Another week has passed and I'm beginning to wonder about the rationale of our complete and total lack of planning. We originally set out to come snowboarding in Japan, and that was the extent of our plans. Then the idea kinda snowballed (pardon the pun) into this massive world trip which included snowboarding and bouncing around Japan with our cousin and his girlfriend too. Don't get me wrong here, I'm actually really excited to be travelling with them, but they don't arrive for another four weeks which is why Marc and I are just kinda hanging around in Tokyo killing time.

Sure, I can think of more than a handful of places that would be a lot less fun to be hanging out in, but I have this little issue about wasting time. We are heading out to all these strange out of the way places, where the two of us won't see another tourist for an entire day, and I've really started knuckling down on planning the Central Asia leg of this trip, but I still feel like we're just doing nothing. Still, it sure as hell beats being chained to a desk.
Marc and I spent another weekend in Tokyo before packing our bags and catching the train to Yokohama. Yokohama is a sleepy port town with a mere 3.8 Million people. Now I'm not sure if 90% of those people choose to reside somewhere a little more "happening" over the winter but even at lunch time when restaurants and cafe's are usually bursting at the seems, Marc and I felt like the only people in the entire city.
The ferris wheel was running, but not once did we see anyone on it.

Hmmmm.... Whale in a bird cage.

I tried to talk with old mate but he seemed to have his head somewhere else.

We stumbled into this funky store with all these wicked cameras, I helped the store clerk mop up the drool.

The name of the store was a little off putting.

All this 'spare time' has enabled me to take more photos, try new techniques, and just play around a bit. Shooting from the hip, manual guess focusing, and shooting with the wrong eye have given me a few more tools to add to my bag of photographic tricks.






Until next time, have a safe and happy new year.
Simon
Sure, I can think of more than a handful of places that would be a lot less fun to be hanging out in, but I have this little issue about wasting time. We are heading out to all these strange out of the way places, where the two of us won't see another tourist for an entire day, and I've really started knuckling down on planning the Central Asia leg of this trip, but I still feel like we're just doing nothing. Still, it sure as hell beats being chained to a desk.
Marc and I spent another weekend in Tokyo before packing our bags and catching the train to Yokohama. Yokohama is a sleepy port town with a mere 3.8 Million people. Now I'm not sure if 90% of those people choose to reside somewhere a little more "happening" over the winter but even at lunch time when restaurants and cafe's are usually bursting at the seems, Marc and I felt like the only people in the entire city.
The ferris wheel was running, but not once did we see anyone on it.
Hmmmm.... Whale in a bird cage.
I tried to talk with old mate but he seemed to have his head somewhere else.
We stumbled into this funky store with all these wicked cameras, I helped the store clerk mop up the drool.
The name of the store was a little off putting.
All this 'spare time' has enabled me to take more photos, try new techniques, and just play around a bit. Shooting from the hip, manual guess focusing, and shooting with the wrong eye have given me a few more tools to add to my bag of photographic tricks.
Until next time, have a safe and happy new year.
Simon