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10 Oct

Houzuki Ichi

Text & Photography © Brian Scott Peterson / Magnesium Since the days of the Meiwa Era, Asakusa’s Senso-ji temple in downtown Tokyo has hosted “Hozuki Ichi” …

By Brian Scott Peterson
Also posted in Brian Scott Peterson, Culture, Festival, Photos
Tagged asakusa, Chinese paper lantern, Houzuki, Hozuki, Japan, Sensoji
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29 Jun

What Sort of Sun Is Rising?

Text & Photography © Sean Miles Lotman / Magnesium “Serious sport is war minus the shooting.” –G. B. Shaw As one who believes geographical allegiances should be local …

By Sean Miles Lotman
Also posted in Culture, Photos, sean miles lotman
Tagged Dancing in the streets, Fanaticism, Hooligans, Japan, Japanese Soccer Team, Magnesium Photography, sean miles lotman, shibuya, Soccer Fans, Tokyo, World Cup 2010
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18 Jun

The Shuto: Tokyo’s Elevated Expressways

Words / Photography © Skorj / Magnesium Tokyo’s Metropolitan Expressway — Shuto Kōsoku Dōro — is Tokyo’s answer to handling large volumes of traffic traversing the …

By Skorj
Also posted in Culture, Motor, Skorj
Tagged car racing, Elevated Expressways, Japan, shuto, Tokyo, tokyo streets
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30 Mar

In the 1999 film ‘Messengers’ one of the protagonists says to our Lycra-clad heroine, ‘You look like a race queen’. Parochially translated for American audiences as, ‘You look like a slut’, this missive unintentionally sums up the role of race queens in the modern world.

By Skorj
Also posted in Brian Scott Peterson, Culture, James Hadfield, Motor, Photos, Skorj
Tagged Brian Scott Peterson, Culture, girls, james hadfield, Japan, marketing, Photos, race queen, sex, sexist, skorj
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07 Mar

Tokyo Underground – G-Cans

Part One in a series on Tokyo Underground, produced with content from the following Magnesium members: Photography © Ken Lee and Skorj / Magnesium All Rights …

By Ken Lee
Also posted in Architecture, Environment, Ken Lee, Photos, Places, Skorj
Tagged Artsyken, bradbury building, flood control, flood waters, Flooding, G-Cans, geisel library, Japan, Ken Lee, massive cathedral, massive pillars, science fiction movies, skorj, surge suppressors, tokyo metropolis, underground facilities
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24 Feb

Old Ladies, Old Towns in Tokyo

Mg Photographer Damon Coulter takes a look at the aging heart of Tokyo’s Sugamo district.

By Damon Coulter
Also posted in Damon Coulter
Tagged harajuku district, Jizō Dori, kannon, shitamachi, sugamo, Toganuki Jizō, Tokyo
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10 Feb

Gunkanjima – Battleship Island

By Magnesium Photos
Also posted in Architecture, Environment, Ken Lee, Photos, Places, Skorj, haikyo
Tagged Abandonded, Artsyken, Battleship Island, Gunkanjima, haikyo, Hajima, Island, Nagasaki, UER
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03 Feb

Izu Tripping

Magnesium Photographer Jon Ellis’ trip through the looking glass to the little known Izu peninsula.

By Jon Ellis
Also posted in Jon Ellis, Photos, Places
Tagged Izu, Izu Peninsula, Izukyuu, Jon Ellis, manufactured nostalgia, 伊豆, 伊豆半島, 伊豆急
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14 Jan

Boy’s Toys – Vintage Bikes in Tokyo

Photos by Brian Scott Peterson / Magnesium Photos Text by Jim O’Connell / Magnesium Photos The feeling of entering these shops is not unlike that of entering …

By Brian Scott Peterson
Also posted in Brian Scott Peterson, Motor, Photos
Tagged Animal Boat, Bikes, Brian Scott Petereson, Harley Davidson, Indian Motorcycles, Japan, Little Wing Engineering, motorcycle enthusiast, remarkable machines, Spice Motorcycle Shop, Tokyo, vintage motorcycle
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14 Jan

An Ordinary Life.

Beyond the usual cliche, and outside of the normal expectation. These are the viewpoints a Magnesium photographer Skorj attempts to capture with his Polaroid camera.

By Skorj
Also posted in Architecture, Photos, Places, Skorj, haikyo
Tagged expired, haikyo, Japan, polaroid, skorj, taiwan, type-665
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Category Archive: Japan

Houzuki Ichi

Houzuki Ichi

What Sort of Sun Is Rising?

What Sort of Sun Is Rising?

The Shuto: Tokyo’s Elevated Expressways

The Shuto: Tokyo’s Elevated Expressways

Race Queens in the Modern Age

Race Queens in the Modern Age

Tokyo Underground – G-Cans

Tokyo Underground – G-Cans

Old Ladies, Old Towns in Tokyo

Old Ladies, Old Towns in Tokyo

Gunkanjima – Battleship Island

Gunkanjima – Battleship Island

Izu Tripping

Izu Tripping

Boy’s Toys – Vintage Bikes in Tokyo

Boy’s Toys – Vintage Bikes in Tokyo

An Ordinary Life.

An Ordinary Life.

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