• Veterans' Day Tribute to WWI Airmen

    In honor of November 11th - Veteran'sDay/Armistice Day this video is a tribute to the airmen of World War I using photographs, paintings, and prints. Over 90 years ago at the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, the Great War (WWI) came to an end but its consequences live with us to this day. WWI produced the first fighter pilots and their names live on to this day most notably Manfred von Richthofen - the Red Baron. They were the national celebrities of their day and their deaths could shock a nation.

  • Japanese Ghost Story - The Demon's Arm

    This story is a version of the Ogre of Rashomon as the story is named in Yei Theodora Ozaki's Japanese Fairy Tales. I however refer to the titular creature as a demon based on the Japanese word “oni” which is demon/devil. Rashomon is a gate that once stood in Kyoto that lapsed into disrepair and became a place of ill repute. According to legend a demon took up residence there and snatched up passer-bys. Eventually it bit off more than it could chew when it tried to grab a samurai. The photos were taken by me of the temple gate of Zojo-ji Temple in Tokyo, a shot of a float from the Nebuta festival of Aomori showing a samurai fighting a demon (Raiko and Shuten-doji), and a depiction of the story on a float at the Neputa Festival in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture. The other images are 19th Century woodblock (ukiyoe) prints.

  • 3000-strong Japanese Halloween Parade

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  • Tokyo Decadance - Wild Sexy Halloween Party in Japan

    Tokyo Decadance is a wild eclectic monthly club event which is a mingling of Japanese subcultures like cosplay, goth, lolita, cyber, punk, fetish. Halloween is one of their biggest events and lots come out in all kinds of crazy sexy outfits. Photos of Participants

  • Ninja Vs Samurai at Japanese Festival

    The age-old question of “Ninja vs Samurai - who would win?” was tackled recently at Nagoya Matsuri in a fight between a blue-clad ninja (a Smurf ninja?) and an armor-wearing samurai. The results may surprise you; however with Ninja, things are not always as they seem…

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