Tokyo Street Workers
One of the many workers in Tokyo who slog through the night to maintain the city’s amazing infrastructure. Location: Shibuya, Tokyo.
Hanato Chiruran Concert in Tokyo
Went to an indie rock concert in Tokyo a few days ago, where a group named Hanato Chiruran was performing. Here are some shots from the show:
Photowalk in Ginza, Yurakucho & Shinbashi – 2014/02/09
Last Sunday, few of us got together for a photowalk in the Ginza area. It was expected to be a rainy day so we decided that we would work out the route depending on the weather and light. After spending a few minutes in Ginza and is the rain got a bit intense, we walked towards Shinbashi, explored […]
“Mundane subjects, dynamic photos” – A Workshop with Alfie Goodrich
On January 25th, I had the pleasure of joining the absolutely amazing Alfie Goodrich for a day long workshop in Tokyo. The composition focused theme of the workshop was “Mundane Subjects, Dynamic Photos”. We started the day with a walk around the Ueno-Akihabara stretch, meandering our way through the numerous lanes and alleys looking for […]
Coming of Age Day in Japan (January 2015)
Coming of Age Day (Seijin no Hi) is a very special holiday in Japan as it celebrates the “coming of age”, that is, reaching the milestone age of 20 (adulthood) during the last year. So you’ll find 20 year olds all dressed up to join ceremonies, partying and also visiting temples to offer prayers. On […]
Featured by Google Japan on Google+ – August 2014
Featured by Google Japan again! 🙂
Google+ 3rd Year Anniversary Photowalk in Tokyo – 2014/06/28
Every year, to celebrate the anniversary if Google+, photowalks are arranged in various parts of Japan, including Tokyo. While I was part of the 1st photowalk back in 2012, I missed out on the second one in 2013 as I was in India on work. This time round though, I joined the photowalk held in in […]
Featured on CoolJapan (Google+)
Google Japan started an interesting campaign (powered by the Google+ platform) named “Cool Japan” some time back to promote interesting visual content from Japan, mainly photographs and short videos. Users of Google+ can share their content with the hashtag #cooljapan. The curators of the campaign periodically select contributions that they like and promote the same on the Google […]
Of tremors and tides and reactors
April 11, 2011. One month since nature knocked out large parts of Japan with ruthless ferocity. March 11th 2011 started out like just another day in the lives of people here. Crowded trains, busy streets, work, meetings, the usual stuff. People doing what they always do. Everything changed in a matter of a few minutes […]
Countdown to the M9.0 earthquake in Japan – March 11, 2011
We were sitting in a coffee shop in central Tokyo when a few seconds before the M9.0 earthquake hit Japan on March 11, 2011, a centralized warning system suddenly announced that an earthquake was about to hit Tokyo in 54 seconds. I got my mobile camera out just in time to get the count down […]