junk

chinese junk boats in hong kong harbor

lantern festival

a boy pushes paper lanterns across a pond

sumo

at tokyo's ryogoku kokugikan

postcard seller

this cute chinese girl was put to work to sell postcards by the road

tohoku

iwate prefecture, japan

roadside barber

yangshuo, china

geisha look

a woman dressed as a geisha outside a store in tokyo

small town festival

iwate, japan

parasol beach

parasols are still widely used in japan

tee

bangkok

sidecar kids

china

laundry day

clothes hang to dry in an apartment building in china

gateball

the elderly in japan love gateball

toya-ko

hokkaido, japan

an old man

yangshuo, china

taxi stand

taxis line up outside sendai station in japan

salaryman visits shrine

tokyo

daikon

daikon drying at the beach in miura

a very happy buddha

japan

festival kids

two young girls help pull a float in a japan festival

red jacket

a tokyo street scene

kickoff

confetti rains at the start of a japan soccer match

camping on the beach

camping on the beach in japan is never complete without fireworks

shaken not stirred

i'm still not sure why this guy was wearing this

off to school

tokyo schoolkids enjoying a book on the train

rollerskating jam

the old skool rollerskates are still alive in new york

bad hair day

...but still very cute

golden arches

an old style mcdonald's sign in new jersey

urban cowboy

relaxing on the street/sidewalk in new york's soho

lost teeth

my nephew lost his first two teeth this summer

brotherly love

a guide in philadelphia

the statue

a perfect night in new york harbor

..off for a bit

i'm currently traveling and will be back in August with hopefully more photos

shirtless in tokyo

a festival group is one jacket (happi) short

square watermelon

in tokyo this watermelon sells for 20,000 yen ($161.00).

sparkling

tama river, tokyo

a bruce willis look-alike

shibuya, tokyo

sleeping cowboy

tokyo

trishaw driver

penang, malaysia

aqua

doorway at hakkeijima sea paradise, yokohama

street market

kuala lumpur

office lady

legs

north end, boston

fireworks for the brain

yokohama bay's fireworks light up the sky

engrish

the menu for those who want to get smashed

a few for the road

tokyo

this is heavy

carrying a portable shrine (mikoshi) in a tokyo festival

beer break

resting between the parade at a tokyo festival

krispy kreme guard

the recently opened and first krispy kreme in tokyo has attracted so much attention that 2 hour waiting times on line (for a freakin' doughnut) are a common sight

riding high

a girl hitches a ride during a tokyo festival