@aniklasson @TuttleBooks @evacomics

A great book for kids or adults heading to Japan for the first time, or who want to reminisce about their time in Tokyo, I read the entire thing on a less-than-two-hour flight this past weekend. The pictures are fun, the facts are accurate, and the suggestions will lead to discoveries (or enjoyable memories) for anyone and everyone.

My daughter (now 21), who lived in Tokyo for a year when she was 11 years old, read much of A Manga Lover’s Tokyo Travel Guide: My Favorite Things to See and Do In Japan when she saw it on the nightstand in our hotel room. When she finished looking at it she exclaimed, “I wish there was a book like this for Ecuador!”. She is heading to Ecuador, for the first time, for a month or so on a study abroad in a couple months.

Nice work, Evangeline Neo!

April 30th, 2019 | Tags: book review, Japanese Manga, reviews, Tokyo | Category: Japan | Comments Off on A Manga Lover’s Tokyo Travel Guide: My Favorite Things to See and Do In Japan

#brutalAssault2019 #brutalassault @Frankreature

Maybe the reason is the cost?

Copenhell costs about $300 and is sold out so will cost much more on the secondary market. Beer is expensive, housing is expensive, etc.
Wacken is a similar price, (too big and too crowded IMO), and is also sold out.

Under the radar is Brutal Assault. With a very similar lineup of bands to Wacken, spread over one more day (so you don’t miss as many acts playing at the same time), and a crowd less than a third the size, you’ll get closer to the stages and enjoy your experience far more. Beer is cheap (under $2 for 17 oz!!), the setting is an 18th-century fortress, and the Czech Republic is awesome. Spend some days in Prague on your way in or out. Tickets through the end of April are just $100 for four days! Buy your ticket here.

About 30 more bands will be announced later this week!

April 29th, 2019 | Tags: brutal assault festival | Category: Other | Comments Off on Never been to a European metal festival?

all has been said,
can you hear them?
Their voices are free,
free from the sun stare,
free from the noise,
of lost souls…

Normally I do Metal Monday on Monday, but since I’ve had metal posts the past five or so days, I decided to go with a non-metal photo with some metal lyrics. Do you know the song? It’s one of my favorites.

April 29th, 2019 | Tags: beach, neurosis, Nikon 24-120mm f/4 VR G lens, Nikon D750, oahu, pacific ocean | Category: Hawaii | Comments Off on Under the Waves

@COPENHELL #copenhell #copenhell2018 @OzzyOsbourne #nomoretours @ZakkWyldeBLS

April 28th, 2019 | Tags: black sabbath, concert photography, copenhell, nikon 50mm f/1.8, Nikon D750, zakk wylde | Category: Denmark | Comments Off on Happy Sabbath

@archenemymetal #geflemetalfestival #geflemetal @Spiritual_B

April 27th, 2019 | Tags: AF-S NIKKOR 85mm f/1.8G lens, arch enemy, concert photography, gefle metal festival, metal, Nikon D750 | Category: Other | Comments Off on Happy birthday, Sharlee D’Angelo!