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Norbert Woehnl 📷
@norbertwoehnl.com
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🇩🇪 born in Graz 🇦🇹, reside & work in Tokyo 🇯🇵.

📍Photographer (Film & Digital)
📍Data Architect
📍Coffee Lover
📍Classic 📽️ Buff
📍Photo Book Hoarder
📍🥁 Apprentice

NFT/AI 🚫

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Norbert Woehnl 📷 @norbertwoehnl.com · Nov 18
Hi everyone! 👋
I am Norbert, a Data Architect and #photography enthusiast living in #Tokyo. I will post my photography, musings about learning Japanese, impressions from Tokyo cafés, and other random things. よろしくお願いします。
All the photos below were shot on film with a Mamiya 6 medium-format camera.
At Shibamata in Tokyo, Japan, pedestrians are watching the staff of a Yakitori stall going about their food preparations. A close-up photo of the reclining Buddha statue at Nanzo-in Temple in Sasaguri, Fukuoka Prefecture. During cherry blossom season, Hikone Castle in Shiga Prefecture is seen through a natural frame of pinkish-white branches of cherry blossoms. During dusk along "Star Road" in Asagaya, Tokyo, patrons are sitting inside an Izakaya, and we can see a whole lane of pubs and eateries extending into the background of the image.
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Drop an album that was important to you when you were 19
Album cover of “So” by Peter Gabriel, 1986
February 15, 2026 at 10:58 AM
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if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
February 14, 2026 at 1:50 AM
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Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon is a 41.8 meters-tall Kannon statue at Jigen-in Temple in #Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. Approaching it is a long ane lined with Showa-era gift shops and restaurants.

#photography #streetphotography #japan #showa #スナップ写真 #scape #japanesetemple @bskyphotos.bsky.social
Shops along the approach to Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon in Takasaki, Japan Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon statue appearing behind greenery in Takasaki, Japan Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon statue in Takasaki, Japan is 41.8 meters tall. Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon statue towers above a smaller foreground statue in Takasaki, Japan.
February 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon is a 41.8 meters-tall Kannon statue at Jigen-in Temple in #Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture. Approaching it is a long ane lined with Showa-era gift shops and restaurants.

#photography #streetphotography #japan #showa #スナップ写真 #scape #japanesetemple @bskyphotos.bsky.social
Shops along the approach to Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon in Takasaki, Japan Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon statue appearing behind greenery in Takasaki, Japan Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon statue in Takasaki, Japan is 41.8 meters tall. Takasaki Byakue Dai-Kannon statue towers above a smaller foreground statue in Takasaki, Japan.
February 13, 2026 at 4:31 AM
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Saddened to read about the untimely passing of James van der Beek. I’ll give the “Dawson’s Creek” soundtrack a spin today in his honor - a great time capsule of late-1990s music. RIP.

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James Van Der Beek, star of Dawson’s Creek, dies aged 48
Actor who also starred in Varsity Blues and Rules of Attraction revealed in 2024 he had been diagnosed with cancer
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February 11, 2026 at 9:55 PM
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I tried to take a photo of a grasshopper on my windshield, but now it looks like a gigantic bug destroying the town.
February 10, 2026 at 6:10 AM
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Glad I found this on YouTube today. Pat Benatar sounds amazing at 71 (two years ago when this was recorded), and the band is incredible. Such an iconic song from 1983, if I remember correctly.

#patbenatar #loveisabattlefield #80smusic

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Pat Benatar & Neil Giraldo - Love is a Battlefield | Live From Austin City Limits TV
YouTube video by Austin City Limits
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February 10, 2026 at 1:50 PM
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Cartoon by
Giorgi Nanava (Cyberwolf)
February 9, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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Hello from #Tokyo! Recently, during editing work for my website, I came across these two photos of a narrow lane of small pubs, tucked in a hidden alley adjacent to "Oyama Happy Road" Shopping Street in #Itabashi.

#photography #streetphotography #japan #スナップ写真 #UrbanGaze @bskyphotos.bsky.social
A multitude of small pubs in a narrow alleyway adjacent to "Oyama Happy Road" shopping street in the Itabashi Ward of Tokyo, Japan A multitude of small pubs in a narrow alleyway adjacent to "Oyama Happy Road" shopping street in the Itabashi Ward of Tokyo, Japan
February 10, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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Here’s some kindness from Canada..

When Olympian Maddie Schizas requested an extension to submit her assignment, her professor replied this ⬇️🥹

Go Maddie 🇨🇦!
From: Madeline Schizas Sat 2/7/2026 5:15 AM Hi Prof. I am a student in your Sociology 2FF3 course and am wondering if I could get a short extension on this week's reflection. I was competing in the Olympic Games yesterday and thought the reflection was due on Sunday, not Friday. Here is the Canadian Olympic Committee press release to confirm my participation: https://olympic.ca/2026/02/06/team-canada-in-top-five-after-first-day=of-olympic-figure: skating-team-event/ Thanks for your consideration Madeline Schizas To Madeline Schizas ... Sat 2/7/2026 11:24 AM Hi Madeline. Wow! What a special moment. Yes, in the circumstances, an extension is perfectly fine. I'd say focus on the competion right now, and submit it directly to me when it is done. The triple lutz triple toe combo is a pretty hard move to master, but you've got this. Good luck-the whole country is rooting for you and your teammates. PS, When I was ten, I scored a goal in hockey and that was challenging enough for me.
February 10, 2026 at 1:36 AM
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February 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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A fairly rare snow event here in #Tokyo earlier today. This was a view out of one of my windows mid-morning - #panoramic photo taken with the #65x24 app by @heliographe.studio.

