Spring training for the 2013 baseball season in both the USA and Japan begins in less than a month. I don’t have plans to see games this year in either country though. I do plan to see some professional baseball games in Korea this summer.

Today’s photo is a bit ironic. The sign says that watching the game while standing is prohibited. Everyone in this section of Chiba Marine Stadium stands during the entire half of the inning, though, except this little guy who was sitting, backwards, eating chips while watching fans instead of the game.

Posted on January 27th, 2013 under Japan. Tags: baseball, people, signs. Comments Off on Spring training begins soon

Tuna purchased at auction at Tsukiji getting moved

Last night we watched “Jiro Dreams Of Sushi” and it brought back lots of memories, including some from a few mornings I’ve spent at Tsukiji.

Posted on January 25th, 2013 under Japan. Tags: sushi, Tokyo, tsukiji. Comments: 1

Naruto billboard in Takadanobaba – Tokyo, Japan

At the time today’s photo was taken (November 2009), Naruto was celebrating 10 years as a weekly serial in Shonen Jump. More than three years later and Naruto is still going strong. In fact, it was just over three years ago that Naruto, the anime series, began being published in English.

Personally, I could never get into Naruto. The only manga I enjoyed in Jump was Kochi Kame.

Posted on January 22nd, 2013 under Japan. Tags: Japanese Manga. Comments Off on Naruto —ナルト—

Tokyo after dark

Today’s photo comes from Meguro in Tokyo. The glowing part of town to the right of center is Shibuya, and the Shinjuku skyscrapers can be seen farther to the right and in the distance.

The reflection in the bottom of the pic is from the ledge I set my camera on to take the long exposure.

Posted on January 21st, 2013 under Japan. Tags: aerial photography, blue hour, night photography, Tokyo. Comments Off on Tokyo blue hour

rice paddy terrace

Just to the northeast of the town of Wajima on the Notohanto are these terraced rice paddies known as senmaida (or thousand rice paddies or 千枚田). There are several senmaida locations in Japan.

Posted on January 19th, 2013 under Japan. Tags: ishikawa, noto hanto, rice paddy, wajima. Comments Off on Okunoto Senmaida