“Shinjuku Niagara Falls” in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Central Park My hometown is the 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 Niagara Falls (the Canadian side), but in the 1990s I lived near this park, in Honmachi, Shibuya

Good article by Sean Williams in The Guardian ‘The devil’s child’: the rise and fall of the only female yakuza www.theguardian.com/news/2026/ma...

Saw three types of heron this morning, and cormorants Sanpoji Pond, Tokyo At: 35°44'18.1"N 139°35'43.9"E

Walked past this and Hayao Miyazaki sprang to mind, not sure why exactly

View from Canadian embassy in Minato-ku

Pipes

波型 (namigata), ondulé, corrugated

My new TOEIC book coming out on April 20 Amazon Japan: amzn.to/4mt1qCb

Revisiting some of the books on Japan I read a few years ago. Ian Buruma’s Tokyo Romance, and a lot of his other work, has stayed with me. www.danielwarriner.com/post/a-tokyo...

I’ve spotted a few tanuki in the area recently but wasn’t quick enough with my camera. They seem to appear on the hottest summer days, during the rare snowfall in Tokyo, and when the blossoms are falling. And they’re very curious. I saw this one down my street around this time last year.

Peaceful spot outside Shuzenji Temple, Izu At: 34.97090° N, 138.92766° E

Early morning in Ichiyama, Izu At: 34.9025589, 138.9251326

Jouren Falls At: 34.87209° N, 138.92262° E

Atami

Nirayama Reverberatory Furnace (韮山反射炉). Smelting facility buit by the Tokugawa government in 1857. At: 35°02′22.2″N 138°57′43.6″E

For a few weeks each year they open a section of the park behind my house. People come from all over to see the katakuri (fawn lily) flowers. Apparently rare in Tokyo. The rest of the year it stays locked.

Feral parakeet, Tokyo (野生のインコ　🦜)

Yoyogi Uehara

Sun going down, Tokyo

Stickered, wall in Shinjuku

Rare snowy morning in Tokyo

Outside wall of restaurant in Shin-Okubo, Tokyo 🐤 (up too high to squeeze)

(1/7) Keisuke Kinoshita’s 1957 film 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘑𝘰𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘸 (喜びも悲しみも幾歳月), also known as 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘴𝘦, was shot at ten lighthouses across Japan. Kannonzaki Lighthouse, Kanagawa below on right, and more screenshots from the film in thread…

Fuji-san, Saturday morning

Shinjuku Station, 1945

Michiko Hamamura, the Banana Boat Girl, and to change the mood, her バナナ・ボート (Banana Boat Day-O), released 1957: youtu.be/zcUjspOfY2U?...

Sunrise at Oizumi Yasaka Shrine

Stand with Greenland

Train crossing in Yoyogi, and another pleasant day in Tokyo If you look closely (zoom in), you might spot Spider-Man 🕸️

Stand with Greenland

Yoyogi Park At about: 35.6714008, 139.6973842

Kawagoe At 35.9234724, 139.4831920

Full moon coming up over Tokyo at sunset

Still autumn

Shrine cat 🐈

Night heron (ミゾゴイ) making a rare afternoon appearance in Inokashira Park. Lots of cameras clicking.

Ginkgo (often misspelled "gingko") Saturday morning, Tokyo

Veggie “Treasure Ship” Hikarigaoka Park, Tokyo at: 35.76273° N, 139.62916° E

Shakuji Park at 35.73821° N, 139.60367° E

Blue sky over Tokyo today ☀️ Kannon Bodhisattva statue at Sasadera Chōzen-ji At: 35.68690° N, 139.71791° E

Minato-ku’s (perhaps sole) Muscovy duck, at rest At: 35.66687° N, 139.73302° E

One night a thief entered Ryōkan’s mountain hut and found nothing to steal. Ryōkan said, “You have come a long way, and should not go empty‑handed. Take my clothes as a gift.” He later sat naked, gazing at the sky. “Poor fellow—I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon.” —Ryōkan (1758–1831)

Mt. Fuji at sunset (shot at 16:52)

Autumn morning 🍂 At Sampoji Pond: 35.73848° N, 139.59509° E

Happy Halloween 🎃 👻 🕷️ 🧙 Two Tanuki skulking about behind the house . . .

Kokia bushes spooky for Halloween 👻 Also used for making brooms. At: 35.77652° N, 139.60135° E

16:18 Nerima City

Shakuji Park

No filters What a sky Iitabashi, Tokyo

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