In the Toilet

I noticed that there's nearly running out of toilet paper when I entered toilet of shop. I confronted a severe shortage of used amount of toilet paper that needs for me. I had to allocate sufficient paper to problem resolution and depend on intuition alone… After 15 minutes in the toilet, I overcame the difficulty brilliantly. Whoof!!

Logo Design and Identity of Us Circle Group

I made a logo design and identity of us circle group.

Creation date : 9.11.2012

Logo Design of Architect

I made a logo design of my friend who is architect for pleasure.

Creation date : 8.27.2012

Negishi forest Park

Negishi forest Park that has an area of 193,102 square meters is representative of one of parks in Yokohama. This park is vast.

There were racecourse before in this park. it remains building even today.

I've never been there during cherry blossom season though, there is one of the cherry blossom viewing spots in Kanagawa prefecture.

In the past, this lawned area was golf field for the U.S. forces private use. lawns has traces of the past.

I don't know why colors of ground and fallen leaves are different only in this area. It was like a autumn colors.

Model : Konomi
Location : Negishi forest Park, Naka-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
        （神奈川県 横浜市 中区 根岸森林公園）
Shooting date : 7.10.2012

Meigetsuin

Do you know about hydrangea?! Japanese hydrangeas are in bloom in rainy season. In Japan, Beginning in June is rainy season. And the hydrangea is really a calyx in the botanical sense of the term. So it's not flower.

This is Kompeito（Japanese confetti）seems like hydrangea. Those are heavenly colors. You can buy this Kompeito at Toshimaya near the Kamakura station for a limited time from Japanese rainy season. 

Meigetsuin in Kamakura is one of the famous spots for viewing hydrangea in rainy season. Of course I went to take pictures of the hydrangea there.

And it features a beautiful Japanese garden as well.

Location : Meigetsuin, Kamakura-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
            （神奈川県 鎌倉市 明月院）
Shooting date : 7.1.2012

Yokohama City

This time, I moved around Yokohama station. There are grove of various building as far as I can see.

We can see old buildings and modern buildings that was designed in different shapes.

Even around Yokohama station has some parks with plenty of space and greenery.

I found the rail track for freight train exclusive use. So the train mostly doesn't come. In a slow pace, I could take photos here.

Location : Around Bay Quarter Yokohama, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan

（神奈川県 横浜市 ベイクォーターヨコハマ周辺）

Shooting date : 5.21.2011

At night Minatomirai is the best beautiful lights of all the Yokohama city. Especially I love the night view from Osanbashi Yokohama International Passenger Terminal. I'll post an  another blog about it someday.

This is defocused pictures that I stopped down the aperture value of the lens. Then I can see that there are a lot of variously-colored luminous source.

Yokohama city is port, so lights of night view reflected off water beautifully.

Location : Around Minatomirai, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan

（神奈川県 横浜市 みなとみらい周辺）

Shooting date : 5.21.2011

Genjiyama Park

At the Genshiyama park in Kamakura, Japanese cherry blossoms in full bloom in April, there are 300 Prunus yedoensis (mountain cherry blossoms). Annual the best time to view cherry blossoms of this place is from late March through the beginning of April.

Location : Genjiyama Park, Kamakura-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
            （神奈川県 鎌倉市 源氏山公園）
Shooting date : 4.15.2012

Ray

Her name is Ray. She is a part of us family. Actually I didn't know where she came from. Because Animal hospital gave us her. I wonder what kind is she?! And why you don't have a tail?! That's sweet for me. LOL

Model : Ray
Location : Family home
Shooting date : 11.4.2011

Serigaya Park

This place is one of many nice parks in Machida. We decided the theme as ad for a chocolate, then I took the photo as practice.

Model : Konomi
Location : Serigaya Park, Minamioya, Machida-shi, Tokyo-to, Japan
              （東京都 町田市 南大谷 芹ケ谷公園）
Shooting date : 10.25.2011

Zingashita Valley Park

Original Version

I went to and explored mountain forest in Yokohama to practice to take pictures with my friend.

Another Version

I made a change to color phase of backdrop of above the photo. (Another Version)

I tried to take a photo that has an uplifting feeling.

I didn't know that there are valley in the density of houses of Yokohama. And spring water is present throughout the mountain forest.

