Category: Nagoya

• Walking Nagoya, Street Photography, The Benefits of Cycling Into a Wall

  

  In 2014, a few months before quitting alcohol I hit a deep pothole while cycling and rode straight into a concrete wall at around 30kph, fracturing both wrists and my right elbow. It wasn’t serious but it certainly changed my life. It meant I couldn’t ride for a couple of months which drove me crazy, […]

  Sean

  January 17, 2023

  Japan, Nagoya, Photography, Walking

  Japan, Lumix S5, Nagoya, street photography, Walking

• Shonai River Trail Run

  

  Mix it up. Try something new. Avoid routine. You only cycle, or hike, or run in the neighbourhood so go out when it’s 0°C and run in the mud. Bump up the contrast and try black and white again (breaking your own rules as you go).

  Sean

  January 16, 2022

  Japan, Kasugai, Nagoya, Photography, trail running

  Japan, Kasugai, Nagoya, Shonai River, trail running

• Tokyo 2020 and Multiple Exposures

  t’s too hot to do anything vigorous outdoors at the moment. Seeng the Norwegian triathlete vomiting after crossing the finishing line this morning (a 6:30 am start?) was proof of that.

  Sean

  July 26, 2021

  Japan, Nagoya

  Japan, Kasugai, multiple exposure, Nagoya, Olypics, Photography, Shonai River, Tokyo 2020, 名古屋, 庄内川, 徒步日本, 春日井

• Tōkaidō – Walking Arimatsu to Atsuta Shrine

  

  With Japan under another state of emergency and residents being asked to stay closer to home and within the prefecture walking the Kiso-ji (木曽路), Ise-ji (伊勢路), and some sections of the Nakasendō (中山道), now would be selfish.

  Sean

  February 4, 2021

  Japan, Nagoya, Tōkaidō, Walking

  Arimatsu, Atsuta Grand Shrine, 熱田神宮, Japan, micro adventure, Nagoya, Tōkaidō, Walking, 日本, 有松, 東海道

• Life: The Riverbank

  

  It was during a walk around my neighbourhood – I saw grandson and grandmother out with a kite.

  Sean

  June 12, 2020

  Japan, Life, Nagoya

  anaolgphotography, 등산, 走日本, Film, Ilford HP5, 사이클 재팬, 삼림욕, 일본, Japan, kite, Leica M6, Nagoya, 名古屋, 徒步日本, 日本骑行, 日本旅行

• Cycling: Real Voices at a Time Like This

  

  I went on a short bike ride this morning. The first in a few days. The pressure of last week meant that my fitness suffered. But exercise is non-negotiable. It gets you thinking. So once I got back from a ride in the hills I started to question the news sources I’ve been following so […]

  Sean

  April 19, 2020

  Cycling, Japan, Nagoya

  CurveGXR, cyclejapan, Cycling, 등산, 走日本, focus, 사이클 재팬, 삼림욕, 일본, Japan, Nagoya, outsideisfree, 名古屋, 徒步日本, 日本骑行, 日本旅行

• Photography: Dusting Off the Leica

  

  It’s been a while since I shot a roll of film on my Leica. It was browsing through the wonderful book of photographs of travels throughout Asia in the 1990s (and 1980s?) called Asia Grace by Kevin Kelly and John Sypal’s Zuisha (随写) that did it.

  Sean

  February 23, 2020

  Cycling, Japan, Nagoya

  Aichi, analog photography, filmisnotdead, Fujifilm, Japan, Leica M6, Nagoya, Photography, Provia 100, Shonai River, 写真, 名古屋, 庄内川, 愛知

• Hiking: Kasugai’s Three Peaks

  

  Stand pretty much anywhere in Nagoya with an elevated view and look northeast. You’ll see a small mountain range slowly being eaten away by a quarry.

  Sean

  February 13, 2020

  Aichi, Hiking, Kasugai, Nagoya

  アウトドア, 登山, Hiking, hikingjapan, Japan, Kasugai, Lumix G9, Microadventures, mountains, Nagoya, outdoor adventure, outsideisfree, Walking, 名古屋, 山登り, 愛知県, 春日井