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morning and evening departures

Haggis — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:21:04 +0000

The Kaio Maru and a crane barge along with the Sofie Maersk (one of the largest container ships in the world) at Shimizu Port.

Voyage into the unknown…

Haggis — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 03:36:10 +0000

I can eat just about anything and it would be fair to say I’m quite adventurous with food but some off the food that was served up here was a bit weird. I ate it all though except the Tuna eye ball’s!

Back to this restaurant tonight (this was last Saturday) to sample some more exotic seafood.

Happy New Year from Japan

Haggis — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 06:14:25 +0000

This is the scene I see from my cabin window. (Scan’s from a locally developed and printed film) Very nice but a little cold for me…

Wishing you all (y’all) a very Happy, Healthy and Wealthy New Year.

… for Namba

Haggis — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 13:33:51 +0000

In the basement of Nagoya Station.

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Narita Express

Haggis — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 12:56:40 +0000

Just over a week and I’ll be standing there again!

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meanwhile… under Tokyo

Haggis — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:02:19 +0000

In the basement of Tokyo station.

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Isakaya, Nihonbashi

Haggis — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:33:41 +0000

Not the first time I’ve dined here… food is fantastic but the Shochu is better! Blootered by 7pm!

Chikyu

Haggis — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:20:06 +0000

Crew change day…

Last Wednesday, 10am Tateyama bay.

Summer in Sasebo

Haggis — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:16:12 +0000

Summer 2008 this is… not this year. This is how far behind I am in processing my photos!
I love Sasebo, a great small town in Nagasaki Prefecture, hopefully I will be back there in April.

Sushi Bars, annoying customers and Japanese bathrooms

Haggis — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:41:08 +0000

I’ve rather neglected this blog off late so here’s some shots from Yokohama, taken less than 5 mins ago. The Sushi was fantastic and the toilet is so far unused, however the girls in the photo (one off them is a bloke) had such high pitched accents it was starting to get on my tits….

Nagasaki remembered

Haggis — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 06:46:24 +0000

64 years ago this morning….
Still people suffer the aftermath of an experiment.

Soba house

Haggis — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:58:32 +0000

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Left to right

Haggis — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:02:44 +0000

Another from Tokyo station, back here again tomorrow….. Catch up with y’all on Wednesday (that’s a real Southern Y’All Otto).

Bandits at 12 o’clock

Haggis — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 04:24:40 +0000

Feeling a little fragile today…. Not from running round the house (or the garden) naked but from to much Jack and coke… Why oh why do I do it time after time…..

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Captain Minura

Haggis — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 00:40:29 +0000

It’s a bank holiday weekend here, long, slow boring weekend. I’m going to spend the weekend in the darkroom loading 5222 and 5231 movie film into 35mm cassette’s, that is once I’ve got the blackout sheeting hung up.

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Tokyo station

Haggis — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 04:42:15 +0000

Basement level 4 of Tokyo Station! I think there is 6 levels of track’s in this station. An amazing place but not as confusing or as busy as Shinjuku station.

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Your going the wrong way…….

Haggis — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 08:22:54 +0000

My popularity sometimes amazes me, here in Japan the TV crews turned out in force to see me off….. (more like to make sure I was gone).

Make up your own caption!

Haggis — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 13:21:37 +0000

Trouble on the Bridge

Haggis — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 12:04:19 +0000

Temple garden

Haggis — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 11:36:48 +0000