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Dec 15, 2011
13 Day Photo Tour of Japan | Street Photography in Japan
In November I was lucky enough to lead another private photography tour of Japan. This time, I was with a couple from Turkey, Kurt and Serap, who had always dreamed of coming to Japan. After learning a little more about them, their interests and reasons for wanting to visit Japan, I planned a 13 day [...]
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Dec 3, 2011
Japan Photo Guide Fall 2011
Just returned from an incredible 2 week photography tour in Japan with a wonderful couple from Turkey! As you can imagine, after touring Japan for 2 weeks, I have quite a few photos to go through, but I wanted to just post a two photos real quick! A lot more photos of our trip in [...]
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Apr 20, 2011
Yes, It is safe to visit (most places in) Japan!
Northern Japan is still, and will still be, devastated for a long time, but now is as good as time as any to visit Japan! From Tokyo down to Okinawa, life is back to normal and is safe to travel to. There are two great reasons why now is the perfect time to plan a [...]
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March 2011 Great Tohoku Earthquake and Tsunami
I’m not a good enough writing to express what I’m feeling with the news of the earthquake just off the coast of Northern Japan today. Having lived in Sendai for just over 3 years, I’ve been hoping and praying all my friends over there are safe, but it’s pretty scary to see places you’ve been [...]
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Mar 3, 2011
Japan Photo Guide Recommends: Going to Japan now, HUGE flight sale!
It appears that American Airlines and Delta are in some kind of price war for flights to Asia this spring. I’ve never seen round trip flights go below $900 USD, but right now Delta and AA both have round trip flights starting less than $700 from certain cities on certain days. Lowest I found was [...]
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Feb 3, 2011
Japan Photo Guide Recommends: Sapporo Snow Festival
Japan has many festivals throughout the year, but honestly, most of them share a lot of similar elements (parades, fireworks, carrying portable shrines) and tend to be somewhat overrated *cough* Gion Matsuri *cough*. That being said, there are certainly some incredible festivals that make for some unique and wonderful experiences. My favorite one is probably [...]
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Jan 3, 2011
Japan Photo Tour Fall 2010: Andre and Evelyn
Andre and Evelyn were the latest couple to hire me as their Japan Photo Guide. Andre had been to Japan before for business but hadn’t had much time to explore on his own and speaks very little Japanese. Andre is also quite the hobbyist photographer so it made a lot of sense to hire me [...]
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