Today’s special: Baby octopus on a bed of onions.

Nam sent me this from Tokyo. It’s a nice break from natural disaster pics I think. I wonder what building this is.

Even the cops gave up on the traffic. They’re riding to work on rental bicycles.

Empty shelves at a convenience store are a sure sign that something bad has happened.

Mountain of trash obscuring an ancient shrine.

This ojisan fell off the Cub right after I snapped this shot.

Long, long escalator at Costco Amagasaki.

Famous Osaka landmark with clown mascot. Nuff said.

T was importing this rock salt from Nepal, but stopped after receiving the first shipment. Somehow I understand why without asking.

Adam bought a Canon Wordtank G50 in Nipponbashi today. Much more compact than past models and dwarfed by my U3 micronote.

My cousin Nana wanted a cameraphone pic of the Capoeira meet. Here you go, girl.

For some reason, I absolutely hate this statue. Lensworthy, though.