Tokyo Tower from inside Nissin World Delicatessen

When we wanted to give a gift “from Oregon” when we were in Japan we would head over to the International Supermarket in Azabu known as Nissin World Delicatessen (address: 東京都港区東麻布２丁目３４−２). The selection was good, but the prices were crazy. If I remember correctly, a bottle of Rogue beer that could be purchased at my local supermarket in Ashland for well under $2 would cost four or five times as much in Tokyo. But the very fact that something from Rogue Ales could be purchased in Tokyo was pretty cool.

From the third floor in Nissin World Delicatessen (日進ワールドデリカテッセン) you can see Tokyo Tower out the window.

Posted on March 6th, 2013 under Japan. Tags: Tokyo, tokyo tower. Comments Off on Tokyo Towers

The One Sushi 日本料理

We love baseball, sushi, apple pie, and Chevrolet. Isn’t that how the song goes?

March is here, and that means baseball season is not far away. In fact, with the 2013 World Baseball Classic beginning this weekend, the 2013 baseball season is more or less underway.

Today’s photo is from my trip to Yankee Stadium last summer. This summer I’ll visit several stadiums I have never been to before, but probably none of them will be in the USA. They will be in Japan and Korea. Stay tuned.

Posted on March 1st, 2013 under Japan, Other. Tags: baseball, new york, nikon d7000, sushi, Tokina 11-16mm f/2.8 Lens for Nikon. Comments Off on Yankee Stadium Sushi

Today’s photo shows a different time of day and year compared to the recent post of the giant spider sculpture in Roppongi.

Posted on February 28th, 2013 under Japan. Tags: mori tower, night photography, roppongi, Tokyo. Comments Off on Maman at night with holiday lights

You can see more photos of, and read more about, this Buddhist temple, including an old Edo Period drawing of the place, in this prior entry. This gate is much more elaborate than the original in the Edo drawing. Unlike most Shinto shrines in Japan, you can’t enter these Buddhist grounds once they shut the gates at dusk (or before they open them in the morning).

Posted on February 25th, 2013 under Japan. Tags: blue hour, buddhist, nishi-waseda, temples. Comments Off on Blue Hour Ryochoin (亮朝院)

Tokyo Marathon 2010 in the rain (Iidabashi, Tokyo, Japan)

Today’s Tokyo Marathon 2013 had Kazuhiro Maeda as the top Japanese finisher. Four of the top five finishers were from Kenya with the winner being Dennis Kipruto Kimetto.

I remember, very well, a wet morning three years ago when I was there. Click here for more photos and video from that day.

Posted on February 24th, 2013 under Japan. Tags: people, rain, Tokyo, tokyo marathon. Comments Off on Tokyo Marathon 2013 results