even more lantern fest!!!!

holy moly miso-ramen!!!!!!!!!!!! i'm serious!!!!!!!!!!!!
my god, pork 'n ginger!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeahhhh!!!!!!!

more lantern festival!!!

steam!

more steam!

the dragon goes to bed.

sakamoto ryoma!!!

this dude is everywhere!

falcons or eagles

i've been seeing these birds of prey since i arrived in nagasaki. this guy was feeding them down by the nakashima river. allowed me to get some close-ups.

2 birds, 1 photo.

sofuku temple

this one is actually not sofuku, but on the same walk...


this tree was rather large. so i didn't shrink this photo. click for a big one!

today's walk took me off my own map. there always seem to be some neighborhood maps. but sometimes they look like this.



look both ways?

i'm on a tram!!!

mini gyoza!!!

porks and scallions...

year of the tiger!!!

year of the dinosaur!!!









chinese new year nagasaki 2010, or 4708!!!!

if you're gonna be tall, be thin.

pachinko what!?!?!!

if you hook your computer up to a thx sound system and turn it all the way up while watching this, you are approaching the din. think dinosaur jr times 6.

no privacy here!

nagasaki lantern festival!!!

fuck you say yeah!!

i planned to be in nagasaki for chinese new year because of it's chinese influence. but was i expecting 15,000 lanterns all over town? no.

hiroshima to nagasaki

rice balls for breakfast.

champon for lunch!! sort of a seafood bouillabaisse on ramen!!!

sara-udon for dinner!!! curry-licious!!

hiromi and masa!!!

chinese sake!!! tastes like soy sauce!

restaurant owners.

jackass. i've received tons of presents in nagasaki, this headband being one. i don't use the autofocus on my camera, so when i pass it off, it's always out of focus.