Photos from Japan

aquamarine

I Know Better Than You
Mar 19, 2007
4,556
127
197959_10150114380612348_515922347_6264972_4463304_n.jpg

Down on the 3rd floor - the apartment we didn't choose as it's about 40% more expensive, has much less sunlight HOWEVER it is about 64 sq/m compared to the one we chose (58 sq/m)


188445_10150114380902348_515922347_6264981_7345976_n.jpg

Down on the 3rd floor - the apartment we didn't choose as it's about 40% more expensive, has much less sunlight HOWEVER it is about 64 sq/m compared to the one we chose (58 sq/m)


184317_10150114380962348_515922347_6264984_4082201_n.jpg

Down on the 3rd floor - the apartment we didn't choose as it's about 40% more expensive, has much less sunlight HOWEVER it is about 64 sq/m compared to the one we chose (58 sq/m)


189157_10150114381002348_515922347_6264985_3716633_n.jpg

Down on the 3rd floor - the apartment we didn't choose as it's about 40% more expensive, has much less sunlight HOWEVER it is about 64 sq/m compared to the one we chose (58 sq/m)


183305_10150114381042348_515922347_6264987_285509_n.jpg

Down on the 3rd floor - the apartment we didn't choose as it's about 40% more expensive, has much less sunlight HOWEVER it is about 64 sq/m compared to the one we chose (58 sq/m)


200083_10150114380647348_515922347_6264974_7197258_n.jpg

Down on the 3rd floor - the apartment we didn't choose as it's about 40% more expensive, has much less sunlight HOWEVER it is about 64 sq/m compared to the one we chose (58 sq/m)


189117_10150114380672348_515922347_6264975_3519401_n.jpg

Down on the 3rd floor - the apartment we didn't choose as it's about 40% more expensive, has much less sunlight HOWEVER it is about 64 sq/m compared to the one we chose (58 sq/m)
 

aquamarine

I Know Better Than You
Mar 19, 2007
4,556
127
200147_10150114380692348_515922347_6264976_4283725_n.jpg

Down on the 3rd floor - the apartment we didn't choose as it's about 40% more expensive, has much less sunlight HOWEVER it is about 64 sq/m compared to the one we chose (58 sq/m)


183125_10150114380757348_515922347_6264977_1504654_n.jpg

Down on the 3rd floor - the apartment we didn't choose as it's about 40% more expensive, has much less sunlight HOWEVER it is about 64 sq/m compared to the one we chose (58 sq/m)


197799_10150114380792348_515922347_6264978_4670600_n.jpg

Down on the 3rd floor - the apartment we didn't choose as it's about 40% more expensive, has much less sunlight HOWEVER it is about 64 sq/m compared to the one we chose (58 sq/m)


183229_10150114381102348_515922347_6264989_1618670_n.jpg

NOW this is the apartment we chose - an upgrade from 38sq/m to 58sq/m, a drop in price, a better view and a more central location (10 mins to Asakusa stn. rather than 14 minutes to Iriya stn.)


197307_10150114381132348_515922347_6264990_2064372_n.jpg




199399_10150114381172348_515922347_6264991_5341124_n.jpg




199683_10150114381222348_515922347_6264992_1896763_n.jpg

Fall and you're fuked
 

aquamarine

I Know Better Than You
Mar 19, 2007
4,556
127
185937_10150114381252348_515922347_6264993_8335496_n.jpg

The bedroom followed by the tatami-room


197151_10150114381337348_515922347_6264995_2174344_n.jpg

The tatami-room (the mats will be replaced with new ones that are green and smell like... tatami.


195875_10150114381387348_515922347_6264996_3629910_n.jpg

Another view from the new place


198427_10150114381422348_515922347_6264998_5593380_n.jpg




195829_10150114283687348_515922347_6263687_3011456_n.jpg




195829_10150114283582348_515922347_6263685_4223374_n.jpg




195829_10150114283527348_515922347_6263683_1640834_n.jpg




195829_10150114283742348_515922347_6263689_8346975_n.jpg
 

aquamarine

I Know Better Than You
Mar 19, 2007
4,556
127
185685_10150114381457348_515922347_6264999_7586005_n.jpg

Someone's awesome scooter in 'Mint-Cream Green'


190413_10150114381492348_515922347_6265000_4928988_n.jpg




188715_10150113004117348_515922347_6251673_4149046_n.jpg

One of my latest purchases


188715_10150113004092348_515922347_6251672_7406095_n.jpg




188677_10150113003267348_515922347_6251666_1459725_n.jpg




188715_10150113003992348_515922347_6251670_1921973_n.jpg




188715_10150113004047348_515922347_6251671_1505801_n.jpg


So there we go, nearly a 200-image update, I had better get at least ten unique replies.
 

