I'm convinced that railing on a ferry exists mainly because the water is so damn inviting on a hot summer day.

It was more impressive to the naked eye.

My patented diagonal horizon.

Kuro digging into shrimp/meat clumps hand picked from our cup ramens.

You never know what you may find strapped haphazardly to overloaded big rigs on the Kobe expressway. This was fairly scary, but even scarier was the truck in front of it carrying a reinforced stainless steel tank labeled TOXIC that was weaving between lanes like an Indy driver. Idiots.

My cousin Kana opened a nail salon behind Tenri station.

Made me late for work. Grrrrr.

The Awaji Armada.

Kevin praying for a horny stewardess on his return flight at the Aoinari Okami shrine.

Kevin's rendition of "dragon" with squeeze-bottle mustard; edible okonomiyaki canvas.

Okonokiyaki at Namba Parks.

Owner and proprietor of Anger Poultry House.

Small wooden fishing boat with motor tied up inside, probably in preparation for coming typhoon.

GOO.N - I never really found out what this product was because this display was next to a shelf full of mysterious products at a drug store that I pass by everyday but never bother to look at. Just background noise, you know. But GOO.N caught my eye. The small Japanese subtext says, "goon."
This photo is significant in that is the last photo I took with my first camera-equipped phone. I bought a new phone today, the Sony A1402S. I'll write up a review for it on my main blog soon.

Making space for new development at Sumoto's Ohama beach.

Can you say illegal dumping? It costs $50 to throw away old TVs in Japan.

The next big flop?