Tokyo’s Korea Town, the merchants are eager to find new ways to sell photos of famous Korean actors or
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Mega Hanami 2010
The number of meetup groups grew considerably since I came to Tokyo in 2007. Mega Hanami was a meet-up organized by multiple groups and we all came together to Yoyogi Park, probably the best free hanami (cherry blossom watching) spot in west Tokyo.
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Night walk in Nogata
Not the usual photo walk, but it works: Leave your home in the evening/night, select a street and then just
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Night full of snow in Nakano
There is very few snow here in Tokyo, so naturally I take many photos whenever it snows. At 11pm there was snow-rain outside and I decided to just walk from my apartment to the next convenience store.
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Toy Camera Store in Tokyo
While there are the lomo society and toy cam lovers in other countries, in Japan the toy cameras are particularly popular. The definition is fuzzy though, because it includes some vintage cameras such as Polaroid ones as well.
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