CEATEC JAPAN 2010 on its free final day: I went for glasses-free 3D and au’s IS03, but what stuck with me were three keywords — smart grid, 3D, and eco-everything.

First ballgame since moving to Tokyo: Jingu Stadium’s low outfield fence puts you at eye level with the players — a fresh feeling for a Dragons fan raised on dome stadiums.

Watched Shirushiru Mishiru last night and they did a segment on AD Hori-kun. He seemed a little embarrassed. Fair enough — it is a huge photo.

I’d visited the Railway Museum before , but since I’d just bought a DSLR I went back to retake the photos.

Rode out to see Tokyo Skytree mid-construction — 368 meters that day, already taller than Tokyo Tower. Like a modern-day scene out of Always: Sunset on Third Street.

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.

Two and a half years in Tokyo and I finally walked through Kabukicho. After working part-time in Nagoya’s Nishiki district, I thought I knew nightlife areas — not even close.

Dan dan noodles at the Chinatown restaurant I first visited on a school trip, then night views from Landmark Tower — Yokohama at night like an upside-down planetarium.

Took visiting relatives up the Roppongi Hills observatory — ¥1,500 to ascend, but sunset over Tokyo Tower and a silhouetted Mt. Fuji made every yen worth it.

Back to Minato Mirai, this time on the DAHON Speed P8: perfect weather, Landmark Tower against a clear blue sky, and three 90-yen steamed buns in Chinatown.

Two months of past-midnight nights finally over, I made it out for a belated first shrine visit: Meiji Jingu, where a wedding ceremony happened to be underway.

This year’s Golden Week (yes, it’s already June) — I did something unusual and had my parents come visit Tokyo.

Work has been taking me to Shibuya more often lately. The view is great — I couldn’t help pulling out the camera.

Today I went to Tsukiji for an end-of-year party and passed through Ginza on the way. This is the Sony Building in Ginza, decorated for Christmas.

Sunny weekend in Odaiba: the surprisingly small Statue of Liberty, Venus Fort, and a newer ASIMO at Miraikan that can actually run — all for a ¥500 entry.

Returning a prayer tablet at Naritasan in Inuyama, I spotted a familiar name on a prominent pillar: Tokitsukaze — yes, that sumo stable from the news.

An 8 km autumn ride from Kamata to Kawasaki, noticing how Tokyo’s sidewalks are full of people in a way Nagoya never is — then home to attempt nikujaga.

Autumn arrived overnight — 25°C to 16°C. Shopping for warm clothes at LAZONA Kawasaki’s first-anniversary sale, where I found something dangerous at Bic Camera.