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A large-headed, round panda mascot with rosy cheeks and a cheek full of food poses for the camera.

Mochi Mochi Panda is a panda-like creature that is squishy like mochi (rice cake), but is neither a panda nor a rice cake.

Black-and-white image of wooden double doors labeled “Residents Only,” framed by tall windows and columns above a checkered tile floor.

📷 #photography #mono

Took this on my travels today.

Well I guess one day of sun was enough and now it's time to get back to raining.

A monochrome railway platform in Japan, showing a train on the right and a hanging sign with destinations and platform number 2.

A railway platform in Japan, showing a train on the right and a hanging sign with destinations and platform number 2.

Which do people prefer? Black & white or a bit of colour?

#Photography 📷️ 🗾

Takaosanguchi Station.

Black-and-white view of a sprawling city seen through dense tree branches from a forested hillside overlook.

📷️ 🗾 #photography

View from Mount Takeo.

When the light hits just right👌

Hokkun is a minimalistic orange mascot from Shimonoseki City, inspired by the oranges and sunsets there.

Black-and-white photo of a narrow Japanese street lined with small restaurants and hanging signs, with two people wearing backpacks walking away down the brick-paved alley.

Tokyo Street 📷

Uplifting Books for Dark Seasons On first glance this might seem like an odd mix of books with fictional stories listed alongside scientific texts on health and poetry matched up with picture books but these are all books that have l...

I know Blue Monday is a made up myth but January is usually the toughest month for me to get through, so I've made a list of book recommendations that might help you get through too:
uk.bookshop.org/lists/uplift...

A rosy-cheeked panda mascot with a huge head stands around in a convention centre.

Taputapu is a lively and optimistic panda with a huge face, and he appears in picture books and anime.

Black-and-white seascape showing calm ocean water under a wide, empty sky, with two dark rocks emerging from the water in the foreground.

Seascape 📷 for 2026!

Black and white photograph of a dark sea, a strong line marking the horizon between water and a grey, hazy sky where a low hanging sun to the right is trying to break through with a dimmed, soft light.

Happy Winter Solstice everyone. May it be filled with glimpses of light.

A yellow lightbulb mascot is stuck in a doorway.

Terumaru, a bright young lightbulb and the mascot of the Tokyu Denki electric company, trapped in a door yesterday:

WerkHaus Zine Issue 6 by WorkHorse Collective is being published today and to my happy surprise I've been selected as a contributor.

Copies can be found here for anyone interested:
workhorsecollective.bigcartel.com/product/werk...

Black-and-white photo of a symmetrical corridor with patterned ceiling lights and reflective walls, opening to daylight through distant doors.

📷Happy 1st of November Everyone!!!🇯🇵

A tree standing on the edge of a canal with the running water reflecting a blue sky above and surrounding trees clad in autumn colours in various shades of green, yellow, red and beige.

D found us a new place to walk not too far from where we live and it was gorgeous.

A big-eyed red-crowned crane mascot with blue clothes and yellow boots stands in a hall.

Tsurumaru is a red-crowned crane from the wetlands of Kushiro, Hokkaido. He’s an eternally 5-year-old spoiled boy.

Black and white digital photograph of turbulent water rushing through a gorge past jagged and heavily textured rocks towards a low waterfall.

I made something the last two days.

About Darkness.

www.leaelm.com/about-darkness

A black and white photo of tall Brutalist-style buildings, with a high-rise tower in the background and a curved multi-story structure with repeating arch shapes in the foreground.

📷 #architecture

Just a selfie.

Or better yet, let's just deport Nigel.

Read Japanese Literature - Read Japanese Literature Your guide to Japanese literature in English translation. August is Women in Translation month!Read along with our recommended 31 Short Stories for Women in Translation Month. | Podcast

RJL 2.0 is now available!

A black rhino mascot in a yellow hard hat and vest

Bosai-kun is Japan’s disaster-preparedness rhino.

very atmospheric ❤️

Black and white street scene in a rainy city, with a car driving toward the camera as pedestrians walk with umbrellas past glowing neon signs.

#Tokyo 📷🇯🇵

A black and white close-up of a wildflower stem with small buds and feathery petals, set against a blurred background.

📷🌷

🚅Off to London....

見えないストレスや不満、疲労がたまってきたら酔っ払ってわめいて寝たら治るよ

really sorry but dms are closed here, this horrendous online safety law won’t let me message anyone here 💀

i don’t trust the uk government with a butter knife let alone my id.