Photojournalism, documentary photography, street photography, straight photography

日本ロスト・イン・トランスレーション

2011-10-20T07:41:00.000-07:00

JAPAN Lost in Translation 日本ロスト・イン・トランスレーション by Rawlandry | Make Your Own Book

CHINA - GUANGXI, XINJIANG & YUNNAN

2011-09-23T07:51:00.001-07:00

中国新疆-云南-广西 Xinjiang-Yunnan-Guangxi by Rawlandry | Make Your Own Book

NORTH... TO ...SOUTH

2011-09-20T02:54:00.001-07:00

NORTH... TO ...SOUTH by Rawlandry | Make Your Own Book

CARNAVAL DE DUNKERQUE 2011

2011-09-13T16:41:00.000-07:00

CARNAVAL DE DUNKERQUE 2011 by RawLandry | Make Your Own Book

3rd CIAT HARAS DU PIN JULY 18th 2010

2010-07-26T08:04:00.000-07:00

30 participants

VOITURE 18 Parkwagen Hammam Twistrigen

VOITURE 16 Dog Cart

VOITURE 28 Roof Seat Break Constant

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MARATHON DU CAI 17 JULY 2010

2010-07-25T04:51:00.000-07:00

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Marathon Obstacles

Marathon obstacles, sometimes known as hazards, frequently take advantage of natural features, being sited around trees and on slopes, but are typically solidly-built sections of posts and rails. National events have decorated and/or brightly painted obstacles which are more exciting to the eye, however many clubs have venues where the obstacles are permanent and these are more likely to be imaginatively dressed than sites where the obstacles are built specially for each event.
Driving any horse or pony and carriage around an obstacle at speed requires practice and a rapport between driver, animal(s) and groom(s). Timing starts as the horse's nose crosses the start line and ends when his nose crosses the finish line, frequently the same markers

HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING TEST

2010-06-03T15:01:00.000-07:00

High Dynamic Range imaging is a set of techniques that allow a greater dynamic range of luminances between the lightest and darkest areas of an image than standard digital imaging techniques or photographic methods. This wider dynamic range allows HDR images to more accurately represent the wide range of intensity levels found in real scenes, ranging from direct sunlight to faint starlight.

Quick tests using Photomatix Pro 3 trial version - All comments are welcome / recommendations about other software. In advance thanks RL

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YI MINORITY – YUNNAN PROVINCE – CHINA

2010-04-19T01:14:00.000-07:00

Well, Yi women are not so easy to find and even harder to photograph - I like also very old Yi women in Black - They really look like Bats!!!! (Clic to see more)

Young women are pretty and dressed colorfully – Many thanks to the young Yi woman below that was cooling down her mother (top picture) when I found them in a small local market around Lugu Lake.

The Yi people (own name in the Liangshan dialect: ꆈꌠ, official transcription: Nuosu (諾蘇), IPA: [nɔ̄sū]; Chinese: 彝族; pinyin: Yízú; the older name "Lolo" or "Luǒluǒ" (倮倮) is now considered derogatory in China, though used officially in Vietnam as Lô Lô and in Thailand as Lolo [โล-โล]) are a modern ethnic group in China, Vietnam, and Thailand. Numbering 8 million, they are the seventh largest of the 55 ethnic minority groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China. They live primarily in rural areas of Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, usually in mountainous regions. There are 3,300 Lô Lô people (1999 statistics) living in Hà Giang, Cao Bằng, and Lào Cai provinces in northeastern Vietnam.

The Yi speak Yi, a Tibeto-Burman language closely related to Burmese, which is written in the Yi script.

The Yi are animists, with elements of Daoism, shamanism and fetishism. Shamans/medicine men are known as “Bimo”ꀘꂾ (official transcription: bi mox; proximate French pronunciation: pimo), which means the master who can chant ancient documents. Bimo officiate at births, funerals, weddings and fetes.

Of the over 8 million Yi people, over 4.5 million live in Yunnan Province, 2.5 million live in southern Sichuan Province, and 1 million live in the northwest corner of Guizhou Province. Nearly all the Yi live in mountainous areas, often carving out their existence on the sides of steep mountain slopes far from the cities of China.

流鏑馬 - Yabusame - Kamakura

2010-04-19T01:01:00.000-07:00

Yabusame (流鏑馬) is a type of Japanese archery, one that is performed while riding a horse. The archer shoots a special "turnip-headed" arrow at a wooden target.

