(from osaka bill)

(click to enlarge) A new love hotel shopping center (see comments) being put up in Kobe. I love my new camera.

I hate flies, but this one was cooperative. Taken on a nature trail at the Awaji Highway Oasis last Sunday.

Found this in Kobe between a stairwell and a hidden shotengai a couple weeks ago. The artwork is reminiscent of gishigishikun (an ultraviolent schoolboy manga) for some reason… Maybe that…

Photos from last Sunday: Nam with the gourmet catch of the day, a maruhagi (triggerfish). Stephanie taking a hard day off from working the Gallic skies. T-dog and Michelle serving…

Some pictures of the capoeira meet we saw this weekend: Click on the photos to see larger versions in a pop-up window. If you liked these, there’s many, many more…

Just thought this was funny…

Click image for larger version. The verdict is still out on if this is photoshopped or not; the EXIF data shows it was at least saved in Photoshop most recently.…

Now if this isn’t a contender for best T-shirt Engrish, I don’t know what is.

My dad’s Shitzu, Jak. He is SO getting submitted to that Bee Dogs site.

Chilling out on the farm, a photoset on my Flickr page.

The first time I tried to catch him, he jumped out of the tupperware and onto my hand. Talk about goosebumps… I nearly shit my pants. Nam yelled at me…