tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50750512011-12-02T08:29:24.372-08:00Forward in All DirectionsJohnnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1511100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-43031939514664158182010-01-05T05:20:00.000-08:002010-01-05T05:36:34.985-08:00

Here is a song I made last year.It's called "Where Is My Mind".

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-63410730566197512832010-01-05T05:18:00.001-08:002010-01-05T05:18:44.417-08:00

Its 2010 already! My my how time does fly...

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-49863660819505883732008-06-21T23:43:00.000-07:002008-06-21T23:45:57.399-07:00

Here's Louis Fowler, contemplating life...

Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-418128965986716652008-06-21T23:32:00.001-07:002008-06-21T23:35:07.362-07:00

It's raining here in Tokyo. Me and Patrick went to Ikebukuro while Harumi and Louis stayed home. Bought Patrick some new shoes, 2 pairs, Asics. Then we bought my lunch bread for next week - first week back after the 2 weeks off for Louis's arrival. After the bread we went to Kuhachi and had a Choco Banana and a coffee. The back on the train and home.

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-76274398819517413852008-05-26T06:25:00.000-07:002008-05-26T06:27:01.511-07:00

Gosh...it's very dusty in here... I haven't been in this blog since last summer... August 2007... although I don't think anyone else has either. It's deserted! Needs a bit of work and a tidy up.

Johnnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-301558352524664312007-08-30T23:52:00.000-07:002007-08-31T01:07:00.660-07:00

I've just opened the Cargo Cult Trading Post a so hurry over and get your Cargo Cult T-shirts now!

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1137415442569183792006-01-16T04:44:00.000-08:002006-01-16T04:44:02.573-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Gnome, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. A plaster gnome type thing, sitting on top of a gate post at the enterance to a local elementary school.

Johnnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1137415412938081122006-01-16T04:43:00.000-08:002006-01-16T04:43:32.943-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Cold Stone Creamaries, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Chocolate ice cream from Cold Stone Creamaries in Roppongi Hills. Not bad at all.

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1137415360515061792006-01-16T04:42:00.000-08:002006-01-16T04:42:40.520-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Tokyo Sky, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. A jet flies over Shinjuku, while on the ground I look up and take a photo of it.

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1137414843176036702006-01-16T04:34:00.000-08:002006-01-16T04:34:05.500-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Liverpool Chair in Dean & Deluca Tokyo, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Look at this. A chair all the way from Liverpool finds itself in a Dean & Deluca coffee shop deli in Marunouchi,Tokyo. The secret life of furniture.

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1131282893102787322005-11-06T05:14:00.000-08:002005-11-06T05:14:53.106-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Clock & Blue Sky, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. More blue sky. And with winter not so far away I can look forward to many more blue sky days - Tokyo winters are dry and clear, unlike England, where it's gray and wet most

Johnnoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1131282536800147432005-11-06T05:08:00.000-08:002005-11-06T05:08:56.843-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Persimmon Signal, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. I love it when the sky is blue. What I really want to do is is simply photograph the sky, without any subject in it all all, and then post a series of blue photo... but it's

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1126151463156295882005-09-07T20:51:00.000-07:002005-09-07T20:51:03.186-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } The Pheonix and Drum, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. The Phoenix and Drum sonds like a British pub name. I remember there was a number of pubs that started with The Phoenix and ....something. I'm not sure if the metal bird

Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1126137492136747482005-09-07T16:58:00.000-07:002005-09-07T16:58:12.170-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } galleryimage011, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. This is now my number one object of desire. I want one!My old iPod has been a good and faithful friend for the last couple of years, and continues to be one. Never let me

Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1125207024416810952005-08-27T22:30:00.000-07:002005-08-27T22:30:24.466-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } peeandpoo, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Don't mess around with the Tokyo City Parks Department. They don't mince their words and they don't fudge it when it comes to calling a spade a spade and a trowel a trowel. If

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1125145801415354872005-08-27T05:30:00.000-07:002005-08-27T05:30:01.453-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Garamasala, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Came across these Garamasala flavoured chips in my local Mini Stop a few days ago. Nice packaging I think. The chips are small, triangular, thin cracker kind of things and have a

