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The only thing I have to share this month is a mess of photos of cherry blossoms, tulips, and bonsai trees. Oh, and a dog. 今月は、桜とチューリップと盆栽の写真があります。あ、犬のもあります。 Sumida Park Sumida park lies along both banks of the Sumida river. Tokyo Skytree looms high above and appears in many of my shots. 隅田公園は両方の墨田川側にあります。東京スカイツリーは高いところにそびえ立っていて写真 にたくさん現れます。 Showakinnen Park A… Continue reading March 2026 – Just a Whole Bunch of Plants →

This month, Wonder Festival provided lots of amazing figures. I also toured a couple of nearby temples. 今月は、ワンダーフェスティバルに素敵なフィギュアがたくさんありました。近いお寺にも行きました。 Wonder Festival As usual, I enjoyed checking out thousands of hand-made or short run plastic models and figures. The snowy weather prevented many cosplayers from attending, so that portion of the show still lags behind its glorious… Continue reading February 2026 – Wonder Festival Winter 2026 and Temples →

This month I spent some time at Tokyo Comic Con and flew home for Christmas. 今月、東京コミコンで過ごしてから、アメリカにクリスマスのために飛行機で帰りました。 Tokyo Comic Con 2025 Tokyo Comic Con continues to be a mediocre affair. The bulk of people wearing costumes stay away from the photography areas and booths totally unrelated to comic books take up a lot of floor space.… Continue reading December 2025 – Tokyo Comic Con →

After Tokyo Design Festa’s typical insanity, this month you can see a bunch of photos from Kyoto. 東京デザインフェスタの典型的の狂騒の後、今月は京都の写真がたくさん見られます。 Tokyo Design Festa Some Festas are better than others and this autumn’s event was not the best. But I managed to get some cool live-art shots. 時々フェスタはあまり面白くなくて、この秋のは一番良くなかったです。でもかっこいいライブアートの写真を撮ることができました。 Kyoto 2025 Kyoto Manga Museum I began my trip at… Continue reading November 2025 – Tokyo Design Festa and Kyoto →

During this unusually cold and rainy October, I attended a few end-of-season festivals, including the Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival. この異常に寒くて雨が多い十月中、池袋ハロウィン・コスフェスとかシーズン終了の祭りに行きました。 Final Festivals of 2025 Here are a few photos from the Tachikawa Yokai festival, which was cute but on the small side for the distance I traveled to attend it. 立川の妖怪祭の写真です。可愛かったのですが、わざわざ行った距離のわりには、規模が小さかったです。 And here is a… Continue reading October 2025 – Ikebukuro Halloween Cosplay Festival →

This month I headed down to steamy Nagasaki then to the steamy Makuhari Messe convention center for Tokyo Game Show. 今月、蒸し暑い南の長崎に行って、それから東京ゲームショーを見に蒸し暑い幕張メッセに行きました。 Nagasaki Nagasaki is a port city on the southern island of Kyushu. It is famous for remaining open to trade during the isolationist 1700’s and for being the second atomic bomb target. 長崎は九州と言う南の島の港町です。鎖国の1700年代に国際貿易が続いていたことと二つ目の原爆の標的だったことで有名です。 Hashima… Continue reading September 2025 – Nagasaki and Tokyo Game Show →

The August heat once again failed to melt me into the sidewalk. In defiance, I attended a few festivals featuring traditional Japanese dance. 八月の暑気はまた私を歩道に溶かしませんでした。反対に伝統的な踊りがあった祭に行きました。 Nakameguro Summer Festival This first night of this festival featured awa odori, the revel Bradblog readers see every year in August from Koenji. Although a much smaller parade, the live music… Continue reading August 2025 – An Omnibus of Odori →

This month I went to two excellent art shows and one not-so-excellent festival. 今月すばらしいイベントに二つ行って、面白くない祭に一つ行きました。 Tokyo Design Festa Tokyo Design Festa was its usual collection of cool costumes, paintings, and performances. 東京デザインフェスタでは、いつも通りかっこいコスプレと絵画と上演がありました。 Wonder Festival The models and figures at Wonder Festival were awesome as usual. I think I noticed fewer cosplayers with longer lines this time.… Continue reading July 2025 – Tokyo Design Festa and Wonder Festival →

During a record setting heatwave, I managed to attend a couple of festivals and concerts. 記録的な熱波の間に、何とか二つの祭と二つのライブに行きました。 Torigoe Festival On the downside, I failed to see Japan’s largest omikoshi (portable shrine) being carried through the streets of Torigoe. On the upside, I ate one of my favorite foods, festival okonomiyaki, a fried pancake with fish and… Continue reading June 2025 – Festivalpolooza →

This month I took a trip to the fourth largest city in Japan, Nagoya, to find out why nobody goes there. 今月、名古屋という日本の四番目に大きい町に旅行をしました。なぜ誰も行かないのかを確かめるために。 Nagoya For Golden Week, I wanted to travel somewhere inexpensive and that was not overrun by foreign and domestic tourists. Even though it is a large city, Nagoya is ignored by travelers to… Continue reading May 2025 – Nagoya →