This style of archery has its origins at the beginning of the Kamakura period. Minamoto no Yoritomo became alarmed at the lack of archery skills his samurai had. He organized yabusame as a form of practice.

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Japanese bows date back to prehistoric times — the Jōmon Period. The long, unique asymmetrical bow style with the grip below the center emerged under the Yayoi culture (300 BC – 300 AD) Bows became the symbol of authority and power. The legendary first emperor of Japan, Emperor Jimmu, is always depicted carrying a bow.

The use of the bow had been on foot until around the 4th century when elite soldiers took to fighting on horseback with bows and swords. In the 10th century, samurai would have archery duels on horseback. They would ride at each other and try to shoot at least three arrows. These duels did not necessarily have to end in death, as long as honor was satisfied. One of the most famous and celebrated incidents of Japanese mounted archery occurred during the Genpei War (1180–1185), an epic struggle for power between the Heike and Genji clans that was to have a major impact on Japanese culture, society, and politics.

At the Battle of Yashima, the Heike, having been defeated in battle, fled to Yashima and took to their boats. They were fiercely pursued by the Genji on horseback, but the Genji were halted by the sea.

As the Heike waited for the winds to be right, they presented a fan hung from a mast as a target for any Genji archer to shoot at in a gesture of chivalrous rivalry between enemies.

One of the Genji samurai, Nasu Yoichi, accepted the challenge. He rode his horse into the sea and shot the fan cleanly through. Nasu won much fame and his feat is still celebrated to this day.

During the Kamakura Period (1192–1334), mounted archery was used as a military training exercise to keep samurai prepared for war. Those archers who did poorly might find themselves commanded to commit seppuku, or ritualistic suicide.

One style of mounted archery was inuoumono — shooting at dogs. Buddhist priests were able to prevail upon the samurai to have the arrows padded so that the dogs were only annoyed and bruised rather than killed. This sport is no longer practiced.

There are two famous schools of mounted archery that perform yabusame. One is the Ogasawara school. The founder, Ogasawara Nagakiyo, was instructed by the shogun Minamoto Yoritomo (1147–1199) to start a school for archery. Yoritomo wanted his warriors to be highly skilled and disciplined. Archery was seen as a good way for instilling the necessary principles for a samurai warrior.

Zen became a major element in both foot and mounted archery as it also became popular among the samurai in every aspect of their life during the Kamakura Period.

Yabusame as a martial art helped a samurai learn concentration, discipline, and refinement. Zen taught breathing techniques to stabilize the mind and body, giving clarity and focus. To be able to calmly draw one's bow, aim, and shoot in the heat of battle, and then repeat, was the mark of a true samurai who had mastered his training and his fear.

The other archery school was begun earlier by Minamoto Yoshiari in the 9th century at the command of Emperor Uda. This school became known as the Takeda school of archery. The Takeda style has been featured in classic samurai films such as Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" (1954) and "Kagemusha" (1980). The famed actor of many samurai films, Toshiro Mifune, was a noted student of the Takeda school

BOOMBASTIC ....

2010-02-09T14:07:00.001-08:00

MOVE IT MOVE IT ....

2010-02-09T12:21:00.001-08:00

2009-12-05T08:56:00.000-08:00

Tuna are carnivorous fish from the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. Tuna are fast swimmers—they have been clocked at 70 kilometres per hour (43 mph)—and include several warm-blooded species. Unlike most fish, which have white flesh, tuna flesh is pink to dark red, which could explain their odd nick-name, "rose of the sea." The red coloring comes from tuna muscle tissue's greater quantities of myoglobin, an oxygen-binding molecule. Some of the larger species, such as the bluefin tuna, can raise their blood temperature above water temperature through muscular activity. This ability enables them to live in cooler waters and to survive in a wide range of ocean environments.

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LONG KNIVES - TSUKIJI FISH MARKET 築地市場

2009-12-05T08:30:00.000-08:00

Fresh tuna is carved with extremely long knives (some well over a meter in length) called oroshi hocho, maguro-bocho, or hancho hocho.

Oroshi hocho (Japanese: おろし包丁, "wholesale knife") and hancho hocho (半丁包丁, "half-tool knife") are extremely long, highly specialized knives used in Japan to fillet tuna and other large fish.