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1124630179386800302005-08-21T06:16:00.000-07:002005-08-21T06:16:19.443-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } min min, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Hot again today, a real August sorching Sunday. In the park we went to in the morning the cicadas were still calling, but not for much longer I think. The end of August is in sight

Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1124165373878134352005-08-15T21:09:00.000-07:002005-08-15T21:09:33.916-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } raven2, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Well, about an hour ago, at 11:45, we had a pretty strong earthquake. The epicentre was off the coast of Miyagi; the nearest city was Sendai, and it measured about 6.8.Here in Tokyo

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1123817073171230252005-08-11T20:24:00.000-07:002005-08-11T20:24:33.176-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Cats, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Some little ceramic cats I found on a stall in Ueno park after visiting the zoo last week. Funny, the animals in the zoo had similar expressions on their faces.

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1123814836480360902005-08-11T19:47:00.000-07:002005-08-11T19:47:16.520-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Look Out Cleveland, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. A word here, a call there, a meeting here and there and the next thing you know the road has changed and you are headed in a new and very interesting direction. Although I

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1123027526356996132005-08-02T17:05:00.000-07:002005-08-02T17:05:26.390-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Tokyo from the 49th floor, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Nice view from up here on the 49th floor. I'm relaxing with an iced latte and a window seat. Trying to pick out the places I know, but the city looks different from

Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1121777271717157682005-07-19T05:47:00.000-07:002005-07-19T05:52:40.903-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Stick, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Thought is the real Butterfly Effect, don't you think? A thought can cause small ripples that fan out across your reality that turn into waves and change everything. And that's how it

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1120310283293719712005-07-02T06:18:00.000-07:002005-07-02T21:16:57.986-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } July 2 2005 Live8 Tokyo, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Went to the Tokyo Live 8 concert today. When I read there was to be a Tokyo concert I thought I might as well try to get tickets, even though the line up was not one

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1117980772463460182005-06-05T07:12:00.000-07:002005-06-05T07:12:52.466-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } End of the Line, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. The more things change the more they stay the same... Or as the French say, "Ze more sings shanege, ze more zey stay ze same...". My French is a little rusty these days, as

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1117980220926443542005-06-05T07:03:00.000-07:002005-06-05T07:03:40.973-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Train Window, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. The thing about change is that you never really know what is going to happen once things start happening, and perhaps that's why people often try to avoid change in the first

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1117376485129403712005-05-29T07:21:00.000-07:002005-05-29T07:21:25.133-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } After The Festival, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. These three guys had been taking part in a festival in Shinjuku today. It was one of those carrying a Mikoshi, a portable shrine, festivals. If it's so hard why not just

Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1117376324051221902005-05-29T07:18:00.000-07:002005-05-29T07:18:44.056-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Built in Obsolescence, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Went for a walk the other day and found this Play Station 2 dumped in an untended flower bed. There is a message here somewhere about the way the world is moving and

Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1117375675843931332005-05-29T07:07:00.000-07:002005-05-29T07:10:44.126-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Yellow & Black, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Looking a little like a bee, this is actually a level crossing near my apartment. It was repainted recently. My old apartment, when I was still single, overlooked this

Johnnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1116681444223664742005-05-21T06:17:00.000-07:002005-05-21T06:17:24.280-07:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } E, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. The times they are a changing... finally.New job and jobs; goodbye to the old, hello to the new... the more things change the more they stay the same? We shall see.This morning, Saturday

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1111844848357199982005-03-26T05:47:00.000-08:002005-03-26T05:47:28.356-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } IMG_3017, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Hiking in Chichibu last weekend with William. Lovely day and a good walk. The beard and moustache also had a lovely day, and in fact were so taken with the mountains and the sheer

Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1111844564973418592005-03-26T05:42:00.000-08:002005-03-26T05:42:44.973-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } IMG_3030, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. So Tokyo may not be the most beautiful city in the world, far from it, but all you have to do is look beyond the skyline and there is the big blue beautiful sky. It's just so blue,

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1111844304013806032005-03-26T05:38:00.000-08:002005-03-26T05:38:24.013-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } Bus, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. And where is this bus going? It's not a good idea to stay on the bus too long because there's a good chance it won't take you where you want to go. If you stay on the same bus too long

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1111844166143591022005-03-26T05:36:00.000-08:002005-03-26T05:36:06.143-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } IMG_3019, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Some coins left at a small mountain forest shrine.

