Some of you know that I recently went back to America during part of summer vacation. While I was in Los Angeles, my friend Worm (it’s a nickname, don’t ask) was kind enough to take me up to see the Southern Wing of the Commemorative Air Force (CAF) at Camarillo Airport where he volunteers as [...]
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The CAF and The Japanese Zero 零式艦上戦闘機二二型
Posted in Japan, Japanese History, Travel, tagged A6M3 Type 0 Model 22, CAF, Camarillo Airport, Commemorative Air Force, constantine in tokyo, constantineintokyo, fighters, Japan, Japanese culture, Japanese history, Japanese Zero, Pacific War, war, World War II, WWII, WWII aircraft, Zero on August 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Kechien Kanjo at Koyasan, Wakayama-ken, May 2010
Posted in Japan, Japanese Culture, Travel, tagged constantine in tokyo, constantineintokyo, Japan, Japanese, Japanese culture, Japanese history, Travel on August 22, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Back in April/May, my mother came to visit me in Japan. During our trip down to Osaka, we took a ‘little’ detour into the nearby Wakayama-ken. Our destination: Koyasan (高野山). Founded in 819 by the monk Kukai (AKA Kobo Daishi), Koyasan is the world headquarters of the Koyasan Shingon sect of Buddhism. Home to approximately [...]
Nakizumo Crying Sumo Festival, April 2010
Posted in Japan, Japanese Culture, Travel, tagged Asakusa, constantine in tokyo, constantineintokyo, Japan, Japanese, life in Japan, nakizumo, Senso-ji, sumo on April 26, 2010 | 4 Comments »
Yesterday, I braved the crowds at Asakusa’s Senso-ji temple to witness a time honored Japanese tradition – shaking babies. No, I don’t mean the sort of behavior that results in Shaken Baby Syndrome, but the infinitely more entertaining one type that involves young sumo wrestlers. Every year on the 4th Sunday of April, Senso-ji Temple [...]
川崎の金まら祭り AKA The Kawasaki Iron Penis Festival
Posted in Japan, Japanese Culture, Travel, tagged constantine in tokyo, fertility shrine, Japan, Japanese, kanamara matsuri, kawasaki, kawasaki penis festival, shinto on April 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
About a 30 minute train ride outside of Tokyo is the city of Kawasaki, a typical Japanese suburb that sports a large train station/depaato and many neon-clad pachinko parlors. Every year on the first Sunday of April, Kawasaki is invaded by a flood of gaijin, Tokyo’s LGBT community, and curious onlookers to participate in (or [...]
Montezuma’s Tower 2.0, Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, CO
Posted in Rock Climbing, Travel, tagged rock climbing, Travel on June 28, 2009 | 4 Comments »
We went rock climbing yesterday on Montezuma’s Tower (5.7) in Garden of the Gods. I’ve talked about this climb in an earlier blog entry, but this time I have video!
Mid-West Roadtrip, Summer 2008
Posted in Rock Climbing, Travel, tagged rock climbing, Travel on April 20, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So, I condensed some of my videos from a roadtrip I took with my friend Scott this summer. I’ve been having some really f’ing annoying issues with editing videos lately, so low and behold the video is all tiny. But I give up! We visited a flooded reservoir in Arkansas, hit up some local bar [...]
The Moke, Oahu, January 2009
Posted in Rock Climbing, Travel, tagged rock climbing, Travel on January 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Finally, another post about rock climbing! Screw all that rice cooker shit. Despite the fact that the Hawaiian island chain was formed by volcanic magma, there isn’t a lot of rock climbing in the area and I feel that the area’s full potential hasn’t really been discovered because everyone is too busy surfing. However, there [...]
Byodo-in, Oahu, January 2009
Posted in Travel, tagged byodo-in, hawaii, oahu, Travel on January 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »
In keeping with my intention of visiting EVERY Japan-related thing on O’ahu, Hide and I drove a bit out of our way and visited the scale replica of the Byodo-in, located in the Valley of Temples on the windward side of the island. The temple is on the Kahekili highway in the center of a [...]
Dole Pineapple Plantation, Oahu January 2009
Posted in Travel, tagged dole pineapple plantation, hawaii, oahu, Travel on January 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of the more popular places to visit on O’ahu is the Dole Plantation located in the middle of the island. The former pineapple plantation has been transformed into a tourist trap and is a good place to take kids (any little boy would freak over the train they have) but it seems to be [...]
A Vlog from Hawaii
Posted in Travel, tagged hawaii, oahu, Travel, waikiki on January 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
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