CoolKevin

Nutcase on the loose
Staff member
Super Moderator
Mar 30, 2007
10,008
3,636
Thanks for the pictures nice apartment

on post 2522 underneath the girl with static hair, 3 adverts, I guess in they are advertising themselves, in some capacity, but it seems cheap for Japan, or am I looking at in the wrong light
 

Ceewan

Famished
Jul 23, 2008
9,151
17,033
The scooter is a HONDA Spaze 125 c.c.

I don't know if that was a nice scooter or not, it was interesting though.

Nice pictures. If the lady in the apartment pictures is your girlfriend she is too cute for you. I love these pictures of Japan, it is not the tourist shit. I look at these and you might as well be living on Mars. Seeing the pictures of the places, food, products and such really brings a new dimension to the word foreign. Makes me want to visit Japan all the more.

One thing bothers me about the apartment pictures...where is the toilet? Also I am glad I do not have to help you move, (although I would, I just would not live through it. The stairs would be killer. I wonder if they have a freight elevator?).
 

redrooster

赤いオンドリ - 私はオタクです!
Staff member
Super Moderator
Sep 25, 2007
18,798
114
Viewing my more than 50 years old house and that apartment I could start weeping...

but seeing it makes me more and more willing to make my new apartment japanese style once the house has been sold.
 

zaldar

Member
Sep 15, 2008
133
13
Could we get some pics from the bondage magazine ;). Nice pics thank you for them! So what are you doing in japan anyway...do you photograph there professionally?
 

aquamarine

I Know Better Than You
Mar 19, 2007
4,556
127
Bondage magazine? Can you re-post the image for me? Or are you referring the book I put up? I will sell it to you but I won't scan it for you since I went out and BOUGHT it. If you want it, you can buy it from me OR if you really really want a digital copy, you can pay me to scan it for you and then I will consider it sold and destroy it (garbage).

I take pictures for a living.

I'd post my website here but I'll do that in private for those who are interested.
 

gyoza ramen & a beer

Active Member
Feb 20, 2009
548
33
If the lady in the apartment pictures is your girlfriend she is too cute for you.

Geez, Ceewan, where is the love? I mean, the guy's taking on a new, more expensive apartment AND he's just shaved off his goatee. That's a lotta stress and uncertainty...was it me or was it the goatee?...for a guy to handle.

But the pictures are great, aren't they? It's a cliche of speech but they truly are a window into another world; not so unlike any of the ones we each live in elsewhere yet one with it's own distinct cultural patterns, language, habits and traditions, foods (mmm-mmmm!), art, architecture...all the things that Aqua, with his trusty Nikons and keen foreigner's eye for the details a native Japanese photographer would probably pass-by, captures and brings to us.

One question for Aquamarine: would I be correct in assuming that down on the 3rd floor the apartments have much less sunlight and are, oh, say, about 40% more expensive and appear to be--this is just a guess-timate based on a comparison of the photos-- about 64 sq/m compared to the one you chose that looks to be--again, just an educated guess--roughly 58 sq/m?

Just wondered...

More seriously, and the tatami-room adjacent to the bedroom is for...?
 

aquamarine

I Know Better Than You
Mar 19, 2007
4,556
127
Yep, the one on the 3rd floor has more floor space, also less sunlight (due to the taller buildings behind it) but is also on the back of the building facing away from the major street which means it is incredibly quiet. The new place faces Kokusai-dori which is going to be a pain to get adjusted to and is fucking loud. Oh well.

The tatami room is going to be my little home studio so when I'm too lazy to go to work, I can just say "come over here instead".
 

Pusa

Member
May 11, 2009
36
1
I love these pictures of Japan, it is not the tourist shit. I look at these and you might as well be living on Mars. Seeing the pictures of the places, food, products and such really brings a new dimension to the word foreign. Makes me want to visit Japan all the more.

