Uchujin-The Blog

An unidentified man(?) poses with Shinichi Kamijo, Leader of Gishin Gokoku-kai
(Photo by Brett Bull , editor in chief of “The Tokyo Reporter“)

Anyone who lives in Japan knows that  August 15th marks the anniversary of the Japanese surrender at the end of World War II. Every year thousands of people flock to Tokyo’s controversial Yasukuni shrine to pay their respects to the war dead interred there, including 14 class A war criminals.

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Even better on Vimeo in HD (highly recommended)

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From the “You couldn’t make it up” file:-

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A few weeks ago my Flickr pro account (donated 2 years ago by the lovely motionid) expired.

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The last (I think) in the Kenya 2010 series of blog posts:- pictures that didn’t fit into any of the other posts.

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Within a few days of arriving in Nairobi I found myself at a most unusual concert,organised by the Goethe Institut Nairobi, being paid to take pictures.

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Kibera is the largest and probably most famous slum in Africa.
Over a million people living mostly on less than $1 U.S. a day.
During my Kenya trip I spent a lot of time there, partly for work and partly to hang out with some friends I’d made.
One of the things that stuck me about the place was how happy the children seemed, despite their circumstances.

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“Lavosti and Oren, Impromtu jam, Nairobi April 2010″

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For part 2 of the Lamu posts, first a little history and some dry facts:-

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