The oroshi hocho is a longer knife with a blade length of 150 cm (60 inches) in addition to a 30 cm (12 inch) handle. It can fillet a tuna in a single cut, although usually two to three people are needed to handle the knife and the tuna. The flexible blade is curved to the shape of the spine to minimize the amount of meat remaining on the tuna chassis. The hancho hocho is the shorter blade with a length of around 100 cm (39 inches) in addition to the handle. The hancho hocho is also sometimes called a maguro kiri ( マグロ切, "tuna-cutter").

They are commonly found at wholesale fish markets in Japan, the largest of which is the Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo. They may be found at very large restaurants, but they are not used in a regular Japanese kitchen, unless there is a frequent need to fillet tuna with a weight of 200 kg (440 pounds) or more.

To those unfamiliar with Japanese knives they may be confused with Japanese swords. However, they are not a weapon but a tool, although they have been used as weapons by Yakuza

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TUNA AT TSUKIJI FISH MARKET 築地市場

2009-12-05T08:27:00.000-08:00

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TSUKIJI FISH MARKET 築地市場, TSUKIJI SHIJO

2009-12-05T08:23:00.000-08:00

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It is said that "Uogashi" or a riverside fish market dates back to the 16th century, the beginning of the Edo period. Tokugawa Ieyasu, the first Tokugawa shogun and builder of Edo as is now Tokyo, invited fishermen from Tsukudajima, Osaka and gave them a privilege for fishing in order to let them supply seafood to Edo Castle. The fishermen purveyed fish to the Castle and sold the remains near the Nihonbashi bridge. It was the origin of Uogashi. Then, to meet the growing demand for fish with the increase in population, Nihonbashi Uogashi was reformed and developed into a market. The market was lead by wholesale merchants licensed by the Shogunate who bought fish from local ports, sold them to jobbers in the market and thus built up a large fortune, forming their own distributing network. Vegetables markets handling vegetables gathered in the suburbs of Edo were established in Kanda, Senju and Komagome: the Edo's three big vegetable markets. The markets attained prosperity led by wholesalers and jobbers like fish markets. During the Edo period the market price was determined chiefly by negotiated transactions between sellers and buyers. Public auction was hardly taken place except in vegetable markets. In the Meiji and Taisho eras, the privilege of wholesale merchants were abolished. In 1923 some 20 private markets in Tokyo were destroyed almost completely by the Great Kanto Earthquake. After the earthquake, Tokyo City as it then was undertook to construct a central wholesale market on the bases of the Central Wholesale Market Law which had been promulgated in the same year. As a result, the three markets of Tsukiji, Kanda and Koto were founded and the growing population then led to a succession of new markets.

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UNITED COLORS OF TOKYO BAGS

2009-12-05T08:13:00.000-08:00

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HANAZONO-JINJA SHINJUKU

2009-11-27T02:19:00.000-08:00

Religon and of course foods

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GOLDEN-GAI SHINJUKU TOKYO

2009-11-27T02:17:00.000-08:00

Colors & Doors, Mail Boxes, and Meters

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SHANGHAI A CITY ON THE MOVE ... DEPARTURE OR ARRIVAL?

2009-11-24T03:27:00.000-08:00

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MAIL BOX SERIE GALLERY OUTSTANDING ART SHANGHAI

2009-11-23T06:54:00.000-08:00

The Hong Kong mail box Serie could be seen at the GALLERY OUTSTANDING ART SHANGHAI - No.26,Lane274,Taikang Rd Shanghai China.

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TRAMWAY SERIE - HONG KONG 2005-2006

2009-11-22T07:04:00.000-08:00

Black&White

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STREET GRAFFITI & TAGS HONG KONG

2009-11-21T06:57:00.000-08:00

Period 2005 - 2006 / Black&White Serie

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ELECTRIC BOARDS HONG KONG

2009-11-20T07:00:00.000-08:00

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GUANGXI COUNTRYSIDE

2009-11-09T17:24:00.000-08:00

Detian - Banyue Falls (Chinese: 德天瀑布 & 板約瀑布) or Ban Gioc Falls (Vietnamese: thác Bản Giốc), are 2 waterfalls on the Quy Xuan River straddling the Sino-Vietnamese border, located in in the Karst hills of Daxing County in the Chongzuo prefecture of Guangxi Province, on the Chinese side, and in the district of Trung Khanh, Cao Bằng province on the Vietnamese side, 272 km north of Hanoi.

