LOCATION LOCATION LOCATION.

Another modelling gig in a beautiful old Japanese house.

BACK.

Some unmistakably Japanese (jet-lag induced) 06:30 exercise in the park.

EXIT TOKYO.

The morning sun beat down on Shibuya as I made for the airport.

ENTRANCE.

This door acts a local portal to another dimension.

FAREWELL FLOSSIE.

The Miyamotos welcome say good-bye with customary hospitality.

TYPHOON.

Even dear old England doesn't rain as heavily this.

ELEVATOR.

We plummet towards Shibuya during our last week in Japan with Flossie.

CURIOUS CATS.

A kit and kitten cause a stir as they sit strangely atop a sign in Ginza.

FESTIVAL SEASON.

A big old festival at controversial Kudanshita shrine.

FLOWER POWER.

Some pretty flora in the neighbourhood.

HOT.

A slightly blunt rallying call to the people of Japan in this hottest of times.

HOSPITALISED.

A particularly nasty virus led to a slightly melodramatic trip to the hospital.

FUN & GAMES.

Ginza and Shibuya played host for amusements and bowling.

COMIC BOOK GUY #2.

More animated story-telling on the streets of Shimokitazawa.

HUMIDITY.

A parasol user crosses by the nostrilous entrance to Shibuya station.

SIDINGS.

The train-spotting trend continues, with no real success.

UNDER THE BRIDGE.

Barbecue territory by the Tama river on the Tokyo border.

DOWN ON THE FARM.

On location whilst 'modelling' (not pictured) for Birkenstock.

MIDSUMMERISH.

Being further south, the latest the sun sets is around seven, unfortunately.

TWINS.

Dad's collection operation now has an arm in Japan it would seem.

TAKASHI.

Red faces all round in this seedy but musically credible venue.

TIKI BIRTHDAY.

Dodo looks on as we celebrate her birthday and fuss over her baby boy.

RAINY SEASON.

The surprisingly rural environs of one of my schools are engulfed with rain clouds.

BLACKBOARD.

The staff room schedule and notices, which amount to a work of calligraphic beauty.

GYMNASIUM.

The local boxing club is open for the first time that I've been aware of.

TAKOYAKI AND Wii PARTY.

A winning combination of Nintendo and fried octopus balls.

CONCERT.

A friend of Mai's ensemble choir featuring an hilarious front woman.

COPYCATS.

And here's how it should be done...

BEACHED.

A day out at the man-made beach on reclaimed land in the bay of Tokyo.

POSEUR.

Andy works a particularly bizarrely decorated building in Harajuku.