standing on the edge of the suicide cliffs. right at the edge.
long shot of the suicide cliffs.
koi, a waterfall, a house on stilts.
the giant temple compound eiheiji. we didn't get in, but it was still very pretty.
a big, slow koi. we call them carp.
this is a beautiful restored house on a pond in a park in fukui. i got an accidental free tour from a really nice old woman who didn't speak english. i think it went pretty well all things considered.
this is the outside of the above house with a stream around it. really beautiful.
this is the exterior of a really beat up building that houses a hardcore soba place. an old dude hammers it out by hand and you have to call to tell him you are coming. no joke soba.
this is the entrance. the building is literally falling apart. for the most part it's already fallen apart, i guess.
this is the interior and a notebook in which you write your impression of the soba. i did't because all of the entries were in japanese and i wasn't going to write a mistake-riddled entry in hiragana.
this little toy walks around anything it's tied to. in this case it was a water bottle. it sings an annoying song, too.
this is a short of the madness that is denkitown, a sort of mini akihabara in osaka.
a pointless little short of the street in shimokitazawa, my favorite place in tokyo.
ben and a ton of people partying during hanami.
a monkey on our path in kyoto.
the streets of akihabara.
the stunning selection of alcohol at restaurant athens.
i taught the guys at norge how to snort pernod off the bottom of an overturned wineglass. ken's first time.
tadashi's first time.
tadashi's addiciton takes foot.
funny clip of tadashi builting a cherry bomb out of many smaller fireworks.
trying to ignite a lighter fluid-soaked box of fireworks.
the more the merrier.
ken and tadashi getting a little amped over something. it doesn't take much.
wait til the end for ken's cool little shimmy.
leaving in the AM.
after finally getting the little box lit, tadashi jumps into the fireworks. he also break danced in it, but i missed it.
on the last few days i started taking stealth movies in norge. tadashi found me out.
more stealth action.
stealth action with a glimpse of akemi from bar great harry.
friendly japanese banter between ben and ken. stealth.
this more or less captures the spirit of norge while we were there.
turn your head sideways for this one.
i arrived in japan shortly after they installed electronics root systems for the trees.
this is the crowd near the giant ferris wheel on new year's eve.
this is the clock turning for 2003. it's in the middle of the ferris wheel.
these are just some fat birds.