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1111556527286685062005-03-22T21:42:00.000-08:002005-03-22T21:42:07.286-08:00

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; }.flickr-yourcomment { }.flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; }.flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } El Presidente, originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Hey EmilHere's one for you.Just think, you escaped from those jaws. Now you are a free man! Free to go where you want to go. Free to do what you want to do, without the

Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1111034555878657692005-03-16T20:42:00.000-08:002005-03-16T20:42:35.876-08:00

fridge Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Went to see REM at the Budokan yesterday evening and very good they were as well. I'm not quite sure what I was expecting, I hadn't really thought about the concert until we entered the hall. But they were great. Stipe stalking around the stage, a mask painted across his eyes, his voice strong and clear. This morning I downloaded the new CD, Around

Johnnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1110868510227506192005-03-14T22:35:00.000-08:002005-03-14T22:35:10.226-08:00

kitkat Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. As far as I know this is a Japan only Kit Kat version. It's passion fruit flavoured and was created by a famous Japanese chef called Takagi. They are a bit more expensive than the regular Kit Kats but rather nice.

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1110868293615347312005-03-14T22:31:00.000-08:002005-03-15T04:59:31.616-08:00

iBook Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. This is where it all comes together, or not.I really do need to get some more memory put in the little iBook, it runs so slow when I have too much open... bit like me.

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1110867646457705452005-03-14T22:20:00.000-08:002005-03-14T22:27:03.433-08:00

bathroomirror Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. The world of work is changing and the idea of job security is disappearing. I might be just as well off seriously studying art and writing and trying to make a living as I would be in any other field. In some ways I could be more secure, because I would have an independence that a company employee doesn't have. Their company could downsize

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1110690294733846862005-03-12T21:04:00.000-08:002005-03-12T21:47:24.820-08:00

how to lino print Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Someone asked me about how these prints were made. In fact someone asked me what "lino" is. I wonder if that's a British word? It's short for linoleum, the stuff that people put on their kitchen and bathroom floors... or at least they used to. The lino used in art for printing is a little different. The traditional lino is a kind of corky,

Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1110434178784388192005-03-09T21:56:00.000-08:002005-03-09T21:56:18.783-08:00

Fire Engine(s) Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. This a postcard size lino print I made a couple of months ago. I printed it in a variety of colours. If you'd like a copy just ask!

Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1110434038298227182005-03-09T21:53:00.000-08:002005-03-09T21:53:58.296-08:00

Seven Eleven Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. This is another lino print. My local Seven Eleven. This is my most ambitious print so far - each colour represents a seperate lino board. I'd had problems with alignment of the different layers before I made a special printing board.

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1110433835248507332005-03-09T21:50:00.000-08:002005-03-09T21:50:35.246-08:00

Forest Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. This is a lino print I did at the end of last year. The real size of the print is 15x20 cms.I've been thinking about trying to sell some of my prints.

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1110202323045261132005-03-07T05:32:00.000-08:002005-03-07T05:49:15.630-08:00

IMG_2863 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. If your day job, the one where you turn up at the office in the morning and drag yourself through the day watching the hands of the clock slowly creep towards the hour when you can finally leave, if that job becomes the centre of your life, the main part of your day and of your thoughts, then you are in for a grim and a long trudge. If you don't

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1109077844381559322005-02-22T05:10:00.000-08:002005-02-22T15:39:14.616-08:00

Fear and Loathing Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying something like "I feel a bit lightheaded; maybe you should drive...." And suddenly there was a terrible roar all around us and the sky was full of what looked like huge bats, all swooping and screeching and diving around the car,

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Lhasa 1987 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Lhasa and Tibet are places I would very much like to visit again, but I am afraid at what I would find. When I was there in 1987 there was very little tourist "development" - no big hotels, only guest houses, and no restaurants or bars catering to the tourist trade. I fear things are very different now. And it's not even as if the increase in

Johnnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1108732778495072252005-02-18T05:19:00.000-08:002005-02-18T05:19:38.496-08:00

Early Cherry Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. You smell that? Do you smell that? Napalm, son. Nothing else in the world smells like that. I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for twelve hours. When it was all over I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill.

