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Listless after returning home from three weeks of vacation, but at least the mail had something to perk me up!
A stack of books: Recipes for an Unexpected Afterlife, Redneck Revenant, A Mouthful of Dust, The Summer War, Audition for the Fox, Making History, and Slayers of Old
November 15, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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Bunch of tourists in a photo: 😐
Bunch of tourists with umbrellas in a photo: 🤔👍
Dotonbori, a busy tourism district in Osaka, at night. There are a bunch of people. The Great Buddha of Kamakura in the rain. There are a lot of people with single-color umbrellas of various colors.
November 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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I'll properly go through my pictures from vacation soon, but in the meantime here's a wave crashing at the ‘Pillow shaped lava field’ on the Tashiro coast of Yakushima. It reminded me of the Toho logo clip at the beginning of Godzilla movies.
A nice wave crashing against some igneous coastline, apparently from an underwater volcano nearby.
November 13, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Got to visit some of my favorite little guys today!
A little figurine of a human with bug-like eyes. I think it is from the Jomon period, about 1000-400BC or so. Carved stone called "Warrior" (note the sword hanging from the belt). There was an iron sword displayed next to this figure, so it was probably from the Iron Age but I didn't get a picture of the info card. A haniwa tomb sculpture of a smiling man, around the 6th century CE. These sculptures are hollow and can depict humans, animals, and objects. Another haniwa tomb sculpture. This one is called "Seated Priestess", which is a pretty accurate description.
November 12, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Finally the weather was clear enough for some good visibility 🗻
Mt Fuji as seen from the north shore of Lake Kawaguchi, framed by fall leaves and with a few clouds at its peak
November 10, 2025 at 2:53 AM
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yes, yes, you're all asleep, but check out this cool village I went to today
Traditional Japanese village house with a thatched roof, behind some brilliant red bushes Super overgrown thatched roof (seriously it's got a few young trees growing out of it), while in the foreground a young woman with a blue kimono, gold obi, and red umbrella turns demurely away from the camera. It is raining. There are a few bright red maple trees in the distance. Long shot of a canal in the rain with autumn trees and thatched houses. If it weren't cloudy, you could see Mt Fuji from here. Red torii gates with rope and white paper marking a staircase up to a shrine
November 9, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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mushroom mushroom

(snaaail, it's a snail)
A mossy tree trunk. There are black shelf fungi growing out of it near the bottom of the picture, and on the upper shelf is a cone snail. Above the snail, a little brown mushroom cap and a stalk is also growing. There are at least three different kinds of moss.
November 6, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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Happy #WaterfallWednesday from Yakushima, Japan!
Senpiro Falls Ryujin Falls (with bonus photobombing butterfly, I think it's a Postman species) Torokki Falls, one of only two waterfalls in Japan to flow directly into the ocean.
November 5, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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The rain had a cool effect on this carving.
Stone carved with six childlike Buddhist figures, each with a colorful bib. There are fresh flowers at their feet. The same stone carving after a brief downpour, giving a different texture to the figures.
November 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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Still pretty good though
Osaka Castle, mostly cropped the tourists out
November 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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Didn't quite get to the castle fast enough to get these clouds at their best....
Osaka Castle peeking through the trees at sunset
November 3, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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I think I like the one on the left better, but I should have also got a shot with the coins in focus and the statue blurred... Opinions?
Left Inari statue (holding a stick in its mouth) with a fresh red bib, viewed through the square window of a stone lantern. There are a few coins placed on the bottom of the window. Right Inari statue (holding a ball in its mouth) with a fresh red bib as viewed through a slightly angled square window of a stone lantern. This one is dappled by sunlight through tree branches.
October 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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The Hikawa Maru boat docked in the background framed by trees and flowers in the foreground. It is a sunny day in Yokohama.
October 28, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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Looking proudly out over Yokohama, thinking to myself:

I have rolled you into such a Katamari before
View of Yokohama including the suspension bridge, a ship, several smaller boats, tiny human figures, a nice rose garden, cars, warehouse, trees... All the ingredients for a massive Katamari
October 28, 2025 at 12:18 PM
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Sunset over Sagami Bay, featuring surfers
Sunset over the mountains of Izu Peninsula, featuring surfers on Sagami Bay. You can kinda see Mt Fuji , but it was hidden by clouds most of the day
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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The Great Buddha of Kamakura
October 26, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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✅ visit an Inari shrine after playing Silent Hill f
A row of orange torii gates heading up stone steps to Sasuke Inari Shrine in Kamakura, Japan. A mossy, overgrown miniature village populated by white fox figurines. Some of the foxes have red bibs, and there are red banners hanging up. A small shrine with a wooden torii arch, a cup of sake as an offering, and many small white fox figurines. A stone fox facing right with two red bibs and a little bell. In its mouth is what looks like a stick.
October 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
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Coco Puff, a big brown tabby, stretches luxuriously on a fluffy white blanket.
October 16, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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The Cache La Poudre River
A small river next to a large rock face and evergreen trees
October 9, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Post something random or have an awful October
Indiana Jones punching a Nazi. The text reads: "I came here to study the humanities and punch Nazis, and they just cut funding for the humanities"
September 30, 2025 at 2:13 PM
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Rainy archive pictures for a rainy day today
Metal dragon water fountain outside a Buddhist temple. Engyoji, Himeji, Japan. People walking with umbrellas through Arashiyama Bamboo Grove, Kyoto, Japan.
September 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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Happy decorative gourd season!!
Two small pumpkins with googly eyes on a balcony
September 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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I had one on my window the other day!
Yellow mantis with green eyes perched on the outside of a second-story window
September 21, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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Oh no it's spreading
Vergil defies gravity
September 20, 2025 at 2:57 AM
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Happy birthday Nick!!
There are two cats in this picture, a calico (Lily) and the tail of a black cat (Vergil). Vergil (the black cat on the left) and Coco Puff (brown tabby on the right)
September 19, 2025 at 8:11 PM