#photography #streetphotography #japan #スナップ写真 #UrbanGaze #scape @bskyphotos.bsky.social
Panoramic photo taken during heavy snowfall over a suburban scenery in the Itabashi Ward of Tokyo, Japan
February 8, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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From today’s #drumming practice at a local music studio here in the #Itabashi Ward of #Tokyo - self-studying the intro fills for “Strawberry Fields Forever” (this is the easiest part of the whole song).

#drummingphotographer #music #japan @bskyphotos.bsky.social
February 7, 2026 at 8:58 AM
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Happy #BlueSkyArtShow weekend from #Japan!

Photo: Morning #sunlight is illuminating a side street near JR Itabashi Station in #Tokyo. This area is currently undergoing massive gentrification.

#photography #streetphotography #shotoniphone #スナップ写真 #scape #UrbanGaze @bskyphotos.bsky.social
Morning sunlight is illuminating a side street in the area around JR Itabashi Station in Tokyo, Japan.
February 7, 2026 at 4:06 AM
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After latest release country should move on to Epstein trials.
February 5, 2026 at 7:39 PM
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Happy Friday from #Tokyo!

A set of photos directly from my camera roll, taken on a recent walk around Sugamo.

1. Shinshoji Temple
2. Bonesetter shop “mascot”
3. Jizodori Shopping Street
4. Toden Arakawa Line

#photography #streetphotography #japan #UrbanGaze #scape #スナップ写真 @bskyphotos.bsky.social
Jizō statue at Shinshoji Temple in Sugamo, Tokyo Skeleton outside a bonesetter shop in Sugamo, Tokyo Scene on Jizodori Shopping Street in Sugamo, Tokyo Toden Arakawa Line (also branded as “Tokyo Sakura Tram”) crossing in Sugamo, Tokyo
February 6, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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You don’t look too fucking sorry
A ‘sorry you’re leaving’ card showing a horde of knitted characters all smiling broadly and looking decidedly chipper
February 4, 2026 at 6:13 PM
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Good morning from #Tokyo on this Thursday, my office day for this week. Just a quick #UrbanGaze with the winter sun doing its thing on the streets of Otemachi / Marunouchi.

#photography #streetphotography #scape #architecture #スナップ写真 #ArtYear @bskyphotos.bsky.social
A simple unedited morning scene from the area around Tokyo Station. Sunlight is being reflected off of window panels of high-rise office buildings.
February 4, 2026 at 11:23 PM
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Good morning from #Japan! Recently came across these two photos taken some years ago in the Ningyocho area of #Tokyo. First is a view from Kiyosu Bridge of a woman walking her dogs, second is a payphone and various knick-knacks outside a shop.

#photography #streetphotography @bskyphotos.bsky.social
An elderly woman using a walker is enjoying a sunny day with her two dogs along the Sumida River in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo Skytree is visible in the background. A shop in the Ningyocho area of Tokyo, Japan, is displaying various small household items on the street. In the foreground, a slightly dated-looking green payphone.
February 4, 2026 at 1:52 AM
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If this angers you, you should see what Japan does with spaghetti and ketchup
Post on X: Do not ask me to get sushi with you and then order something with cream cheese in it
February 3, 2026 at 5:48 AM
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February 2, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Happy Monday from #Tokyo!

Coming back to my neighborhood in #Itabashi Ward yesterday afternoon, I walked into this moment of pleasant winter sunlight.

#photography #streetphotography #japan #BlueSkyMonday #スナップ写真 #ArtYear @bskyphotos.bsky.social
Afternoon sunlight is casting long shadows over a shop-lined road in the Itabashi Ward of Tokyo, Japan
February 2, 2026 at 6:16 AM
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Olivia Dean during her #GRAMMYs acceptance speech for Best New Artist:

“I’m up here as the granddaughter of an immigrant, I’m a product of bravery and I think those people deserve to be celebrated.”
February 2, 2026 at 2:01 AM
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My grandpa gave me a 1932 cookbook that was gifted to his mother in 1933!
February 1, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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Some random impressions from this Sunday afternoon (featuring a mid-1950s Porsche 356 Speedster), shot during a short walk in the Hirakawacho and Kojimachi areas of Chiyoda Ward in #Tokyo.

#photography #streetphotography #japan #スナップ写真 #ArtYear @bskyphotos.bsky.social
A 1950s Porsche 356 Speedster and a horse at a building entrance in Hirakawacho, Chiyoda, Tokyo Old-and-New architectural ensemble in Kojimachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo Side street scene in Kojimachi, Chiyoda, Tokyo Textured building facade in Hirakawacho, Chiyoda, Tokyo
February 1, 2026 at 8:55 AM