Empty shelves at a convenience store are a sure sign that something bad has happened.

Mountain of trash obscuring an ancient shrine.

This ojisan fell off the Cub right after I snapped this shot.

Long, long escalator at Costco Amagasaki.

Famous Osaka landmark with clown mascot. Nuff said.

T was importing this rock salt from Nepal, but stopped after receiving the first shipment. Somehow I understand why without asking.

Adam bought a Canon Wordtank G50 in Nipponbashi today. Much more compact than past models and dwarfed by my U3 micronote.

My cousin Nana wanted a cameraphone pic of the Capoeira meet. Here you go, girl.

For some reason, I absolutely hate this statue. Lensworthy, though.

The banana display at my local gourmet supermarket, Liberal.