Looking for something… Like this prairie dog, I’m at a bit of a loose end. Something, anything. A subject to shoot. Something good. Something to be happy about.

Sleepy… leave me alone… A hippo, sleeping contentedly as if to say exactly that. It was warm today, after all. Everyone faces the sun for nap time!

Lured out by spring weather, I shot the falling cherry blossoms at Ueno Park — and learned how much a telephoto lens helps when you want one subject to stand out.

Three years after moving nearby, I finally caught Sakurazaka — the slope behind Masaharu Fukuyama’s song — in full cherry blossom season. So did everyone else.