Life in Japan - Pictures galore !! Arcades, Temples, Rainy days, etc

**Yakumo** · 04-15-2012

Look like a bit of homosxexual scat action going on in the above photo.

As always, great photos, GaijinPunch.

**GaijinPunch** · 04-15-2012

Thanks. You know me -- any homo scat in the area and my spider sense starts tingling. ;)

Actually, the guy on the ground was out like a light. You know how the booze get flowing on Sunday afternoons during Hanami (even though it's barred in Shinjuku Gyoen, where I was). Anywho, he was posing for his friends to take the shot and I jumped in. The yawn was just icing on the cake!

**Yakumo** · 04-16-2012

Not so much a picture but a video I took while out on the piss last week. I've never noticed this water light show before.

Filmed at around 11:30pm

Yakumo

**GaijinPunch** · 04-18-2012

Maruhan Screen (2) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr

Maruhan Screen (3) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr

Kimono in the Rain by gaijin_punch, on Flickr

Sakura Aftermath by gaijin_punch, on Flickr

Yozakura (1) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr

Yozakura (2) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr

Sakura 2012 (12) by gaijin_punch, on Flickr

**Yakumo** · 04-18-2012

As always mate, great images. I'm going to try a few night shots soon when I go to the big city. Around here there isn't much choice for neon night shots.

**alecjahn** · 04-19-2012

I know I'm late to the party, but the fake scat shot is amazing.

**GaijinPunch** · 04-20-2012

Neon everywhere here, as you know. What camera do you have? Mine has sick ISO processing, so I'm not afraid of really low light. I can even go to ISO 3200 w/o having to do too much cleanup, for most images.

but the fake scat shot is amazing.

Of course -- it's fake scat!!!

**Yakumo** · 04-20-2012

I don't have a really expensive camera but it is pretty good for it's range and better than quite a few more expensive DLSR cameras. I have a Panasonic GF2. I've done some pretty nice low light stuff on it but it can be a little noisey so lightroom fix ups are often required with really low light pictures.

**T_chan** · 04-25-2012

Just came back from an 18 days trip to Japan.

Used an Xperia S to take some panoramic views, but for normal pictures I still prefer my TZ7 (compression is too high on the Xperia S for the moment... a pity...)

A few example of the panoramas I took:

Himeji Castle (they are currently restoring the roof)

Okayama castle entrance

Kurashiki

Hiroshima castle

Miyajima

Iwakuni

Yamaguchi

**graciano1337** · 04-25-2012

Beautiful panoramic photos!

**Yakumo** · 04-25-2012

I've been to that place in Yamaguchi although it was about 8 year or more ago. If I remember rightly, the top of that tower is gold.

Yakumo

**T_chan** · 04-26-2012

Originally Posted by Yakumo

I've been to that place in Yamaguchi although it was about 8 year or more ago. If I remember rightly, the top of that tower is gold.
Yakumo

Hmm... I don't remember seeing gold, but I was wearing sunglass most of the time, so... :)

One day I had to choose between going to Shimonoseki, or going to the manga souko in Yamaguchi... I chose for the latter :)
The Yamaguchi Manga Souko was a disappointment, but the one in Kure was interesting.

**Yakumo** · 04-26-2012

Ah, you went to the Manga Soko in Ube (Yamaguchi) Yeah, that is shit. The place is a right dump and they have a poor selection of games. You should have came to Shimonoseki then I could have taken you to the head Manga Soko in Minami Kokura (Shimosone). It is a million times better. It takes me about 40 minutes to get there from Shimonoseki by car.

Yakumo

**T_chan** · 04-27-2012

Originally Posted by Yakumo

Ah, you went to the Manga Soko in Ube (Yamaguchi) Yeah, that is shit. The place is a right dump and they have a poor selection of games. You should have came to Shimonoseki then I could have taken you to the head Manga Soko in Minami Kokura (Shimosone). It is a million times better. It takes me about 40 minutes to get there from Shimonoseki by car.
Yakumo

Not the one in Ube, but in Yamaguchi-shi, near Yuda-onsen: http://www.mangasouko.com/yamaguchi/
To give a comparison:
Manga Souko Yamaguchi: 10 Dreamcast games
Manga Souko Kure: a whole shelf of Dreamcast games 2m high x 1m wide

Thanks for the invitation :)
One of my next trips to Japan could be a trip to Fukuoka -> Shimonoseki -> Hagi, Izumo, Matsue, ... so the Kokura branch will probably an intermediate stop :)

**Yakumo** · 04-28-2012

I was coming back from my son's school festival today when I saw a 30 odd year old woman pull up and parked this Bayonetta themed Toyota Vitz (Yaris) !!! I can't believe she would know Bayonetta.

Yakumo

**xdaniel** · 04-28-2012

Originally Posted by Yakumo

Bayonetta on the sides, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun on the front and... an army of plushies or something inside. And that's the car of a woman of 30-something? That's... unexpected... and not necessarily in a negative way, IMO :P