Saturday, May 2, 2009


This, THIS is why throwing away garbage in Takaoka is SUCH a pain in the ass! The categories of crap, from left to right:
Plastic bottles, cans (Yellow Bags)
Bottles (ビン)
Cardboard
Non-Burnable Trash (Pink bags)
Heavy Plastic

There's also electronics, metal, shoes, and eleventy-billion other annoying crap classifications.

One might even consider this a Gaijin Trap as well. Putting out incorrectly sorted garbage invariably leads to tongue-lashings from the garbage nazis (old women who have nothing better to do than watch you put out your garbage and comment upon it).

Friday, May 1, 2009


Irises in a creek, prior to blooming.

Thursday, April 30, 2009

Tuesday, April 28, 2009


You may take our frills and lace, but you'll never take...

Monday, April 27, 2009


Apparently, this is the equivalent of a "Do Not Enter" sign in Kenroku Park, Kanazawa.
...riiiiiiiiight.

Sunday, April 26, 2009


Back-alley spirituality. Oh, the incongruity of it all!
(The sign says 「神に栄光」which means, "Glory in the Lord".)