91 Days

A photoblog of summer in Japan.

Grand Closing

Friday, September 30, 2005

Watching them load the bus for the airport.

That's it. Made it through all three months of summer. Thanks for viewing; check back in a month or so for something special.

Wonderland

Thursday, September 29, 2005

Hachimanyama Park in Utsunomiya.

Blue Men

Wednesday, September 28, 2005

An installation in the caverns in Oya, Japan.

Unidirectional

Tuesday, September 27, 2005

Tourists at Nikko Toshogu-shrine.

Fishsticks

Monday, September 26, 2005

Roasted fish for sale in Nikko, Japan.

Loading

Sunday, September 25, 2005

Loading the rice onto the trucks after harvest.

Blue Wrapping

Saturday, September 24, 2005

A local high school, undergoing renovation.

Tracks

Friday, September 23, 2005

Train tracks near my apartment in Sakura City.

Foundation

Thursday, September 22, 2005

New houses are going up all over my neighborhood.

Crosswalk

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Just waiting to cross the road.

Parallel

Tuesday, September 20, 2005

These fields all used to be green and yellow.

Harvest

Monday, September 19, 2005

All that rice is starting to be harvested.

Blues

Sunday, September 18, 2005

Just outside the Tully's in downtown Utsunomiya.

Flooded

Saturday, September 17, 2005

An older shot from July that never got posted. This is right after a storm and the tunnel was completely flooded.

Equipment

Friday, September 16, 2005

Construction equipment along my evening drive.

Blue Sky

Thursday, September 15, 2005

Taking pictures from the car again - Silos along Route 4 in Tochigi Prefecture.

Riding Through Rice

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

The rice fields across the street from the video rental shop I like to go to.

Pinwheel

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

An ingenious and common use of a pet bottle in many of the gardens in the area.

The Commute

Monday, September 12, 2005

Powerlines along Route Four, on my way to work this afternoon.

And the Band Played On

Sunday, September 11, 2005

At a benefit for New Orleans on a shopping street.

Grasshopper

Saturday, September 10, 2005

Contrary to the sign, the grasshopper was, in fact, made in Japan. By his mommy and daddy grasshopper, one would assume.

Wax On

Friday, September 09, 2005

Even at Pachinko Palace, windows still have to be washed.

Silo

Thursday, September 08, 2005

The top of a silo near Otawara City in Tochigi Prefecture.

Sit-ups

Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Firemen doing excercises in Yoyogi today. I guess they didn't have much else to do because of the rain.

Constructasaurus Rex

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

It reminds me of a dinosaur but I'm not sure why.

Survey Says!

Monday, September 05, 2005

I'm hoping this current round of surveys means that they'll be widening the roads soon.

The Set Up

Sunday, September 04, 2005

Model, photographer, and assistant in the middle of Shibuya on a Sunday. No idea what kind of shoot they were trying to get set up for but it didn't seem to be going well.

Padlock

Saturday, September 03, 2005

Padlocks in the middle of nowhere.

Junkshop

Friday, September 02, 2005

This junk shop is at the intersection of nowhere and noplace. Metaphorically anyway. In reality it's on old Route 4, heading North.

Yellow

Thursday, September 01, 2005

This year's rice crop is almost ready for harvest. It'll get just a bit more yellow before it's done.