TimeOut

Hi all,

I'd like to share some of my photos taken when things become so haphazard, wandering in Tokyo during a hot summer weekend. Sorry for no any photo description (even a short one)...a free will leading to both free horizontal thinking and free vertical thinking

Hope you enjoy the photos taken by this fledgling in the photographing world!

Regards, Joe

.... every one a winner. Well done, and thank you.

Cheers,

pplater.

Very Nice, Joe,

I really enjoyed your nature and food shots and particularly that little green frog. I made it my computer wallpaper today, but all my icons are camouflaged!

Regards

Andrew

Sorry for camouflaging your icons...It's obviously that fog's false!

Regards,

Joe

Thanks for sharing these exotic pics..Well, exotic for us, Frenchies..LOL

Best.

Nicolas

Is the Pierre Kunz infinite loop watch out already in Japan? That's the top of my buy list for this year.

Thanks. Nice pics.

cen@jkt

widely out here in Japan but PK Boutique here just arranged a "Looping Fair" a month ago in Tokyo and subsequently in other major cities. That said, I would guess it's been out already for the Japanese market. In addition, the list price has been disclosed already in major Japanese watch magazines lately.

I have not seen a real piece yet...maybe in the next few weeks when there's a major 2008 watch collection fair organized here. I have to admit that PK really has come up with a very distinct & attractive design to display time for this model!

Regards,

Joe

The carpet of flowers leading to the city with green life in the middle of the city

The colorful boat standing above the water (tell me about that image please)

The graceful curves of the bridges and the poetic lines of the buildings

The image and statue of the sumo wrestlers

Looking up – to the top of the tall building

The powerful look of the unique waterfall

The honeybee collecting pollen

The smell of the food (yum)

The intriguing clock

But my favorites are the frog and butterfly

Who both symbolize rebirth

Sincerely,

lovely description for the photos. I like the first one..."The carpet of flowers leading to the city with green life in the middle of the city."

About that colorful boat image, it's the "high-speed boat" commuting between Tokyo and its small islands located at the south of Tokyo in the Pacific Ocean. Basically, the Tokyo Metropolitan is officially responsible for a few islands located like 150-1000 km away. Most of these islands are still living with active volcanoes. I haven't been to any so far but I have made a plan to visit one soon (not decided yet whether I would get on this high-speed boat or a normal (simply say, low-speed) boat). I have seen a lot of books related to these Tokyo islands....and I just totally feel that things and people must be very different in these islands compared with those in here Tokyo. I just can't believe that these islands all belong to the Tokyo Metropolitan!

Regards,

Joe

Joe,

The high-speed boat looks like it’s sitting on pillars in the front and back with nothing in the center.   Is this correct?  What’s propelling it?  

Puzzled,

Helen

a kind of hydrofoil (wings flying in the water) boats. It is not a hovercraft. More speed increases more lifting force and thereby raising the boat out of the water while traveling. Since I'm not an expert in boats, I think more information can be found from Wikipedia. I'll find more info. as well when time is available.

Regards,

Joe

(from The Visual Dictionary)

Joe,

It’s still a bit confusing how two stilts can make a boat go super fast causing it to rear up out of the water.  Actually, I feel the same bewilderment about airplanes; from the moment it takes off till leveling off I have a serious queasy feeling about the whole situation.  The dynamics just don’t make sense to me but neither does the telephone, radio or television.  So if I say “Ooh now I understand!” that means I don’t have a clue. 

All that said, the Hydrofoil Boat looks pretty safe and is probably a real Blast (hehe).  If I were you, I’d throw caution to the wind and take a spin.  One observation; there is the only life preserver and it’s located on the right rear of the boat (FYI)….

With a wink and a smile,

Helen

I think the stilts we see in the photos are employed for balancing the boat when the hull goes up out of the water. (But how?)...However, I'm no longer capable of explaining anything more...no more physics stuff!!! 

Regards,

Joe

GO is always an inevitable answer (a kind of final answers?) 

 I have found the Senator dial really looks awesome under the strong sunlight!

Regards,

Joe