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Still playing with filters in Lightroom ;-) The original was shot while driving from Tokyo to Yokosuka. There’s a stretch of the highway passing by an impressive succession of very large factories.

Kawaii ? By the way, I don’t think there’s another country on earth where you’ll find trucks as clean as here in Japan !

Lucky you : I have setup a gallery dedicated to Booth Babes :-) More images »

After reaching almost 50,000¥ for electricity in December, we decided to try something else for heating our house – at least partially. Kerosene heater are ubiquitous in Japan so why not ? The Kerosene costs about 100¥ per liter and can easily be found in gas stations. Also, this Aladdin model does not require any electricity so in case of troubles, we are fine. It does emit a light smell but nothing too bad, and frankly giving less money to TEPCO is worth it ! More images »

A rare sight in Tokyo : heavy snow falling.
Even more unusual : came together with thunder and an earthquake !
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Rainy weekend in Tokyo so finished the upgrade of the TT-01 chassis of my Datsun 240 with 1) yeah racing conversion kit, 2) 7.2V 3600mAh Ni-MH battery and 3) RS-540 Sport Tuned motor. No brush less motor and LiPo battery as those would be waste on such a “cheap” chassis. With the iPhone on, ready for speed measurements… reached 68km/h but my battery wasn’t fully charged ! Hopefully it’ll stop raining soon here in Tokyo so that I can try to go a bit faster. More images »

Pretty girls in pretty Kimonos for the new year at a temple in Tokyo. For the connoisseurs, this picture belongs to my new gallery on Japanese Girls :-)

Both her feet are above the ground ! :D More images »

A few more shots of our new toy, this time a night. Major crash yesterday as I tried to hide the antenna inside the body : quickly lost coverage… and control ! Next, I’ll fix my S95 on the chassis and drive around Kagurazaka :) More images »