February 22, 2012

Japanese Superstition
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Omikuji

Omikuji

Omikuji is a kind of fortune. Most folks buy one on New Years, but they are available at any time. They usually give you a general fortune — great luck, good luck, fair luck, bad luck, or some variation of these with maybe a few others added in — and then more specific things such as if it is a good year for a new job, or for traveling, or having child, and so on.

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February 20, 2012

iPhoneography
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Cartoon Geisha

Cartoon Geisha

Isn’t she cute?

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In Sakura Season
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River of Cherry Blossoms

River of Cherry Blossoms

When the cherry blossoms start falling… the entire river looks like this!

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February 15, 2012

Moody Monochrome
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Lonely Bench

Lonely Bench

Even the brightly lit subways of Japan can become quite moody with some creative processing :)

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February 14, 2012

Linked List
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→Pinterest

This new service seems fun. The design is nice, and the UI is very easy to use. Basically it is like a digital scrapbook. As you may expect, that means the majority of users are women. Well over 60% from what I read.

Women… And photographers!

I was almost content to ignore this as just the next fad, but several of my photos started showing up on it, and the entire photographer community seems to be moving towards it.

I’m still learning the ropes, but I’d welcome your follow if you want to keep up with me on there.

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February 9, 2012

photo and info
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Spotlight on the Lotus

Spotlight on the Lotus

These flowers are all over Japan. They’re really something, too. Did you ever wonder how they stay so clean even though they live in usually dirty water? Turns out their surface isn’t smooth, but covered with millions of nano sized bumps. The valleys or spaces between these bumps aren’t small enough for particles of dirt to fit into, so the dirty sits on top. Water is also too big to fit in these spaces, so it tends to bead up and roll off, carrying all the dirt with it. Botanists call this the Lotus Effect.

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February 7, 2012

Sakura in Spring
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The Cherry Path

The Cherry Path

This is from last year, a preview of what we will be seeing in about two months or so, with luck. Cherry Blossoms!! Various other kinds start blooming soon (The kawazuzakura near me are already starting to bud), but the main attraction are the someiyoshino, and they don’t bloom till April.

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Japanese stone lanterns
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Lights Out!

Lights Out!

These Japanese lanterns — tōrō — are always pleasant things to find and enjoy. They were originally only used in Buddhist temples, but they soon enough found their way to both private homes and Shinto shrines. Beautiful on their own, but.… Kind of spooky when rendered in high contrast black and white!

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Beauty in the sky
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Look Up

Look Up

Always look up — you can never know for sure when what you see up there will be awesome!

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