At least, there are untouched nature a little in Yokohama. I'm glad of it!!

Model : Konomi
Location : Zingashita Valley Park, Hodogaya-Ku, Kawasima-Cho Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
            （神奈川県 横浜市 保土ヶ谷区 川島町 陣ヶ下渓谷公園）
Shooting date : 10.20.2011

Tama Central Park

Hello, kitty!!

This Park has large pond, lawn and 98,500 square meters. I saw cats around the park. This girl yuzu found and said to the cat "Hello, kitty!!" but the cat turned cat's back on her and froze, not run and hide. It was very funny. It was like watching the watcher. I wonder what the cat sees. LOL Come to think of it, this park is next to the Sanrio Puroland. There are Kitty White (Hello Kitty) that represents the character of Sanrio Company.

Appearance : Yuzu & Cat
Location : Tama central park, Odakyu Tama Center, Tama-shi, Tokyo-to, Japan
             （東京都 多摩市 多摩中央公園 小田急多摩センター 多摩中央公園）
Shooting date : 10.14.2011

Higasi Ogi-shima

This island is artificial island. The area has a concentration of warehouse and factory. In the evening, the factories were all being lit up redly or greenly. The lights reflected in the water and red smoke over factory area. It was fantastic.

Model : Kenji
Location : West Park, Kawasaki-ku, Higasi Ogi-shima, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan
              （神奈川県 川崎市 川崎区 東扇島 西公園）
Shooting date : 9.11.2011

This type of footbridge is the most common footbridge in Japan. I have never taken photo there so I did.

Model : Kenji

Location : Footbridge, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa-ken, Japan

              （神奈川県 川崎市 歩道橋）

Shooting date : 9.12.2011

Grand Central Terminal

Grand Central Terminal

12.21.2007, I went to NY for the first time. My friend who have lived in NJ came and picked me up from JFK to Manhattan. At the beginning, I saw Grand central Terminal in Manhattan. Built in 1913, this station is used as main entrance of NY. The height of ceiling of concourse is 38m and the ceiling was drawn pictures of star sign. I was absolutely overwhelmed by the Height of ceiling that was built 100 years before.

Location : Theater District, Manhattan, New York, The United States
Shooting date : 2007

Holga iPhone Lens Kit for iPhone4/4s

Holga iPhone Lens Kit for iPhone4/4s

I like this design and idea. But the features of the photographic filters are rough around the edges. But I really like the design. I think the filters need just one more push to upgrade cell-phone photo. If so I'll definitely buy it. Even so it's expensive.

The Holga iPhone Lens Kit can add color effects of 10 different easy without app of camera for iPhone. Handling is also very simple. Just twiddle dial that you chose congenial photographic filter. That's it.

Body Paint of White Snake

My friend who works as Special Makeup Artist (Techne) and me made a piece of work out of the image of the white snake. The white snake brings us good fortune for Japan. And this year is year of the snake in the Chinese astrological calendar. Now I'm working together with the friends.

Special Makeup Artist : Yumiko (Techne)

New Year's Cards

I made three types of New Year's cards. First one of them, This might be like poster design because of Polish poster that I appreciated last year.
Most people in our mind keep making general knowledge and formality with advancing age. This snake is year of the snake in the Chinese astrological calendar. So as I made it, I hope this year we break away from us patterns to create a new future. This description is to get us out of us shel. It's like a snake. (It means "cast off those words of 当然 = Naturally, 必然 = inevitable and 正当 = Validness and so on".)
※ 当然, 必然 and 正当 is Kanji or Chinese character.
I think this is very important. Unless you spread from your category that you live to outside are hard to understand various people and things for all time. And to understand others is to understand who you are.

The second type, I simplified graphic as well as concept. I modeled exclamation mark by use of each character of "Happy New Year 2013" to hope that 2013 will be surprising and wonderful year for you. I distorted shape of the typography that used first type.

The third type. The second type have not included image of year of the snake in the chinese astrological calendar. So I added a hook, including python leather.

Beginning Today

Hi, nice to meet you. I'm hitoshi. Though I've lived in Japan all my life, I learn English as a second language by myself. I wanna write about design, art, photo, artifact, nature and my life of Japan how I'm feeling to practice my English here.