Jim on Japan

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Painted manhole cover showing pink flowers on green leaves.
A decorative manhole cover in Takamatsu, depicting the Battle of Yashima (1185). The samurai Nasu no Yoichi is on horseback in the water, drawing his bow to strike the fan of the enemy boat.
Two people flanking "Banio" the mascot of the Atagawa Tropical & Alligator Garden. He is showing off his "lucky banana."
A night view overlooking the park near Atagawa Station, Shizuoka, Japan illuminated by hundreds of Taiwanese lanterns.
Purple wisteria in blossom over Ito's Matsukawa plaza
A crude snowman that is leaning over rather than falling apart as the temperatures return to normal for the Ito, Japan area.
Night view of the illuminated river walk in Ito, Shizuoka, Japan.
A clear plastic bag full of about 2kg of smallish feijoa.
A large vending machine with photos of its gyoza, sesame ball, and steamed bun offerings on the front.
Two contestants back-to-back on a small circular platform. At the signal, they use their bottoms in an attempt to knock their opponent off the dias.
Store display of manikins in jeans with Jack o'lanterns for heads.
A Lenovo ThinkPad laptop with the boot logo showing the Tokyo Linux User Group emblem of a cartoonish penguin on a red circle background.
Our small, two-story wooden float adorned with lanterns and the name (Koji) of our district.
A two-story float adorned with illuminated lanterns is pushed across a bridge by residents in colorful happi coats.
Web site alert preventing buying rugby tickets without Safari or Chrome.
JG1GPY antenna with 49:1 matchbox mounted on the side of a fishing reel wound with wire.
A lost luggage video display headlined "Where in HEL is my baggage?"
Cartoonish penguin-shaped mailbox at the Port of Nagoya Acquarium
Front cover of Break-in for March/April 2025 featuring a photo showing ZL2LEO operating an ex-military radio atop Coopers Knob
Ito Ramen festival 2025 poster, along with photos showing tables set up along the river and stalls being constructed
Washington Post Keyword game scoreboard, showing 6.97 avg. guesses across 615 days.
A parking lot with spaces numbered 0, 1, 2, 3, ...
Jogaski-Kaigan station on the Izukyū line as seen from the pedestrian over-crossing. The mountain cherries blossoms are past their peak, but still form a nice backdrop.
Photos of the front and back of a hand-wired hard disk prototype for the Atari portfolio, featuring a rats nest of yellow wires.
Ariake GYM-EX, a Tokyo Olympics venue that now serves as an exhibition hall
Old railcar at Daiyuzan Station
white plum trees in bud but with few blossoms in Odarara on 09Feb2025
taiko performers mid-performance on stage at Wisteria Square, Ito, Shizuoka, Japan
Corridor lined with chocolate bar wrappers collected by one man at ROYCE Chocolate Town
Japanese fox standing in the road
From The Hermitage, Mt. Cook.
White cat yelling to enter the dentist office
Sunsset behind the Sault Ste. Marie bridge from the Canadian side
Screenshot of a second perfect week and bonus round of the Washington Post Keyword game.
Ariake GYM-EX: formerly the 2020 Olympics Gymnastics Stadium, now an exhibition hall and site of the Ham Fair 2024
A temporary ramp was built into the Ito River, allowing people to launch candlelit paper lanterns on the first night of the Adams Festival 2024.
View of the moon and its reflection on the bay in front of Ito, Japan.
Unknown orange and white cat sprawled out on a carport roof under an old cherry tree.
A team washtub race on the Ito River, Ito, Shizuoka 2024-07-07. Teams paddle strings of 4 washtubs roped together down a section of the river.
Mt. Fuji as seen near Numazu Station
Photo of a cat snoozing on a hammock suspended under a chair.
Poké Ball themed manhole cover in Kanazawa, Japan.
Minutes after the start of the new year, people queue to pray at the temple above Ito, Shizuoka. A bonfire cremates last year's amulets.
Yokohama, Japan night view
PyCon Shizuoka logo from Hamamatsu with the Python snake logo reimagined wit their famous eels
A panorama in the direction of Mt. Fuji from Mt. Kasuragi on a very hot, humid, and hazy day... making the famous silhouette completely invisible.
Tourists in rental rowboats pull past a riverside shaved ice stand.