Well, You Can Wish Can't You?

Saw this in the car park at Asda in Brighton Marina.

England Has Many Good

Old Stuff At Mother's

Shizu

Buddah In The Wall

Photographs that tell half truths. I could have been somewhere more interesting than I was, but I wasn't, and there was the entrance to a small basement Izakaya near Nagoya station with an interesting display of small statues behind a lattice of bamboo. Next door to the Izakaya? Probably another one, or a petrol station or hotel, and it was on a busy main road. But could you tell how everyday and even a little tacky it was just from the photo? Not really, because the camera doesn't lie but the person holding it can bend the truth.

Plain and Colour

Koizumi

Rainy

Well, it is rainy season.
I tried to add a little vignetting using the TiltShift Generator featured on Ben Curtis's 'Snapper Talk'. Sadly it refused to save it, telling me that the file must be an image file. I am most confused.

Football (not soccer)

Spent three days last week in Nagano with the school's football club. Together with students from a high school from Kyoto, my students were instructed by two under 18 coaches from Spain.

In Japan as America, football is known as 'Soccer', but the Spanish coach and I agreed that football by any other name...

Higher Education

From selection of photos of lectures and lessons. See more pics here, and learn more about where it came from here.
It was an education just taking them.

Beep

Shopping at the supermarket today reminded me of the old gag about watching your job or you will be replaced with a computer. Pictured above is the latest addition to the checkout lines in Japan's Jusco chain, the DIY register.
Hook your bag onto the holders (bottom left) and then scan in your items yourself and pay. The holder weighs your bag it seems, and then check for the weight of all that is being scanned to make sure you are not being a cheeky tea-leaf.
The whole operation of about 14 machines is monitored by 2 staff.

Delicious Tomato Sauce

Under The Construction

City Park

Here Be Dragons

Little monsters playing with monsters at a local festival.

Hot Off The Press

I printed the first edition of the new school newspaper last week. Long story. Read the lead story here. An interview with the headmaster. Gripping stuff.

What's On Your Table?

A cat, a container of barley tea, tissues, letters and an alphabet board from my mum, and a copy of the Reuters 'The State Of The World' photo collection from December 2007.
Love my local library!

Brass Band Club

From The 26th Floor

Fantasy Worx

An image from the Fantasy Worx site run by the person who first put a camera into my hands and said 'go play'. Well worth a visit. Beautiful images.