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Yudono-san Jinja Opening Ceremony

Today was Yudono-san' Jinja’s opening ceremony for 2026. I wasn’t able to attend, but I did have some photos from the event in years gone by for you:

Passing through the beech forest on the way to Yudono-san Jinja.

Yudono-san’s torii gat...

9 days ago
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The Good, The Bad and the Lizard People of Sakata.

The sun rises over Chokai-san and the rice fields of Sakata.

It started off very briefly.

I parked my car at the local Toichiya supermarket1, the one right next to northern Japan’s biggest Muji store.

And I was met with quite a shock:...

19 days ago
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The Death of Japan's 6x Tax Loophole

I took this photo in March of 2024. I thought the building was tenanted then, and it may well have been.

Konnichiwa. Suteki na tatemono ikaga desu ka? Hi, how about a beautiful building?

However, it is well and truly not anymore.

Becaus...

23 days ago
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A Random Walk Down Sakata St. (Photo Essay)

Last year (I think?) I filmed this walk through central Sakata:

Well, I’m thrilled to let you know that were there was once an empty plot of gravel, there is now a police box. Then just down the road where there was once a police box, the...

a month ago
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The End of an Era for Amarume

When I first moved to Amarume in the Shonai region of Yamagata, I noticed this building:

I mean, how could you not?

It’s like, a fake castle office building thing? Who knows? Amarume never really had that much clout. It was stuck between...

a month ago
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