An Izakaya Night

*Izakaya refers to Japanese pubs and bars. This photo was taken at a traditional hotel where guests wear yukata or a lightweight kimono in the hotel premises.

abril 2005
osawa onsen
izu peninsula, japan

Subdued Beauty

abril 2005
osawa onsen
izu peninsula, japan

Wishful

*Omikuji are fortunes written in strips of paper at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples in Japan.

febrero 2005
enoshima island
kanagawa, japan

Shoot Me

julio 2005
ropponggi hills
tokyo, japan

*This photo belongs to the same series as the banner photo of this photoblog.

The Gambling $phinx

My first guest photograph:


abril 2003
las vegas, nevada

This Week's Guest Photographer
Jade is originally from the Philippines but now, with her husband, David, she calls New York home. She works for America's largest bookseller as a communications coordinator. We have been friends since our university days. She has one of the nicest laughs I know.

Strike A Pose

julio 2005
christian lacroix @ ropponggi hills
tokyo, japan

Faceless

julio 2005
issey miyake @ ropponggi hills
tokyo, japan

*Thank you for all your kind words and comments from the last entry. You all had me blushing. ;)
I will be featuring some of my friends' photographs in this blog in the coming days. Thank you, Ian, for the great idea! I hope you also enjoy their work. Coming up very soon!

Secret Smile [Self-Portrait]

junio 2005
grangemouth manor
falkirk, scotland

Rings

julio 2005
tokyo, japan

In marriage there are no manners to keep up, and beneath the wildest accusations no real criticism. Each is familiar with that ancient child in the other who may erupt again.
We are not ridiculous to ourselves. We are ageless.

That is the luxury of the wedding ring.

(Enid Bagnold, British novelist and playwright)

I Am Back

abril 2005
ropponggi hills cafe
tokyo, japan

*I am back! This is the last of the Spoons & Forks series. I hope you enjoy the new blog design. :)
Ah, it feels good to be back on track.

Silver [Part II]

abril 2005
ropponggi hills cafe
tokyo, japan

Silver

abril 2005
ropponggi hills
tokyo, japan

a different kind of photo post...

julio 2005
home
tokyo, japan


*I've just gotten some of my photographs printed and framed for the first time! We are giving these to my father-in-law (right photo) as a birthday gift. These were taken in his garden in the UK last June.

Bride (part II)

junio 2005
barbara
grangemouth manor
falkirk, scotland

Bride

junio 2005
barbara
grangemouth manor
falkirk, scotland

Orange Silk

junio 2005
kettering, northamptonshire
united kingdom

Golden Flower

junio 2005
kettering, northamptonshire
united kingdom

Purple Blossom

junio 2005
kettering, northamptonshire
united kingdom

Marbles

junio 2005
kettering, northamptonshire
united kingdom

*marbles borrowed from my mum-in-law's solitaire set

Woman at the Grave

junio 2005
en la cementerio
kettering, northamptonshire
united kingdom