What he said. Seoul is not that far away I really need to get off my butt and go, but with the wife and daughter in tow the dollar to yen rate, will probably have me
eek2.gif
.

Are you going to get any pics of the new bullet train? I think it took the speed crown from France.
 

Fuzzypeach

Active Member
Dec 12, 2009
111
112
Hey AM
don't want to hijack your thread but would you mind if I post some photos. I've been hanging around Fujisan and some other spots. Do you frequent Yokohama during the week? I need to take you up on that invite now that time has permitted if it is still available?
 

aquamarine

I Know Better Than You
Mar 19, 2007
4,556
127
I forgot what I offered to do...
I haven't been to Yokohama for anything other than shopping recently. I might be able to make it out there for a day or two the week after next. Let me know what you want to do.
 

aquamarine

I Know Better Than You
Mar 19, 2007
4,556
127
196468_10150117072212348_515922347_6291115_576772_n.jpg

Lies, all lies!

196233_10150115095977348_515922347_6273168_7408285_n.jpg

These used to stand up very very tall.

196233_10150115095927348_515922347_6273166_1591542_n.jpg



196233_10150115095822348_515922347_6273163_7915848_n.jpg



199949_10150118501942348_515922347_6301401_1364119_n.jpg

In this image, I was helping chaperon a kindergarten group (of Nen-Sho - so that's 4 year olds) to this park. This was also the day of the big earthquake. We arrived around 10:20am and left at about 1:30 in the afternoon after lunch and playing around the playground area. I spoke with one of the teachers a week later and she broke down in my arms saying that the park was now underwater due to a flood of water (not from the tsunami, but through a flood of a river that flows through one side of the park). If we would have stayed later in the day, odds are we may have lost some of the children.

199949_10150118501837348_515922347_6301398_1588507_n.jpg
 

aquamarine

I Know Better Than You
Mar 19, 2007
4,556
127
199949_10150118501652348_515922347_6301394_5407056_n.jpg



188418_10150118355647348_515922347_6300260_2286859_n.jpg

I'm a geek and well aware of that fact

198416_10150117778402348_515922347_6296341_6929350_n.jpg

You touch the burns and I'll punch you out...

197101_10150117073532348_515922347_6291127_2339829_n.jpg

This is why I have a goatee...

197101_10150117073482348_515922347_6291126_4318194_n.jpg


197101_10150117073422348_515922347_6291125_404113_n.jpg


196023_10150118444572348_515922347_6301006_185320_n.jpg
 

aquamarine

I Know Better Than You
Mar 19, 2007
4,556
127
200722_10150120371117348_515922347_6315799_1121555_n.jpg



200455_10150120371157348_515922347_6315800_7341808_n.jpg



188815_10150120371212348_515922347_6315801_4911340_n.jpg



198007_10150120371257348_515922347_6315803_1107489_n.jpg



197596_10150120371292348_515922347_6315804_7433294_n.jpg



197735_10150120371337348_515922347_6315805_8086376_n.jpg



188672_10150120371452348_515922347_6315808_8213353_n.jpg

What is normally seen before the quake.
 

aquamarine

I Know Better Than You
Mar 19, 2007
4,556
127
190180_10150120371492348_515922347_6315809_824243_n.jpg



190124_10150120371522348_515922347_6315810_3859220_n.jpg



189687_10150120371602348_515922347_6315813_604671_n.jpg



190494_10150120371537348_515922347_6315811_460326_n.jpg

Making tako-yaki

188279_10150120375187348_515922347_6315823_1856925_n.jpg



199593_10150120375457348_515922347_6315830_5251627_n.jpg
 

aquamarine

I Know Better Than You
Mar 19, 2007
4,556
127
188997_10150120371667348_515922347_6315815_2993782_n.jpg

Ameyoko, somewhat close to my studio

196532_10150120375492348_515922347_6315831_6473749_n.jpg



188300_10150120375522348_515922347_6315832_6748089_n.jpg

I guess so.

199584_10150120371377348_515922347_6315806_7794479_n.jpg



199104_10150120375102348_515922347_6315821_3137198_n.jpg

Blarg....

189362_10150120376062348_515922347_6315851_3884119_n.jpg



197922_10150125082337348_515922347_6352030_5248037_n.jpg