Bboy Park 2009
The Bboy park bills itself as Japan’s biggest block party and has been held in Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park since 1997. It’s a two-day event with music, dance, and Hip-hop culture. For me, the endlessly fascinating...
Read MorePosted by Ed | Last updated Jun 24, 2017 | Festivals, Street Scenes, Tokyo and the Kanto Region | 8 |
The Bboy park bills itself as Japan’s biggest block party and has been held in Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park since 1997. It’s a two-day event with music, dance, and Hip-hop culture. For me, the endlessly fascinating...
Read MorePosted by Ed | Last updated Jun 24, 2017 | Kids and Toys, Traditional Japan | 4 |
I don’t want this to turn into a baby blog, but Japan does have some interesting baby customs that I’d like to write about. A couple of weeks ago, my wife got out her old calligraphy set from junior high school to...
Read MorePosted by Ed | Last updated Jun 24, 2017 | Death, Tokyo and the Kanto Region | 19 |
These graves are all from the Ushiku Joen, the cemetery around the Ushiku Daibutsu. As far as I know, “One Piece” is a manga about pirates and has nothing to do with volleyball. If anyone has an explanation for this,...
Read MorePosted by Ed | Last updated Aug 1, 2017 | Festivals, Tokyo and the Kanto Region, Traditional Japan | 0 |
I’ve gone to photograph quite a few of Tokyo’s most famous festivals over the last couple of years, and although they were great, there were times when the huge crowds made them less enjoyable, so this year I decided...
Read MorePosted by Kame | Last updated Aug 1, 2017 | Pop Culture, Street Scenes, Tokyo and the Kanto Region | 7 |
A couple of weekends ago, a TV crew from a Singaporean production company asked me if they could interview me for a documentary about love hotels. It was hard to find a good spot, and they finally decided on Yoyogi Park....
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