Random Japan #51 :: The Tan San Kick (& win 1 SBD—details inside)
Hello and welcome, my internet friends. Glad you could make it to the latest edition of Random Japan, that random look at the real side of Japan, the good and the bad of the everyday.
Today… well you know what, no preview today. Let’s just jump right in. Oh, and the standard contest I’ve had running on my last few posts stands: gimme an upvote, a resteem, and a quality comment about your favorite photo from this post and you will be entered in the drawing for 1 SBD.
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Random Japan
Nice house. At least a nice gate and seems to be a nice yard.
There goes the train. This is not as hard a shot to catch as you might think. This train rumbles over about every five minutes all day.
Tansan (炭酸) is the Japanese word for soda water/seltzer. I’ve always enjoyed seltzer, but in the past it was relatively tricky to find here in Japan. Luckily for the past few years there has been a seltzer fad and you can now find many varieties everywhere. This is a new one.
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Be sure to come back again tomorrow when, if prosperity allows, I shall return for another entry in Random Japan. See you then.
If you like this random photo from Japan, be sure to check out @kaliju’s great Random Korea series. The latest entry there is Random Korea #27 - Presentation of the Fermentation
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39. The Thunder Rolls
40. Buddha’s Noodles
41. The Old Sea Dog
42. Through the Eyes of a Child
43. In The Shadow of Fujisan
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45. Strange Names
46. R is for Rice Ball—That’s Good Enough for Me!
47. The Train of Sun City
48. Sake Hair
49. You Must Choose Wisely
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David LaSpina is an American photographer lost in Japan, trying to capture the beauty of this country one photo at a time. |
I thought the last one was a really excitable sun tan lotion until I read the caption ;) Great shots, all showing such different perspectives - the second one has an 'outer city' feel about it, in that it could be anywhere at all and not what you think of when Japan comes to mind.