This is the Sumoto River. It joins the sea just under the bridge. It is rich in mullet, and not much else, although they used to farm unagi in this…

First, an item that should prove immensely popular overseas: JAPAN no kaori (“the scent of Japan”) That’s right, it’s JAPAN branded toilet paper! Embroidered with the characters for “Takeshima” and…

Behold two separate gifts from two different people, one from a person who doesn’t smoke, and another from a person who… doesn’t brush? At first I thought it genius that…

Nam sent a series of her crazy minpin mix, Gen, going after a lizard in our yard in Mahasarakham. (Click on any of the photos to open a larger version…

The newest canned coffee offering from Georgia. Although the spelling reminds me more of Mississippi. I’m almost scared to try it without a solid network of friends and a handful…

A sign specifically forbidding standing urination in the parking lot of Ms. K’s, a funky cafe in Nara where T plays gigs every week.

I took my camera to work last Thursday so I could snap some photos on the way home. This is a construction barge that’s been scooping mud from the river…

(click to open larger popup) This is a photo I found from a couple months ago. It was taken at a flower park called hanasajiki that I try and visit…

Anybody know offhand what this bad boy is? (click on image to enlarge) I found him crawling on my car last month. When I tried to touch him, he flew…

Some photos Nam took with her new Coolpix S6 when we passed under the longest suspension bridge in the world (4km) last month on the Taco Ferry (this “taco” means…

Chinchin! One of the photos Nam took today, her last full day in Japan for the foreseeable future. We went on a drive out to Akashi to look for a…