Daniel Warriner
@danielwarriner.com
Editor in Tokyo posting Japan-related stuff, articles, essays, photos, and fiction.
記事やフィクション、気になる映画の解説など投稿しています。
Web: https://www.danielwarriner.com/
記事やフィクション、気になる映画の解説など投稿しています。
Web: https://www.danielwarriner.com/
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Daniel Warriner
@danielwarriner.com
· Nov 21
Started a Starter Pack of accounts with information about Japan, will add to it later
Veggie “Treasure Ship”
Hikarigaoka Park, Tokyo
at: 35.76273° N, 139.62916° E
Hikarigaoka Park, Tokyo
at: 35.76273° N, 139.62916° E
November 16, 2025 at 5:09 AM
Veggie “Treasure Ship”
Hikarigaoka Park, Tokyo
at: 35.76273° N, 139.62916° E
Hikarigaoka Park, Tokyo
at: 35.76273° N, 139.62916° E
Shakuji Park
at 35.73821° N, 139.60367° E
at 35.73821° N, 139.60367° E
November 15, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Shakuji Park
at 35.73821° N, 139.60367° E
at 35.73821° N, 139.60367° E
Blue sky over Tokyo today ☀️
Kannon Bodhisattva statue at Sasadera Chōzen-ji
At: 35.68690° N, 139.71791° E
Kannon Bodhisattva statue at Sasadera Chōzen-ji
At: 35.68690° N, 139.71791° E
November 10, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Blue sky over Tokyo today ☀️
Kannon Bodhisattva statue at Sasadera Chōzen-ji
At: 35.68690° N, 139.71791° E
Kannon Bodhisattva statue at Sasadera Chōzen-ji
At: 35.68690° N, 139.71791° E
Minato-ku’s (perhaps sole) Muscovy duck, at rest
At: 35.66687° N, 139.73302° E
At: 35.66687° N, 139.73302° E
November 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Minato-ku’s (perhaps sole) Muscovy duck, at rest
At: 35.66687° N, 139.73302° E
At: 35.66687° N, 139.73302° E
One night a thief entered Ryōkan’s mountain hut and found nothing to steal. Ryōkan said, “You have come a long way, and should not go empty‑handed. Take my clothes as a gift.” He later sat naked, gazing at the sky. “Poor fellow—I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon.”
—Ryōkan (1758–1831)
—Ryōkan (1758–1831)
November 6, 2025 at 11:57 AM
One night a thief entered Ryōkan’s mountain hut and found nothing to steal. Ryōkan said, “You have come a long way, and should not go empty‑handed. Take my clothes as a gift.” He later sat naked, gazing at the sky. “Poor fellow—I wish I could have given him this beautiful moon.”
—Ryōkan (1758–1831)
—Ryōkan (1758–1831)
Mt. Fuji at sunset
(shot at 16:52)
(shot at 16:52)
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Mt. Fuji at sunset
(shot at 16:52)
(shot at 16:52)
Autumn morning 🍂
At Sampoji Pond:
35.73848° N, 139.59509° E
At Sampoji Pond:
35.73848° N, 139.59509° E
November 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Autumn morning 🍂
At Sampoji Pond:
35.73848° N, 139.59509° E
At Sampoji Pond:
35.73848° N, 139.59509° E
Happy Halloween 🎃 👻 🕷️ 🧙
Two Tanuki skulking about behind the house . . .
Two Tanuki skulking about behind the house . . .
October 30, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Happy Halloween 🎃 👻 🕷️ 🧙
Two Tanuki skulking about behind the house . . .
Two Tanuki skulking about behind the house . . .
Kokia bushes spooky for Halloween 👻
Also used for making brooms.
At: 35.77652° N, 139.60135° E
Also used for making brooms.
At: 35.77652° N, 139.60135° E
October 12, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Kokia bushes spooky for Halloween 👻
Also used for making brooms.
At: 35.77652° N, 139.60135° E
Also used for making brooms.
At: 35.77652° N, 139.60135° E
No filters
What a sky
Iitabashi, Tokyo
What a sky
Iitabashi, Tokyo
September 28, 2025 at 8:15 AM
No filters
What a sky
Iitabashi, Tokyo
What a sky
Iitabashi, Tokyo
Kabukicho Benzaiten autumn festival
At: 35°41'40.0"N 139°42'08.6"E
At: 35°41'40.0"N 139°42'08.6"E
September 23, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Kabukicho Benzaiten autumn festival
At: 35°41'40.0"N 139°42'08.6"E
At: 35°41'40.0"N 139°42'08.6"E
Mt. Fuji in the distance
September 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Mt. Fuji in the distance
Reposted by Daniel Warriner
TokyoScope News: #Japan’s legendary actress #MeikoKaji reflects on 60 years in cinema, saying her killer roles made men too scared to approach her. “That is why I am still single.” Full story: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/meiko-kaji...
September 11, 2025 at 12:32 AM
TokyoScope News: #Japan’s legendary actress #MeikoKaji reflects on 60 years in cinema, saying her killer roles made men too scared to approach her. “That is why I am still single.” Full story: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/meiko-kaji...
Reposted by Daniel Warriner
This Jizō statue stood on the banks of Lake Ashi in Hakone for 150 years when Felice Beato took this photo in the 1860s.
Within a decade, the lakeside statue would be vandalized, sold, and removed in the aftermath of the Buddhist persecution during the early Meiji era. 🧵
🗃️ 📜 #Japan
Within a decade, the lakeside statue would be vandalized, sold, and removed in the aftermath of the Buddhist persecution during the early Meiji era. 🧵
🗃️ 📜 #Japan
September 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
This Jizō statue stood on the banks of Lake Ashi in Hakone for 150 years when Felice Beato took this photo in the 1860s.
Within a decade, the lakeside statue would be vandalized, sold, and removed in the aftermath of the Buddhist persecution during the early Meiji era. 🧵
🗃️ 📜 #Japan
Within a decade, the lakeside statue would be vandalized, sold, and removed in the aftermath of the Buddhist persecution during the early Meiji era. 🧵
🗃️ 📜 #Japan
Birds of a different feather
at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno
35°42'40.8"N 139°46'10.4"E
at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno
35°42'40.8"N 139°46'10.4"E
September 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Birds of a different feather
at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno
35°42'40.8"N 139°46'10.4"E
at Shinobazu Pond in Ueno
35°42'40.8"N 139°46'10.4"E
Saw one or two Series C ¥1000 notes in the ’90s, already rare then (in circulation 1963–1986, now fetching high prices on eBay). C featured Japan's first prime minister, Ito Hirobumi, who Natsume Soseki mocked in his novel I Am a Cat. Soseki replaced him on the Series D note (1984–2007).
September 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Saw one or two Series C ¥1000 notes in the ’90s, already rare then (in circulation 1963–1986, now fetching high prices on eBay). C featured Japan's first prime minister, Ito Hirobumi, who Natsume Soseki mocked in his novel I Am a Cat. Soseki replaced him on the Series D note (1984–2007).
Spotted a striated heron (ササゴイ) along the Shirako River in Tokyo this morning. My first!
May be becoming something of an ornithophile 🦉
May be becoming something of an ornithophile 🦉
September 6, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Spotted a striated heron (ササゴイ) along the Shirako River in Tokyo this morning. My first!
May be becoming something of an ornithophile 🦉
May be becoming something of an ornithophile 🦉
My dog’s look when I say let’s go for a walk and there’s a typhoon 👀
September 5, 2025 at 4:23 AM
My dog’s look when I say let’s go for a walk and there’s a typhoon 👀