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john liles
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nerd, gamer, and just an all around dummy.

all photos posted were shot on iPhone unless the post starts with *
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teamLab Nagai Botanical Garden.
Nighttime photo of two structures with particle swirls projected onto them.
July 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Osaka Castle.
The top half is mostly blue sky with faint clouds on the elect and right. A tree emerges on the left that is green and a few trees wrap across the bottom that are red and green. The castle is center focus of the image with clouds behind it. The cast is white with gold accents and green roof tiles.
April 19, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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Tokyo Bay at sunset.
The top half of the image is a cloudy yellow, red, and grey sky at sunset with the sun just peaking through near the horizon. The lower half is very industrial with a shipping container yard with many cranes and containers. There are also a few roads leading right to left and one circling back from the left.
April 13, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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from the Observation Tower in Toyamaken Fuganungakansui Park with a view of the Japanese Alps.

Toyama, Japan
A view split roughly into thirds of the sky would cloud cover, Japanese Alps, and the city of Toyama. In the lower half is a mix of city scape and a park with many trees and green spaces.
April 9, 2025 at 10:41 PM
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two puppers outside Coffee Elementary School in Sumida.
A concrete bench built into a wall with a blanket covering a portion. On the blanket is one of two tan and white chihuahuas wearing a blue sweater with white accents at the sleeves, and white and red accents at the neck and waist. The chihuahua on the left is larger than the chihuahua on the right. The chihuahua on the right is not sitting on a blanket. They are both connected to a leash. In the background the window is open for orders and a menu is displayed above the chihuahua on the right.
April 3, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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Shijo Dori Street, Kyoto.
Nighttime shot of a street with a bus that just passed through a large crosswalk. Many shops line the street and there are large groups of people on either side of the street.
March 17, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Akihabara on a Sunday.
A street full of pedestrians walking and taking photos. The street is lined with trees and buildings.
March 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
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wanwanpaku.
The exterior of a building at night with three larger than life dogs looking over the balcony of the second floor. Dachshund, Dalmatian, and Shiba.
February 10, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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trees next to Kanazawa Castle.
Night time shot of trees being lit by various colors of light. The main color seen is blueish green and the bottom right of the image has a small amount of red. The perspective is from under the trees looking up.
January 29, 2025 at 3:25 AM
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Fuji from the Shinkansen.
A clear blue sky with Mount Fuji in the center. A town is in the lower 3rd of the image.
January 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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Kanazawa Station.
Half sky and half ground. A few people in front of a wooden structure built in front of the train station.
January 15, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Omicho Market.
A crosswalk with a few people crossing with cars lining the street. It is dusk and the buildings have lights on.
January 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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reflections of the sky. Fall 2023.
A river reflects the sky and trees above it. The river bed is made up of small rounded stones.
January 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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Chiyoda - Otemachi. Fall 2023.
A grey tiled sidewalk with a manhole on the left next to a street with cars. On the right is a small garden with a water feature. A group of buildings are ahead.
January 9, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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Sakurada Nijuyagura Tower & Kikyobori Moat.
A moat extending from left to right and up to the middle of the image wrapping around a two story corner tower. In the background are multiple buildings with the backdrop of a cloudy sky. in the foreground covering the top right is a tree.
January 8, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Sumida in the rain.
Crosswalk in the rain with pedestrians across the street holding umbrellas. Vehicles driving on the road to the left.
January 6, 2025 at 4:44 AM
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river in Shirakawa-go.
river bank on the left. rocks on the right. small river rolling through the center.
November 16, 2024 at 11:14 PM
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Japanese Alps.
mountains in a cloudy sky. the mountains are snow covered. there are smaller mountains in the foreground with leaves changing to orange and yellow.
November 16, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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the coast.
View from a Shinkansen. In the view is the barrier wall from the train to the town next to the track, a sprawl of buildings, a small horizontal slice of ocean, and a blue sky full of fluffy white clouds.
December 26, 2023 at 4:46 AM
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on the train.
A very large cloud covers the sky. A small town with rice fields is below.
December 3, 2023 at 1:16 PM
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closed street of Akihabara.
Street in Akihabara that is closed and has people walking in the street and taking photos. Trees and buildings line the sides of the street.
November 26, 2023 at 1:54 PM
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intersection.
A daytime shot of an intersection in Tokyo. On the right is a crosswalk leading to some buildings. In the middle is open street covering the bottom half, trees in the middle, and sky with some clouds covering the top. on the left are buildings, people, some busses, and a taxi turning.
November 23, 2023 at 4:18 PM
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fish in a bowl.
Two fish (one black and the other silver) facing opposite directions in a fishbowl. In the background are pink/read leaves and a fake waterfall.
November 22, 2023 at 8:32 AM
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nighttime shot of a random street in Sumida.
A nighttime shot of a street in Japan with cars on each side, parked bikes on the right side, a person riding a bike in the center, and multiple people walking in the street.
November 21, 2023 at 12:45 AM
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Tokyo Tower.
A view down a Tokyo street that leads to a view of Tokyo Tower in the distance. Cars line the streets with signs on buildings in Japanese.
November 19, 2023 at 2:08 PM