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Sean Breslin

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Emigrated to Japan in 2001 and lived just outside Nagoya since 2002. Studied Japanese at university. Fatherhood, photography, hiking, cycling, books, music. www.seanbreslin.jp

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Inspired by Mark Power: Return to Neodani There's a particular kind of photography I've always been drawn to but never quite had the words for — until I started watching Mark Power's Magnum course, Picturing Place.

Inspired by Mark Power: Return to Neodani

There's a particular kind of photography I've always been drawn to but never quite had the words for — until I started watching Mark Power's Magnum course, Picturing Place.

02.03.2026 22:56 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Rishikesh Train Station Rishikesh Train Station

Rishikesh Train Station

Rishikesh Train Station

19.02.2026 22:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Snow in Mie and a Few Free Minutes Right on the heels of the previous post, here's another mini photo essay from an evening walk during a snow blizzard in Mie prefecture.

Snow in Mie and a Few Free Minutes

Right on the heels of the previous post, here's another mini photo essay from an evening walk during a snow blizzard in Mie prefecture.

14.02.2026 23:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just pulled out a dusty Lenny Kravitz Greatest Hits from my CD collection. I'd forgotten I'd had it and have it blasting away on my WIRED (with a real cable, not Bluetooth or Wi-Fi rubbish!) Bowers and Wilkins speakers while the family is out.

This doesn't happen with streaming.
#music #cds

13.02.2026 11:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#hiking #Japan #Osaka

13.02.2026 10:56 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Mt. Miroku and the Osaka Dilemma I've been up Mirokusan so many times now that it's impossible to count. Every time I do, I have grand ideas of taking a great photo or two, but that, of course, never happens.

Mt. Miroku and the Osaka Dilemma

I've been up Mirokusan so many times now that it's impossible to count. Every time I do, I have grand ideas of taking a great photo or two, but that, of course, never happens.

13.02.2026 10:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Still knackered after the ten-days-in-hospital adventure, while my daughter is full of energy because she was confined to a bed the whole time and now it’s snowing (barely so) outside, so she’s going crazy.

29.01.2026 11:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#sumo #Japan

29.01.2026 04:08 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Sumo in the Neigbourhood Sumo wrestlers at our local temple near Nagoya.

Sumo in the Neigbourhood

Sumo wrestlers at our local temple near Nagoya.

29.01.2026 04:00 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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Glass Print Exchange Print exchanges on Glass and not having our photos die on a hard drive.

Glass Print Exchange

Print exchanges on Glass and not having our photos die on a hard drive.

28.01.2026 02:48 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Trails Above Tectonics – Hiking the Mountains of Central Japan For the past few years, I’ve been hiking more and more in the Japanese mountains. I find it good for the soul and the perfect antidote to modern life. The rugged terrain and peaceful atmosphe…

Hiking Japan: Hikes in Central Japan.

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#Japan #hiking

27.01.2026 08:44 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Kakuozan, Nagoya Two portraits in Kakuozan, Nagoya on Fujifilm Provia.

Kakuozan, Nagoya

Two portraits in Kakuozan, Nagoya on Fujifilm Provia.

27.01.2026 02:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#photography

26.01.2026 12:03 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Rishikesh Sunset With everything that’s happened personally over the last 10 days, it’s been very therapeutic to go through my photography archives while listening to good music from my past whenever I’ve had the c…

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#India #Rishikesh

26.01.2026 11:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Thanks. She should be out on Tuesday.

23.01.2026 23:48 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hospital A quiet morning in a hospital room, reflecting on the mundane miracles of modern medicine and the relief of a fever finally breaking.

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23.01.2026 05:38 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
A woman sits in the doorway of Hazrat Nizzamudin un Delhi.

A woman sits in the doorway of Hazrat Nizzamudin un Delhi.

A man sits in a chair in a market. Passersby are blurred. Delhi.

A man sits in a chair in a market. Passersby are blurred. Delhi.

Purchasing a NAS has made browsing older photos much easier. Now I want to go back to Delhi. Aaaaaand, the Canon 5DM2 was more than enough after all.

More India photos at seanbreslin.jp

#streetphotography #India #Canon5D

15.01.2026 11:52 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Two Indian police officers looking directly at the camera. At the Maha Kumbh Mela in 2013.

Two Indian police officers looking directly at the camera. At the Maha Kumbh Mela in 2013.

From my Kumbh Mela police project which is here: seanbreslin.jp/kumbh-mela-p...

#filmphotography #India

12.01.2026 22:07 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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When Your Neighbour’s Roof Lands at Your Door Meta Description Option 1 (155 characters): “A windy day, a flying roof panel, and three neighbours working together reminded me where our attention truly matters—not online, but right next d…

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#Japan #community

12.01.2026 06:18 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Fisherman on The Ganges.

#filmphotography #India #LeicaM6 #KodakPortra

11.01.2026 23:54 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Hiking: Mt. Hijiri in the Minami Alps There are times out in the middle of nowhere when you can’t believe that you are actually there and this was one of them. Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya—big cities all unimaginable while stood at the summit …

Hiking Mt. Hijiri in the Minami Alps, Japan

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#hiking #Japan

08.01.2026 02:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's a very long read. When did you climb Mt. Ena? We can see it from near our house almost every day.

07.01.2026 05:35 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Holidays, Colds, and Cricket Nursery school holidays in Japan, winter illnesses, family outings, watching The Ashes, and parenting during school breaks.

I wrote a very short post about hanging out with our daughter over the holidays.

Holidays, Colds, and Cricket

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#family #TheAshes

06.01.2026 22:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Reflecting on 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026 Reflecting on 2025 and setting a single meaningful goal for 2026: living a more fulfilling life through health, family, creativity, travel, and intentional film photography.

A short post on 2026.

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#Japan #life #2026

01.01.2026 23:56 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Cake Bonbon in central Nagoya. Three people walk past.

Cake Bonbon in central Nagoya. Three people walk past.

Possibly the centre of the universe if you're from Nagoya.

#Nagoya #Japan

30.12.2025 03:28 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Just bought a copy 👍

29.12.2025 01:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Dream In Dream, by Saeko Killy 9 track album

Can't stop listening to Dream in Dream by Saeko Killy.

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29.12.2025 01:17 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Took a trip to Taketomi in spring and have hardly stopped thinking about it since. Such a wonderful island.

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A fishing boat heading north up the mouth of the Horikawa canal in Nagoya.

A fishing boat heading north up the mouth of the Horikawa canal in Nagoya.

I walked the whole of the Horikawa canal in Nagoya and wrote about it here.

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#Nagoya #urbanwalk #walk #Horikawa #Japan #堀川 #名古屋

28.12.2025 23:27 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A woman sits at a Japanese shrine swiping away at her phone.

A woman sits at a Japanese shrine swiping away at her phone.

Swipe, swipe, swipe. Endoji, Nagoya.

#Nagoya #Japan #streetphotography #円頓寺

24.12.2025 22:23 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0