Yasuhiro Ogawa (小川 泰弘) of the Yakult Swallows (Hiroshima, Japan 2013)

MLB begins today. NPB has been going for a couple weeks.

Ogawa, pictured above, is one of Japan’s finest. He is 1-1 on the young season with an ERA of 1.20. Over the past few seasons he has a combined ERA of 3.11. His rookie season, when I took today’s photo, was his best as he went 16-4 with a 2.93 ERA. Last year Yakult nearly won it all, but they are off to a rough start so far in 2016.

Posted on April 3rd, 2016 under Japan. Tags: baseball, hiroshima, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D600, sports photography, yakult swallows. Comments Off on Opening Day

Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

Posted on March 17th, 2016 under Japan. Tags: hiroshima, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D600, 縮景園 Shukkei-en. Comments Off on Green

Osaka Castle

Posted on March 12th, 2016 under Japan. Tags: castle, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D600, osaka. Comments Off on Osaka Castle

The Japan Climax Series is well under way. Currently, Fukuoka leads the series 3-1 over Yakult. Today’s photo has nothing to do with the series though. Rather, it was my random, desktop image today from the Hanshin Tigers vs. Chunichi Dragons game I went to in August of 2013.

Posted on October 28th, 2015 under Japan. Tags: baseball, nagoya, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Chunichi Dragons

Two years ago I was in need of a reprieve of Korean city life. I found it in the mountains next to Busan via Geumgang Park’s (금강공원) cablecar.

Posted on August 11th, 2015 under Korea. Tags: busan, Nikon AF-S VR Zoom-NIKKOR 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6G IF-ED Telephoto Lens, Nikon D600. Comments Off on Escape from the city