jules is in the foreground and the big peaks of Yatsugatake in the distance. Yatsugatake remains my favourite mountain.
Like our papers, it seems that our team-photos are often the best.
Friday, May 28, 2010
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Some people on the internets have suggested that ipads are of little practical value. That would be very wrong. In Japanese mountain huts, where the sun rises through the bare windows at 5am, they not just a luxury but a necessity.
Read more...Monday, May 24, 2010
It was OK as long as we didn't walk into the wind. Unfortunately, down there in the white there is a junction at which we had to do just that. The path being invisible, we walked off the edge of the mountain in the snow hoping we would land on a path below. More accurately, James walked - perhaps he could even see where he was going - while I, eyes stinging and being blown around like a little leaf, clung on to him pathetically.
[Iodake summit, part of Yatsugatake, at about 7am and 2700m]
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Maybe the last picktur I'll post from "real Japan", this one is of a restaurant in Takayama that we didn't go to. Instead we had a very memorable meal of prime beef tonkastu*, but I didn't photograph the probably equally good looking restaurant as I was too busy negotiating our entry to the establishment.
*It was a real treat because normal tonkatsu restaurants in our region of Japan don't serve beef, just pork and jumbo shrimp.
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Old-timers* in old-time Japan. The streets of "Real Japan" were full of Germans and Brits. I think this was why it did not feel very real to me. Nevertheless, it is certainly worth a visit.
[*actually in-laws!]
Monday, May 17, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Here's James exploring some more of "real Japan" on our holiday in April.
Coincidentally, James, after giggling at my pitiful state earlier in the week, is now a quite peaky himself. I hope the rest of JUMP don't get it.
...well - it was time we dieted a bit after our recent extravagances...but it is also sad cos we wanted to climb a snowy mountain this weekend, and now we are far too feeble.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Rainbow coalition; same bowl, different light.
..sorry about the cliche - been under the weather today.. but I have discovered empirically that Pocari Sweat is awfully good for alleviating gastroenteritis.
Ever since discovering the cool Yellowstone Ravens last year, I've been trying to enpixelate one of our jungle crows.These birds are big, aggressive, audacious scavengers that shape the way rubbish collection is organised in Japan; it is only put out on the morning of the collection, and covered with netting, or put in crow-proof crates.
It understandable that their relationship with humans is not that great, and I think this might be why they are hard to photograph. They fly away as soon as they see that you are interested in them.
Anyway, this is the best pic so far. I would have liked to have included the tail and more of the red bridge in the photo, but I wasn't quick enough... it flew away before I could frame a better shot.
Update: Photo may be a carrion crow. Thanks to andrewt - see discussion here.
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