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SUMO AT RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN - TOKYO - JAPAN

2009-09-20T02:19:00.000-07:00

Sumo (相撲, sumō) is a competitive contact sport where a wrestler (rikishi) attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring (dohyō) or to touch the ground with anything other than the soles of the feet. The sport originated in Japan, the only country where it is practiced professionally. The Japanese consider sumo a gendai budō[citation needed](a modern Japanese martial art), though the sport has a history spanning many centuries. The sumo tradition is very ancient, and even today the sport includes many ritual elements, such as the use of salt for purification, from the days sumo was used in the Shinto religion.

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RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN - TOKYO - JAPAN

2009-09-20T02:16:00.000-07:00

Ryōgoku Kokugikan (両国国技館, Ryōgoku Kokugi-kan) is an indoor sporting arena located in the Ryōgoku neighborhood of Sumida, one of the 23 wards of Tokyo in Japan, next to the Edo-Tokyo Museum. It is the third building built in Tokyo associated with the name kokugikan. The current building was opened in 1985 and has a capacity of 13,000 people. It is mainly used for sumo wrestling tournaments (honbasho) and hosts the hatsu (new year) basho in January, the natsu (summer) basho in May, and the aki (autumn) basho in September

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SUMO AT RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN - TOKYO

2009-09-20T02:15:00.000-07:00

BOOM, BING, SNAK, PAFF, SPLATTT, BWOOM, OOOUUUCHHH ...

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TANGO IN RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN - TOKYO

2009-09-20T02:14:00.000-07:00

Early tango was known as tango criollo, or simply tango. Today, there are many tango dance styles, including Argentine Tango, Uruguayan Tango, Ballroom tango (American and International styles), Finnish tango and vintage tangos. What many consider to be the authentic tango is that closest to that originally danced in Argentina and Uruguay, though other types of tango have developed into mature dances in their own right.

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AKIHABARA - TOKYO

2009-09-14T07:43:00.000-07:00

Akihabara (秋葉原?) ("Field of Autumn Leaves"), also known as Akihabara Electric Town (秋葉原電気街, Akihabara Denki Gai?), is an area of Tokyo, Japan.

OMOTESANDO - TOKYO

2009-09-14T07:36:00.000-07:00

Omotesandō (表参道?) is an avenue, was originally created as the frontal (表, Omote?) approach (参道, Sandō?) to Meiji Shrine, when the Shrine was dedicated in the Taishō era. It is known as an upscale shopping area featuring several international brand outlets.

XITANG, 西塘, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE CHINA

2009-09-04T08:30:00.000-07:00

Xitang (Chinese: 西塘; pinyin: Xītáng) is an ancient scenic town in Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, China.

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XITANG, 西塘, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE CHINA

2009-09-04T08:26:00.001-07:00

(Chinese: 西塘; pinyin: Xītáng) is an ancient scenic town in Jiashan County, Zhejiang Province, China.

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Xitang is level, densely distributed with rivers, and has a very quiet natural environment. With nine rivers converging at this town, dividing it into eight sections, there are many stone bridges linking it together.

In the older section of town, all the buildings face onto the canals, the true transportation system of the area.

Xitang contains numerous older residences and old temples such as Seventh Master's Temple. Xitang preserves a tranquil ambience and scenic beauty.

SAMBA IN ASAKUSA

2009-08-30T05:39:00.001-07:00

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SAMBA FESTIVAL ASAKUSA - TOKYO AUGUST 29th 2009
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TOKYO NIGHTS

2009-08-28T09:01:00.000-07:00

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TOMIOKA HACHIMANGU SHRINE MATSURI

2009-08-27T10:10:00.000-07:00

Summer in Tokyo -
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Tomioka Hachimangu Shrine

A mikoshi (神輿) is a portable Shinto shrine. Shinto followers believe that it serves as the vehicle of a divine spirit in Japan at the time of a parade of deities. Often, the mikoshi resembles a miniature building, with pillars, walls, a roof, a veranda and a railing. Typical shapes are rectangles, hexagons, and octagons. The body, which stands on two or four poles (for carrying), is usually lavishly decorated, and the roof might hold a carving of a Phoenix.

During a matsuri, or Japanese festival, people bear a mikoshi on their shoulders by means of the two or four poles. They bring the mikoshi from the shrine, carry it around the neighborhoods that worship at the shrine, and in many cases leave it in a designated area, resting on blocks, for a time before returning it to the shrine. Some shrines have the custom of dipping the mikoshi in the water of a nearby lake, river or ocean. At certain festivals, the people who bear the mikoshi wave it wildly from side to side.

