A year of photos 2009 Jan-May

for once, maybe I won't talk too much

January
Edogawa River at sunset (Chiba, Japan)
Funabashi gamblers make their way home (Chiba, Japan)


February
smoke/ art break near Shinonome, Tokyo

a quiet shrine in rural Chiba, Japan

children avoid snowflakes with pink umbrellas, Funabashi, Chiba, Japan

March
Joe and a 31.05 meter tall Buddha stare each other down in rural Chiba, Japan
"When when god knocks you down another lifts you up," a student once told me. Rural Chiba, Japan
Strange days and places, Seoul, South Korea
ha ha ha, that petty man is no longer my boss! Seoul, South Korea

April


Nikko, Japan
Nikko Japan
A local shrine in Funabashi, Chiba, Japan
Part of my commute to work by bike, Toyoso, Tokyo, Japan

May

public art and smog in Shanghai, China

Bell Tower at dusk, Xi'an China

sometimes posing with your water buffalo is more profitable than plowing fields. Yanshuo, China
I could spend weeks looking this view. Dazai, China

a bamboo boat ride down the Li River. Ping An, China
Sunrise at the top of one of China's sacred mountains. HuaShan, China

more to come...