Sunset on Dec. 31, 2011

I came back to my home town. It's been 10days since I posted my photo on 12/22.

So many things happened in Japan this year, I wish all the best for our future!

Tsukuba Lantern Art 3

Coney Island

A shot at Coney Island, NY, back in May 2010. Guy sitting left hand side seemed to be taking a nap.

It must be very nice moment for him.

Tsukuba Lantern Art 2

Another shot I took yesterday with same lens.

Tsukuba Lantern Art

There was Lantern Art event at Tsukuba center area.  Among several photos, this is my favorite one.

ThinkPark Arena

I went to Osaki today for photo shooting of footsal game. Good experience for taking sports photo.

Another angle

I found that I took another photo for the same scene from another angle.

Both are nice to me.

Good night

From my photo stock. Night on Houston street, NY.

Golden road

A shot today at Doho Park, Tsukuba. It is shining as gold when sunlights put on leaves.

Night in NY

I bet this is somewhere in SOHO area.

Queing

At lunch time in Tsukiji market. What a long que for sushi!

Canal

Canal in Tokyo downtown. I beleive these areas used to be the ocean.

CROSS OVER

A shot at Roppongi, on the way to Roppongi Hills.  It was still early time and no many people

were walking on the street.

Ginkgo Part2

Another Ginkgo shot took last week. Nice combination of yellow and green.

Autumn leaves

A shot near my parents home. It is getting colder and colder these days.

Old apartment

Doujyunkai Apartment in Omotesando. I used it for my title photo.

One of my favorite places for photo shooting.

Handprint

Nice signboard, isn't it? A shot at Cat street, Shibuya, Tokyo.

Ivy

 

A shot at Cat street, Shibuya, Tokyo. We have only another month until the end of this year.

2011 is the year I will never forget...

Vegetables

A shot at Cat street. I wonder what it is for? Anyway it was nice to take this photo.

Fast food

Japanese fast food restaurant at Tsukiji, famous fish&food market in Tokyo.

Concentration

What a lovely concentration! She is one of my colleagues went out for photo shooting last Sat.

It is good to hear that she likes this photo.

Top of Roppongi Hills

This is my 2nd time to come here and first time for sky deck.

One of the best scenic views at night in Tokyo.

Ginkgo

It's been guite a while since I went to Tokyo for photo shooting.

We may need another week for best Ginkgo photo.

Photo in photo

A shot at Battery park in NY, last year. Is it too easy going? I like the composition, though.

A scene at NY

When I was checking my photo in NY, I found several nice (as far as I'm concerned) photos.

This is one of them. I wonder when I will be going there again.

Lovely flower

I happened to find it on the way back to my home.

Lovely flowers, aren't they?

Menu

A shot at Mito Plaza Hotel. Nice lighting.

Mito Plaza Hotel

There's an event at this hotel today and I joined it as volunteer photographer.

It was really nice event and I really enjoyed it.

Settling down

It's been really busy days since Nov.1st. The peak has gone and settling down.

This is the shot I took today in from of our Tokyo office.

8 months

Finally, we've back to our office after Mar 11 earthquake.

It's been already 8 months and glad to be back, start work at newly renovated office.

The photo above is the open meeting area. We are expected to have lots of collaboration.

Driving

From my photo stock. It looks nice on the street at beach area in Bali.

Rainy weekend

According to weather forecast, we will have rainy weekend forth week in a row.

I miss sunshine in Bali!

7-11

As mentioned yesterday, it was busy day today.

Even though it is national holiday in Japan, I worked from 7am to 11pm.

Will work on this weekend, too.

Busy week

Though it's nothing with this photo, busy week has started.

Prepration for visitor next week, report out session with account team,

local business unit for week after. It will be my businest week in this year...

Yoga @ Bryant park

It must be very strange scene if you do not know what they are doing.

We had heavy rain soon after I took this photo.

Snowing

It looks that it is snowing in NY.  It is really unusual weather.

I thought we are getting warm due to global warming. What happened?

125th Street

From my photo stock. A shot at subway entrance in Harlem, NY.

It became much cleaner than the one I knew several years ago.

Queens Bridge

What a beautiful sky! It was nice to walk on the Queens Bride, NY.

It was already 18months ago....

Shop at Komachi street

From my photo stock. It is a souvenior shop at Komachi street, famous shopping street in Kamakura.

Old memories

It is pretty old aparment near my parents home. Since it will be fully rennovated,

nobody lives there now. I had lots of freinds lived in this apartment.

My good old memories...

Neighborhood

My neighborhood. This is the cat living near my parents home.

Now that people living this place have been alreay moved, due to rennovation,

I wonder how he/she live with.

Volunteer photographer

I took more than 1000 shots this afternnon at some event as volunteer photographer.

It was really good experience for me. Next event will be held on Nov. 20th.

18 months ago

Not in this season, not in Japan. It must be taken in Ellis island, NY on Apr 2010.

What a nice weather it was!

Golden hour

A photo I took today on the way back from off-site meeting to the office. It was beautiful sunset.

Fish bar

Torobako is the box to put fish in it.

Cosmos in Ueno

A photo taken 2 weeks ago near Ueno station. It looks a bit noisy...

My apartment in Amsterdam

I lived here for 3 years. Nothing was changed when I visited there in 2005,

except that my name board was not at post box anymore.

I wish I can  come back here again soon!

Statue de la Liberté

She is 3 years younger than the one in NY. A photo taken in 2005 at Paris.

Guess where it is?

It is my second home town, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

This is a shot at China town, Amsterdam.

Last time I visited there was 2005 summer. Time flies!

Blue sky over Red

Hanazono Shrine in Shinjyuku, Tokyo. It is near by Golden street.

The color of this shrine does not look line natural. It may be just after the rennovation.