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Little Plastic Ducks Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Remember that night in the Garden? You came down to my dressing room and you said 'kid, this ain't your night. We're going for the price on Wilson'... You was my brother, Charlie. You shoulda looked out for me a little bit so I wouldn't have to take them dives for the short-end money. I coulda had class. I coulda been a contender. I

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Here and Now Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. And here we are today, father and son, and I am both of those things. One good thing about having a child is that is keeps you focussed in the now, because right now he is demanding something, right now he is about to pull down all my CD's, right now he wants something to drink... It's only after he's gone to bed and is asleep that my mind

Johnnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5075051.post-1108216215901430212005-02-12T05:50:00.000-08:002005-02-12T05:50:15.900-08:00

Taj Mahal, 1987 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. One comforting thought which occurs to me, looking through these photos of my London to Kathmandu overland trip back in the spring of 1987, is that I haven't really put on much weight since I was 26 and have almost the same amount of hair. There are some men of 44 who could not say the same.I am going to get my Zimbabwe trip photos put on CD

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Grass Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. A patch of wild canabis growing by the side of an Indian road in the spring of 1987.

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La Qua Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. It was a national holiday today, Dried Fish Day or something. We went to Korakoen, home of Tokyo Dome and affiliated attractions. There is a harum-scarum, hurdy gurdy roller coaster ride that twists and turns in spine-jangaling elipses and flies through a round hole in the top right hand corner of the shopping building. I've haven't ridden it but in

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Tibet 1987 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Another photo from the Tibet trip back in 1987. It was so dry up there on the Tibetan plateau; no trees, no grass, thin air, blue sky... I'd love to see it again, but it wouldn't be same... it really is another country.They say we replace every cell in our bodies every seven years. By which reckoning I am twice removed from the man who took this

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Tibet 1987 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Another country...

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Tibet 1987 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. In the spring of 1987 I traveled from Kathmandu to Lhasa. This photo was taken on one of the high mountain passes.That journey stayed with me for a long time, in fact it is stuck in a place at the back of my mind and makes an appearance every now and again to remind what I did when I was 26 years old.It's the passage of time that surprises and

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Ushuaia bay & peaks Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. I spent 4 days in Ushuaia, Patagonia, which was a couple of days too long actually, but I couldn't get an earlier flight out so four days (and three nights) it was. The second day, the first full day, was the best, and indeed ranks pretty high in my list of all time best days. It was a perfect day; blue sky and sea and no wind. I walked

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The Price of Fish Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. You know fish don't grow on trees. And they don't grow on the fishmonger's slab. They live in the deep cold ocean, and if you want to catch one you are going to have to get on a boat and sail way out on to that deep cold ocean and work like hell, and not sleep, and gut and cast the net, and haul it back in again, and sometimes those waves

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Don't Mess With The Fowlers Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. We know who you are and we know where you live.I was thinking this evening, as I was walking to the station to catch the train home after a pretty long day at work, that my son is the most perfect thing not just in my life but in this world. He is perfect and pure and everything else is corrupted and damned. He is an angel come

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Plum Blossom Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Just as I'm getting into my winter stride spring loams on the horizon.The days are getting longer and this morning I found this plum blossom in a small orcahrd not far from the apartment.I like the plum more than the cherry. It's not not as showy for a start. Those small white flowers are the first sign that even though you are still freezing

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Only The Mistakes Are My Own Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. This morning walking to work I started thinking about achievement and what achievements in my life I am proud of; the shortlist was a lot shorter than I would have liked. What kind of achievements am I thinking of here though? The obvious public ones: climbing a mountain, publishing a book, establishing a business etc. Then

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Argentina 2002 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. I went to Argentina and Chile in the spring of 2002, a three week trip which took me to the end of the world. I'd always had a dream of visiting Patagonia, ever since reading the Chatwin book. But he had longer than three weeks.

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glacier Argentina Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Happy travel memories.

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Life is a Bowl of Penguins Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Penguins only live in the southern hemisphere and polar bears only in the north. What would happen if penguins were introduced to the north? I bet someone has already tried it. Some Canadian no doubt. They do things like that you know.If you stay in the bowl with all the other plastic penguins things will stay cosy and the same.

