A year removed from Japan
on Aug 20, 2009 in News Random Update I cannot believe that I left Japan almost a year ago! This past year has gone by so quickly and so much has happened. A few of the highlights: I got married and went to the French Polynesian for my honeymoon started my own photography business be...

And the winners are…
on Apr 11, 2009 in News contest Another year, another contest! Thank you to everyone who participated! I wish I could give something to everyone…. maybe next year! Last year I was only giving away one prize of $50 but this year there are three winners. Grand Prize is $209...

Awesome Cherry Blossom Photos!
on Feb 17, 2009 in Best of the Best Cherry Blossom 2009 Cherry Blossom Forecast sakura zensen Video Even though I am about as far away from Japan as possible, I am super excited about the 2009 cherry blossom season! Partly because it looks like I will be able to make it to Washington DC to see the cherry blossoms blooming in 2009! Yay! In any cas...

Cherry Blossom Forecast 2009 Sakura Zensen
on Feb 5, 2009 in Best of the Best Cherry Blossom 2009 Cherry Blossom Forecast sakura sakura zensen There are two wonderful and exciting things about February in Japan. First is the Sapporo Snow Festival, and the second is the cherry blossom forecast! The forecast has not been released yet, but usually the first one is released in the middle of,...

Kawasaki
on Feb 2, 2009 in Recommended kanamara matsuri Kawasaki Kawasaki Daishi Tokyo Kawasaki is about a 20 minute train ride from Tokyo Station and is between Tokyo and Yokohama. I was only there for about half a day, but to be honest, I wasn’t too impressed. I guess to be fair though, half a day really isn’t enough

Contest: Win $209 and other prizes from Japan Photo Guide
on Jan 26, 2009 in Best of the Best News contest Japan Photo Guide To start off 2009, and promote my new blog, Evan Pike Photography, Japan Photo Guide is having a contest to give away $2009, $209 in cash (via PayPal) and other prizes! Like last years contest, there are many and simple ways to enter. Here’s..

Okinawa: Shisa, the half dog half lion that is everywhere
on Jan 13, 2009 in Best of the Best China Culture good fortune houses Japanese lion dogs mythology ocean Okinawa Okinawan rooftops Ryukyuan shisa shisaa The first thing you notice about Okinawa is the beautiful ocean. The second will probably be all of the half dog, half lion statues that are everywhere! These things are called “shisa” or in Japanese, シーサー, that come in all s

Okinawa
on Jan 5, 2009 in Best of the Best abundant marine wildlife beaches Castle coral reefs Fish fishing Naha native culture ocean Okinawa okinawa island okinawa prefecture ryukyu islands scuba diving seafood snorkeling vacation、best of Japan If you are in Japan, unless you wanna go skiing or snowboarding, the best place to take vacation in the winter is Okinawa. Okinawa is Japan’s southern most prefecture and is made up of hundreds of islands. When I went, I pretty much stay arou.

Moshi Moshi: More Photoshop Phun
on Dec 29, 2008 in Random Greg Logan japan Photos of Japan Photoshop Tutorials Shibuya Tokyo My buddy Greg has been playing around with some of his photos of Japan in Photoshop. If you like Japan, and like photography, which you probably do, otherwise you wouldn’t be reading this, it is worth checking out. Just thought I would share.

Happy Holidays and Big Japanese Santa
on Dec 22, 2008 in Random happy holidays Japanese Santa Sendai Just wanted to wish everyone a safe and happy holiday season! There will be new posts along with the new year! Until then…...