2 November 2018
Omu-Mapo-Tofu in Shinjuku
Can you combine Omu rice and Mapo Tofu? Yes you can
Tonight I went back across town to everyones favorite part of Tokyo, Shinjuku. I like it too, its great for photos, and tonight I was very happy with the photos I took, so that was good.
The train to get there was very full, and a dog was barking. The other day on a train I heard a kitten making kitten noises (how do you type that, its not really a meeeoowww?). So I am now wondering what animal will be next on the train, perhaps one of those baby lambs that get sold to Japanese girls as pedigree dogs? Thats always funny.
Shinjuku on a Friday in good weather was very busy but apparently not busy enough. The main news story right now on BBC and ABC is that Japan has relaxed the migration ban and needs a million migrants fast to try and save their country. Presumably you cant come unless you can demonstrate you have been sterilized, bloodlines must be maintained. The emperor is struggling to maintain his own bloodline, his children keep abdicating the throne and marrying some guy they met at the local convenience store.
One thing I always find funny in Shinjuku is the Japanese junior tough guys. These are the trainee yakuza who dress like computer game characters and stand in the street trying to convince you to go into their bosses club. They look about as threatening as hello kitty.
Its a taxi, in front of BIC Camera. I started my tour of Shinjuku on the wrong side of the tracks, and I really did not make it very far away from the station, there is just so much to see.
Can I shoot f/4 at night handheld? Yes I can.
This homeless person takes up more room than the average Tokyo residents house. They have constructed an elaborate cardboard fortress.
The wrong side of the tracks is quiet like this, apart from the one street that leads from all the government buildings to the subway, you cannot walk against that tide at 6pm.
Japan takes temporary road lane markings very seriously, with these cool orange lights leftover from Halloween.
I was very impressed with the low light performance of my camera. This is 1/15, f/6.3 and only iso800, handheld. Its also a heavy crop. A crop of a handheld 1/15 of a second night shot and still sharp! IBIS is great (In body image stabilisation). What language am I speaking?
This one is high iso, iso1250, and the noise is perfectly fine. I love how 3d it looks.
Just a random shop in Shinjuku.
I found what would later be part of my dinner!
Still on the wrong side of the tracks, it was time to explore some alleyways.
Which sashimi shall I have, horse or whale? RAW HORSE!
The fat guy on the left makes this photo a keeper.
So 3d! I was sneak taking these shots, they all came out ok, this is the best of about 5 I took.
As part of my job here in Japan I have to note when bags are put out for collection at the wrong times. This was under the train lines.
I had to wait for the traffic lights, so why not take another photo of neon?
Random shop with shop owner.
While waiting for my dinner I snapped this while no one was looking. Quite happy with the SUBJECT SEPARATION. I know all about photography terms now.
And here is my dinner. Its omurice, combined with mapo tofu. The omelet has rice under it, you cant really see the omelet properly because they poured the sauce on top rather than around the sides like in the picture. It was delicious, from now on I want all my mapo tofu served with omurice.
This is photo of the day! A 1:1 crop of that guys head shows perfect detail in his hair, I studied the pixels.
Is this the normal robot cafe or a new one? I have never been and will never go, I hear its terrible.