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Doc at the Radar Station Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. This city has a million back streets, and there is someone heading down every one of them. Are they walking towards you or away from you. I guess it's all a matter of relativity. As an observer what you see is not necessarily the truth, at least not for everyone. We all live in different worlds on the same planet; gravity pulling

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Got a warm place to sleep tonight? Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. The nights are bloody cold now, especially if you have to sleep outside. Perhaps I should have given him 500 yen instead of taking his photo. Life is all about give and take.

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Let's Do Lunch Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Mountain Ocean SeaBite Me!As The Captain once said:A man's gotta liveA man's gotta eatA man's gotta have shoes to walk out on the street.

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wooden tofu box Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. It pays to think outside the box. That's what they say. This box was sitting outside the local tofu shop, drying in the sun. See how well scrubbed it looks? Almost like it washed up on some distant shore, a little battered and worn but still working... a bit like me...

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wool Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Those earthy colours and the warmth that radiates from pure wool, yummy! You just want to grab it and hold it to your face and feel the warmth... don't you? Perhaps a few weeks ago it was part of an Australian sheep and then the next thing you know...

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swings Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. I wonder what's really going on in my company these days. The boss got a bump on the head the other day... slipped on the stairs after one too many glasses of wine... She must have thought, or be thinking, about the end game; the way out that leaves her with the money and the time to enjoy without the pressure and stress of running a small business

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pink soap Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Keep it clean! I found this lovely big block of hand made soap in a shop in Korakoen, near Tokyo Dome. Look at the colours man!

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Ebisu night Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. I like this picture. I discovered that my little digital has this long exposure thing for night shots - this was 1 second, hand held.

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hankos Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Make a name for yourself, why don't you. It's easy! Just get out there and hustle! You can do it.

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P041209_2151.jpg Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Went to see Chris's band at The Fiddler last Thursday evening, December 9th. There are four of them now and more equipment, but whether the extra equipment actually makes the songs any better is open to question. I think the songs are the core thing for any band, and if they are strong then they don't need expensive effects pedals and the

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P041030_1140.jpg Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Here is a photo of a stainless steel bin at the ice cream palour in Seibu Department store, and as you can see there is a reflection of the three of us...Nice ice cream... Kihachi, if you're interested. I had chocolate. They call it Soft Cream, rather than ice cream. It's the sort that comes out of a tap, you know what I mean. But outside

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Rescue Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. The casualty figures from the earthquake, and also the typhoon, can so easily become merely dehumanized statistics. But yesterday the tradgedy of the disaster was brought home to me and all who watched the rescue attempt of a mother and her two small children, trapped in their car for the last 3 days. I turned on the TV and almost all channel were

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john_peel Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. I recieved an email last night with the line:"Hear about Peel? Sad day"I hadn't but some heart chilling dread tightened in my stomach. I went to the BBC News website and saw the news.I really was stunned; couldn't believe the news; I thought he would always be around, never even thought about the fact that he might at some point die. I'm sure

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P041023_1155.jpg Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. The planet is not built to a human scale, and sometimes that fact is graphically illustrated by an act of nature that blindly brushes away buildings, roads and lives like so much fluff. Every day of your life is a gift, and as you may not be here next week to enjoy it, then enjoy and appreciate today. After the earthquakes in Niigata

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In The Park Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. "Up in the morning and out to work..." as Chuck Berry might have said.Another typhoon is on its way to Tokyo. This is typhoon number 23 for the season, and I say "Get your storm on!" There is something humbling and awesome about these typhoon blowing through the city; having their way with us. I love watching the TV typhoon reports: in hard

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P041017_1228 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. It was a lovely day in Tokyo today - the sky was blue and although the wind let us know what time of year it really was, it was quite warm.

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P041016_1107 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. "A thought can be significant. Can be the difference between someone living and dying. Think about that. And whatever wonderful things or banal things you may choose to do with your life, remember that the one thing you can know for sure, is that the choice is yours to make. The significance or relevance of anything that you do may never be

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John in Freshness Burger Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. It rained again today; it's been a wet autumn, after the long hot summer; things balance themselves out, in the end.A couple of articles on the BBC today made me stop and think about the future, and as the picture it presented was way too scary to contemplate, I started running again...