AWAJISHIMA - AWA ODORI

2009-08-06T08:52:00.000-07:00

Sumoto - Awajishima - Summer Dance - Awa Odori
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The Awa Dance Festival (阿波踊り, Awa Odori?) is held in summer. Groups of choreographed dancers and musicians known as ren (連) dance through the streets, typically accompanied by the shamisen lute, taiko drums, shinobue flute and the kane bell. Performers wear traditional obon dance costumes, and chant and sing as they parade through the streets. The earliest origins of the dance style are found in the Japanese Buddhist priestly dances of Nembutsu-odori and hiji-odori of the Kamakura Period (1185-1333), and also in kumi-odori, a lively harvest dance that was known to last for several days.

The Awa Odori festival grew out of the tradition of the Bon odori which is danced as part of the Obon "Festival of the Dead", a Japanese Buddhist celebration where the spirits of deceased ancestors are said to visit their living relatives for a few days of the year. The term "Awa Odori" was not used until the 20th century.

XINJIANG CHINA MAY 2009

2009-04-08T10:01:00.000-07:00

A trip to the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China end of May 2009
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LIONS AT KRUGER PARK

2008-12-22T07:54:00.000-08:00

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KUDUS & WATERBUCKS AT KRUGER PARK

2008-12-21T07:43:00.000-08:00

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GIRAFFES AT KRUGER PARK

2008-12-21T07:40:00.000-08:00

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WHITE RHINOS & BUFFALOS AT KRUGER PARK

2008-12-21T07:37:00.000-08:00

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ZEBRAS AT KRUGER PARK

2008-12-20T07:46:00.000-08:00

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HONG KONG RUGBY SEVEN 2006

2006-04-08T18:31:00.000-07:00

3 DAYS AMAZING OF PURE FUN ....

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WASABI JAZZ PARIS 2005

2005-05-18T22:35:00.000-07:00

Some Black & White Pictures - Paris May 2005 - Thanks Haruko

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Photojournalism, documentary photography, street photography, straight photography

日本 ロスト・イン・トランスレーション

CHINA - GUANGXI, XINJIANG & YUNNAN

NORTH... TO ...SOUTH

CARNAVAL DE DUNKERQUE 2011

3rd CIAT HARAS DU PIN JULY 18th 2010

MARATHON DU CAI 17 JULY 2010

HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE IMAGING TEST

YI MINORITY – YUNNAN PROVINCE – CHINA

流鏑馬 - Yabusame - Kamakura

BOOMBASTIC ....

MOVE IT MOVE IT ....

LONG KNIVES - TSUKIJI FISH MARKET 築地市場

TUNA AT TSUKIJI FISH MARKET 築地市場

TSUKIJI FISH MARKET 築地市場, TSUKIJI SHIJO

UNITED COLORS OF TOKYO BAGS

HANAZONO-JINJA SHINJUKU

GOLDEN-GAI SHINJUKU TOKYO

SHANGHAI A CITY ON THE MOVE ... DEPARTURE OR ARRIVAL?

MAIL BOX SERIE GALLERY OUTSTANDING ART SHANGHAI

TRAMWAY SERIE - HONG KONG 2005-2006

STREET GRAFFITI & TAGS HONG KONG

ELECTRIC BOARDS HONG KONG

GUANGXI COUNTRYSIDE

SUMO AT RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN - TOKYO - JAPAN

RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN - TOKYO - JAPAN

SUMO AT RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN - TOKYO

TANGO IN RYOGOKU KOKUGIKAN - TOKYO

AKIHABARA - TOKYO

OMOTESANDO - TOKYO

XITANG, 西塘, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE CHINA

XITANG, 西塘, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE CHINA

SAMBA IN ASAKUSA

TOKYO NIGHTS

TOMIOKA HACHIMANGU SHRINE MATSURI

AWAJISHIMA - AWA ODORI

XINJIANG CHINA MAY 2009

LIONS AT KRUGER PARK

KUDUS & WATERBUCKS AT KRUGER PARK

GIRAFFES AT KRUGER PARK

WHITE RHINOS & BUFFALOS AT KRUGER PARK

ZEBRAS AT KRUGER PARK

HONG KONG RUGBY SEVEN 2006

WASABI JAZZ PARIS 2005

日本ロスト・イン・トランスレーション