SunLovePrice Haikyo
May 12, 2011 · Entertainment, Haikyo, Tokyo-to · 8 Comments 

At the time of the Great Tohoku Earthquake in March I was teaching at a composer’s office 10 minutes west of Shinjuku. During the quake and aftermath it was a bit crazy, but soon things calmed down and it was…

One-armed Ultraman

Ultraman is a Japanese icon, guardian of Tokyo against all kinds of horrible invaders since 1966. His branding can be found everywhere, from plastic bento lunchboxes to bikes, cell-phone straps, and kids’ ride. My buddy Scott was out walking the…

Baba’s abandoned curiosity shop
July 5, 2010 · Entertainment, Haikyo, Tokyo-to · 22 Comments 

The old curiosity shop in Takadanobaba has been a mystery to me for a long time. I first spotted it passively years ago, before I lived near here, most likely on a trip to the Blue Parrot second-hand book store….

Haikyo Pachinko Hall
April 15, 2010 · Entertainment, Haikyo, Saitama · 5 Comments 

Last week`s haikyo wedding shoot at the Volcano Museum was supposed to only be the first of two locations. We scarpered out of there at double-time to make it to the Hume Cement Factory in Saitama, a place I visited…

Awesome abandoned theaters in the USA
October 19, 2009 · Entertainment, USA, World Ruins · 5 Comments 

Cinema is the American cultural export, a clearinghouse genre jam-packed with iconic images, historical rewrites, and the changing face of the Western hero.

The ruination of the Kanagawa Toyo Bowl
September 25, 2009 · Entertainment, Haikyo, Kanagawa · 6 Comments 

What a wrecked Bowling Alley looks like – the Toyo Bowl
July 22, 2008 · Entertainment, Haikyo, Kanagawa · 17 Comments 

The Toyo Bowl in Kanagawa was a mammoth venture when first dreamed up, the second biggest bowling alley in the world behind the Nagoya Toyo Bowl, featuring 108 bowling lanes spread over 3 huge floors, along with a large pachinko…

Relics of WW2- the Negishi Grandstand replaced by Yokosuka Navy Base

The Negishi Racecourse Grandstand in Yokohama looms like an ancient 3-headed Titan over the Negishi Plateau. It once drew crowds of thousands to cheer the racing horses from its elaborate bleachers, to wander its long hallways and admire its extravagant…

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