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P041011_1431 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Gray sky today, unusual after a typhoon, we usually get blue skies and warmer weather.Yesterday's typhoon certainly was a big one, the biggest to hit the Tokyo area for the last 10 years, they say. So much water in such a short time, where is it all to go? And there lies your problem.About 5 people died yesterday and several others had their

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P041007_1041 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. A lighted box on legs displaying a symbol. This sort of thing happens all the time.

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clouds1.JPG Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. (I posted the one below last night but it didn't publish, so I did this one today, and then when I posted it they both appeared. Thought I leave them both) The great thing about clouds is that they are there for everyone to enjoy and appreciate; just look up at the sky, there they go, like great galleons saling in a bright blue ocean.They are

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clouds1.JPG Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. I like clouds and recently I have been trying to paint them, but I'm finding out how difficult it is. It's easy to draw a symbolic, cotton wool round cloud shape, but real clouds aren't like that... almost nothing is. One reason my first attempts at painting clouds were not successful was because I forgot that like everything else clouds obey

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P041006_1148 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. How to cross the street:Keep your eyes on the signals, don't look at the traffic, or the street to left or right.If the walk signal is red keep looking at it, don't look at the street. There maybe nothing on the street at all, in either for direction, empty streets as far as the eye can see. That is not important. What is important is the

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P041002_1131 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Isn't this one a Stegosaurus? With those plates running down his back. Wasn't that to cool his blood? Or was it for protection? A little of both I guess. Him and his concrete mates were in the children's zoo, but he is not to scale I feel; he should be bigger. He was bigger in Jurassic Park.When we become extinct do you think there will

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P041002_1228 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. I want one of these for my apartment; will I have to steal one? (I couldn't anyway) I'm sure I could buy one somewhere in this city. I wonder if they are only available in Japan? I don't remember seeing any in the UK.

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P041002_1338 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. This clock was in the Saitama Children's Zoo, which we visited this morning. The zoo is one of those minor league type attractions. But the kids don't care because they can enjoy themselves almost anywhere, and the parents don't care because as long as it keeps the kids occupied they are happy and grateful... and it's much cheaper than Tokyo

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P041001_1003 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. This was at 10:00 this morning, the sun at my back. The yellow brick road is to help the blind find thier way. There is no similar help for the rest of us.

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P041001_0957 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. The sky above Tokyo was clear and blue this morning, with just the tangle of cable to block the view.

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P040930_1139 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo.

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P040930_0759 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo.

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P040930_0754 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo.

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P040928_1127 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. I walk down the same streets every day and often don't notice the very stones under my feet. I wonder how many of us are sleeping walking through our own lives and don't realize it? But how would you?

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P040926_1535 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. There's a lot of green tea in Japan and a lot vending machines from where you buy it.

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P040925_1530 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Blue plastic baskets of lemons for sale in a fruit and vegtable shop on the High Street.In The States people call bad cars lemons. Funnily enough the French for lemon is Citroen. Could there be a connection?Lemon is an anagram of melon... and vice versa...Bobby Kempf, an American, consumed 3 lemons whole including skin and seeds in 15.3 seconds

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P040923_1316 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. A few days ago we went Shinjuku Gyoen Park. Today we went a bit more local, to Hikarigaoka Park. It's clearly not as nice as Shinjuku and now I can forgive them all those rules if that's what it takes to keep the park as beautiful as it is. It appeared as if all the things you are not allowed to do in Shinjuku Gyoen are permitted in Hikarigoaka

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P040920_1130 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. From small acorns do big acorns grow... isn't that what they say about acorns?All I know is that we shouldn't waste them - they don't grow on trees you know!There is a global acorn crisis happening right now, right here, right now, and no one seems to care or even know. You ask, "What can I do to help ?" You also ask, "Isn't it too little, too

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P040920_1211 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. We went to the park this morning. It was one of those days when you expect it should be turning a bit autumnal but it fact it was hot and humid. Deceptive September.This park, Shinjuku Gyoen in Tokyo, has a list of rules as long as your arm, and then a bit longer. All the rules start with the word NOT.Here are The Rules:SHINJUKU GYOEN is the

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P040919_1300 Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo. Here are some people in a canoe, without a paddle. They don't know where they are going, they just paid their money, got in and let the water have its way with them.From up on the 5th floor you couldn't tell if they were enjoying the ride or not. There was a little hill, of course, and a big splash, of course, and they probably got wet, but

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