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- At the Musee Rodin in Paris. I loved the way the girls were symmetrical with the vine arches and the museum itself. (Paris has a way of making simple things look good.)
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- I took this photo at Mikuni beach, a Japanese beach famous for its sunsets. My friend Martin is wearing a kid’s plastic crown, and when looking at this shot I always think of him as the King of Mikuni.
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- In Japan, fireworks are a famous tradition during the Obon Festival in August. In the Obon festival, Japanese families spend time together and honor their ancestors. This is a shot of a young boy standing in excitement during the fireworks festival in my small town.
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- Taken on a rainy evening at the Eiheiji Lantern festival, in Eiheiji, Fukui, Japan. I loved the symmetry of the umbrellas and the dragon.
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- A statue framed by sunlit leaves outside the famous zazen Buddhist temple, the Eiheiji Temple.
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- Got lucky to catch this shot of three women in kimono on a swing, in Kyoto, Japan. I think the playfulness of the women charmingly juxtaposes the seriousness of traditional Japanese culture.
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- Sunlight streaming through giant bamboo trees in Arashiyama, Kyoto’s famous bamboo forest.
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- Office workers, called ‘salary men,’ going to or from the office on a Saturday night in Tokyo.
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- A sightseeing telescope in Nagoya Castle (Nagoya, Japan). I thought it looked like it was observing its city, just like all the tourists around it. It also reminded me of Wall-E in a sad robot kind of way.
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- My friend Sarah’s face perfectly captures how I think we were all feeling on our first night in Tokyo! The map looming over her also does a good job of emphasizing how busy and massive Tokyo is. Taken in Shinjuku Station, one of the busiest subway stations in Tokyo.
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- My baby host sister, Ryo-chan, caught red-handed enjoying some crab. Family dinners with the Tsuji family are some of my favorite memories here in Japan!
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- A giant pot of nabe (pronounced nah-bey), traditional Japanese winter stew, prepared beautifully by my Japanese friend Eri.
