Really Japan

Left, Up, Red Button

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:47 +0900

It has been AGES since the last update, hasn't it? :) Since I started my own business it has been hard to find some time to walk around the city to take some photos.. I guess I'm also getting more and more used to living in Tokyo, and basically I think I've lost the capacity to be "surprised" by places, streets, and so on.. I mean, it's 100% normal, daily life now :)
Anyway, I've decided to resume ReallyJapan, but with some differences:
1) I'm disabling the Comments. Comments are cool... but I just get a lot of spam.
2) I'm going to upload photos taken with different devices... My Nikon is super heavy to carry, so I'm mainly shooting with an iPhone4S right now.. well, I think most of my future pics will be taken with iPhone.

NO.1 Dock

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 11:15 +0900

Pray For Japan

Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:45 +0900

In the last months I've been quite busy and I've not updated my photoblog very often.

However, as you may know, this amazing and beautiful country, has recently been struck with a devastating natural disaster.
I live in Tokyo, and when the 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit, I honestly thought we were going to die. I've never experienced an earthquake that strong and long, I was terrified.
But, in Tokyo, we are lucky. Besides the continuous aftershocks, shortages in the supermarkets and the possibility of black-outs we're fine. We're alive.
The north-east unfortunately has not been so lucky.
There are more than 15.000 people dead or missing. An incredible number of people have no home, no electricity, no water, no food, no gasoline. They're also experiencing a terrible weather right now, snow, cold, with few supplies. Many streets have been destroyed and it's hard to reach a lot of shelters.

There's a lot of talk, especially from foreign press, about the dangerous situation of the Fukushima powerplant. It's a dangerous situation, it's true, and everyone is scared (but not panicking) BUT believe me, many tv channels like CNN or FOX News are doing a terrible job in their work, distorting the news to create sensationalistic headlines and increase their tv share.

The real tragedy is not the nuclear power plant. The real tragedy is all the people that died after the tsunami, and all the survivors in the north east facing terrible conditions.

I'm in Tokyo, and even if many embassies are asking their citizens to leave the country, me, and many other foreigners living here are not leaving. Why? Because this is our country, this is the place where we live. We're not scared about black-outs, shortage of gasoline and food. We want to stay here with our Japanese friends, to help each other in this terrible moment.
We're not turning our back and running away from this beautiful place and their incredible people.

Please, if you can, do your part in helping this country. Look at the hundreds of photos I took in the last years.
This country need your help.

You can give an offer to help Japan through Google Website http://www.google.com/crisisresponse/japanquake2011.html, iTunes (https://buy.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZFinance.woa/wa/buyCharityGiftWizard and many others.

Please, help Japan.

Mount Fuji

Tue, 21 Dec 2010 19:45 +0900

Sorry about the lack of updates!
I've been pretty busy recently, so much work and.. I also got married last month! ;)

Also, I jumped on the iOs development bandwagon, and there are some interesting apps that I'm planning to make..
My first app, the PipClock, a post-apocalyptic clock/weather widget with some funny features like a Geiger counter and stuff like that, has been approved few days ago.
Check it out, especially if you have an iPhone and you know a game called Fallout (PipClock is inspired to the PipBoy, an important device in that game)... or anyway, if you like post-apocalyptic stuff!
The website is www.pipclock.com, you can see some screenshot and videos..
And if you decide to download my app (thank you!) remember to write a review on the AppStore!

Byebye!
Ruben

Old lights in Kyoto

Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:37 +0900

Ramen Kitchen in Fukuoka

Fri, 10 Sep 2010 11:59 +0900

The Pachinko mole people 3/3

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:35 +0900

The Pachinko mole people 2/3

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:35 +0900