I can't help it, I love going to Japan. <> = January 2008 = 2008-01-09 to 2008-01-20 First trip, with Ast, brother, his friend, Comiket 75. Refer to the [other page](http://furinkan.meidokon.net/200801_japan/log.html). * Stayed at Japan Youth Hostel * With Ast * Visited three sights: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Views_of_Japan * Shot with D40 * Hinamizawa? = 2008-12 to 2009-01 = Everywhere! Went with AstCd2 * Shinjuku * Omotesando Hills * Tachikawa, setting for various heartful visual novels * Comiket 77 (Hitler and Maikaze) * Sendai * School in the middle of nowhere, setting for Kannagi? * I've concert * Somewhere snowy, lightshow with mini Tokyo Tower-ish thing that they call tou-san. Sapporo? * Sapporo brewery and stadium, Boys Be Ambitious * Youth Hostel place that's impossible to find, somewhere in Hokkaido (Cape Soya?) * Cape Soya, northernmost point of Japan, close to Russia, Wakkanai * The town where Saikano was set * Hinamizawa daytrip * Lake Suwa * Frozen lake, don't know where == Dec 22 == * Sony store in Ginza * Shibuya * Shinjuku == Dec 23 == * Meguro (Parasitological Museum?) * Roppongi Hills == Dec 24 == * ??? == Dec 25 == * Tachikawa park (setting for Kanon?) * Shiori's fountain? * Tamagawajosui-eki * Tokyo Metropolitan Higashiyamato Medical Centre for the Severely Disabled == Dec 26 == * ??? == Dec 27 == * Met Akira and everyone for lulzfest? == Dec 28 == * First Comiket (C75?) == Dec 29 == * Day 2 of Comiket * Maikaze == Dec 30 == * Day 3 of Comiket * Line up on water side == Dec 31 == * Sendai * First proper snow * River banks * Kannagi pilgrimage * Winter illumination display * Yami-imo guy == Jan 01 == * VDSL inside the hotel * Spherical water tank on top of the school (setting for Kannagi) * Hanabushi Jinja is out in the sticks * Nice and warm here, no snow, on the coast * Waited for a bus back to town, then train to Tokyo again (Bad Ass coffee) == Jan 02 == * I've concert - Departed To The Future == Jan 03 == * Sapporo * Town hall and ground have a winter illumination thing going on * They have a mini Tokyo Tower-like thing, "Tou-san", lit up * Shobo~n == Jan 04 == * Sapporo brewery and beer museum (closed at the time) * Snow safety is a problem on roads, free bags of sand to spread around * Sapporo Superdome * Hitsujigaoka Park * Boys Be Ambitious * Trek up the hill to the obscure YHA, we're in Wakkanai == Jan 05 == * Snow everywhere! * Heading to Noshappumisaki / Cape Soya, northernmost point of Japan * It's interesting when your signs include Russian * Bus trip along the frozen coast, it's not very full, but I really want to put my long socks on * We're at the northernmost point of Japan, 45 degrees north * Feels really remote * 43km to Sakhalin == Jan 06 == * Visit a shrine * Pass Maruyama zoo * Pilgrimage for Saikano * Some big houses up here * ??? what else? == Jan 07 == * Otaru? (setting for Saikano) * Lookout over the sea * Super steep hill == Jan 08 == * ??? travel back to Tokyo == Jan 09 == * Travelling to Takayama? == Jan 10 == * Hinamizawa == Jan 11 == * Plodding around the alps * Near lake... Suwa? * Spotted a Nissan Sunny * Chi(ru)no-eki * Stay at Amanohashidate? == Jan 12 == * Next to a frozen lake * ??? * Baumkuchen == Jan 13 == * ??? == Jan 14 == * Akiba == Jan 15 == * Milk * White Canvas == Jan 16 == * Fly back? == Jan 17 == * Loot pics = 2010-12 to 2011-01 = Lulzfest with internet friends * 2010-12-24 to 2011-01-13 * Visiting Tokyo, Shirakawa, Kanazawa, Nagoya, Matsushiro, Nagano, Ueda, Yokohama * Stayed at Sakura Hotel * Comiket again, C79 * Cosplayed with Ayu * Hinamizawa (setting for Higurashi) * Zouzan mountain tunnels * The town used as the setting for Seikimatsu Occult Gakuin * Climbed Ueda (setting for Summer Wars) * A-Button gaming bar in Akiba * Shot with D90 * Shot with D700 = March 2012 = Miku Daikanshasai with Trej * Travelling with Omochikaeri * 3/9 Mikupa concert * Komoro trip (setting for Ano Natsu) * Single-8 film movie cameras * Photoshoot with Blitzwing as Kurisu * Lots of Steins;Gate * Got Eva glasses (Unit 02) * Shot with D700 = 2012-12 to 2013-01 = Lulzfest, driving around Kyushu, Tanegashima 2012-12-24 to 2013-01-15 * Remarkably easy to get the IDP * Rented cars * Lulzfest at Comiket 83 * With Ast and Akira a lot * Travel to Kagoshima, late dinner, get drunk on shochu * Sakurajima and driving * Tanegashima and driving (Robotics;Notes) * Ferries out from western islands * Fuji-Q * Ice caves and Aokigahara near Mt Fuji * Restored castle somewhere (Himeji castle?) * Shot with D800 = August 2013 = Comiket 84 in Summer, driving around Akita and Sendai 2013-08-08 to 2013-08-19 (I missed my flight on the 18th and flew back on the 19th instead, arriving home on the 20th) * Natsuket - C84 I guess * Airbnb rental in Shibuya * Roadtrips! * Aomori exploration * Sendai and Fukushima exploration * Fairlady rental with dovac * Shot with D800 = February 2014 with Kat = * Mostly Tokyo * Lots of lolita and fashion shopping * Shot with D800 = September 2016 while single = * Magical Mirai at Makuhari Messe * Caught up with Chris and Mayu in Odaiba * Numazu and Uchiura (Love Live Sunshine) * Driving to Matsue in Shimane, try to catch up with Sarah Laverty * Bought Zeiss 85mm f/1.4 * Shot with D800 = 2019-12 to 2020-01 = Late honeymoon trip with Adrian and others.