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  • Bicycle

    Bicycle

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    A picture taken with my new camera on my bike while cruising my neighborhood’s back streets on the weekend.

  • Ricoh GR Digital II – Best Seller

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    Still haven’t decided if I’m going to get me a new GRD or not, my finances look bleak so it’s probably going to be a no-no. But according to the sales ranking of cameras in Japan for the month of November, many people don’t have the same qualms as me: It shot straight to 1st…

  • GR Digital 2 – it’s official

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    After my post 2 weeks ago about rumors of a new GR Digital coming out, Ricoh has now officially announced the GR Digital II for Christmas 2007. It looks like a nice evolution over the older model: the same body with the addition of just one button on the side for manually popping up the…

  • New GR Digital possibly coming soon

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    According to the official Ricoh website, the GR Digital is now out of production. It had a good life, now it’s over. As you may know, I bought this camera last year after reading raving reviews and a friend of mine recommended it. A lot of photography enthusiasts own this camera in Japan and you…

  • Cameo French license plates

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    Could someone explain me why I see so many cars in Japan with French or German license plates under the official Japanese plates? I might understand that car maniacs who import the cars from Europe might keep the plates for style, but this is a Mazda Premacy with the wheel on the right!

  • Shiodome Park Hotel – 33rd floor

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    Since my girlfriend is in town and I have tons of vacations to take before the end of my contract, I organized a special night out in Tokyo with her last week. I’m such a romantic guy… First we went for drinks and dinner at her favorite restaurant: T.Y. Harbor Brewery in 天王洲アイル. It’s a…

  • Watching the fireworks from the roof

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    Last weekend I went to 熊谷, the bigger town close to where I live, to watch the city’s 花火大会 from my friend’s roof. Firework shows in Japan last very very long compared to anything I knew in France, over 2 hours. That’s because in between every 2 minutes sets they make a 3 minutes break.…

  • I rode a Pokemon plane

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    On my way to Hiroshima, I flew on one of ANA’s Pokemon colored 747. I didn’t get any toys though, I guess they don’t give them out to bearded gaijins…

  • Hotel Seikai in Beppu

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    I came back yesterday afternoon from Hiroshima, barely escaping the closing of the airport for cause of typhoon closing in. The trip was short, but well-packed with fun and relaxation. I will split the story of the trip in several post to keep the not so photo intensive, and I’ll start with the hotel. As…

  • Surfing in Shonan

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    I’ve got a new hobby. One of my friends with whom I went snowboarding in Hokkaido this winter lives in 湘南 in a cool house 300m from the beach, right in front of 江ノ島. Since the last month I go surfing there almost every weekend. I can check the weather / wave size on Yahoo!…

  • Additional flash

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    You never see a photo taken with the flash on in my flickr photostream. That’s because I hate flashes, and my GR Digital‘s flash in particular: it burns everything. So yesterday, as I was on a day-off and had nothing else to do than watching season 2 of House M.D. and browsing flickr, I got…