James' Blog

It’s almost becoming something of a tradition for Square Enix to release a licensed energy drink around the time a new Final Fantasy game comes out, so it’s no surprise to anyone that Suntory-licensed FFXIII drinks are currently available.
What did catch my eye was this funky box on sale in the 7-11, containing both the [...]

I’ve been working on this kit on and off since June last year, it’s been something of a labour of love and it’s finally complete!

Woohoo! finally a trailer in English so we can get a jist of the story! (i’ve been avoiding forums like the plague)

Video Games | Final Fantasy XIII | International Trailer
XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

I fired off literally thousands of pictures in my time in Japan last December(doesn’t that make it sound so long ago?) so I’ve picked a few with which to revisit tilt-shift photography. This time it’s shots of Kyoto, i’m sure in time i’ll try and pick some shots for Osaka also. Enjoy!

Well 2009 and the noughties are well and truly gone, and I thought i’d just share which posts written over the past year have proven to be most popular! Quite a few random ones in here, i’d like to thank everyone who drops by. I hope you like what you see here and comments are [...]

Groovisions are a well known design house from Japan, famous for producing films and graphics for Pizzicato Five, Suchadarapah and many others.
This is a fantastic music video for HALFBY’s Rodeo Machine, I’ve seen a DVD of this on sale in the Ginza every time I visit Japan but at around £35 I’m yet to [...]

Ever since I arrived back in the UK the weather has been bloody freezing! On Monday night we had an absolute throwdown of snow which has prevented me from getting to work the past couple of days.
Despite the inconvenience it does make everything look quite nice so i’ve been taking the camera out and [...]

Every year I push my suitcase to the absolute limit on the way home from Japan, filling every available bit of space with awesomeness from the land of the rising sun. This year I think I did particularly well!

In preparation of lots of Gundam building over the coming year, i’ve spruced up the ‘Current Gunplas’ widget on the sidebar to something alot more visual at a glance, comments welcome! Will be writing a 2009 stash post later today.

After some 26 hours of travelling through all sorts of weather we are home with our doggie Pickles!
The trip started around 7am in Tokyo and being a Saturday morning it was nice and quiet so no getting pushed around like last time, quick ride on the Yamanote from Shinjuku to Shinagawa and we were off [...]

Happy New Year everyone! Lovely sunny day here in Tokyo so we headed to Meiji Jingu Shrine as many do on New Years Day

Soba noodles are a favorite anytime all over Japan, but are also traditionally enjoyed on certain special occasions such as New Years or when someone moves as they are said to bring good fortune. So as it’s New Years Eve we decided to go to Kanda Yabu Soba as we’ve always wanted to give it [...]

Christmas is well and truly over in Japan. From the evening of the 25th of December you can see shops wasting no time taking down their displays – being a commercial event over here you could consider it little more than point of sale.
Over the next few days, these curious looking objects start popping up [...]

Uh oh I think I went a little nuts!

Last night in Kyoto really going to miss this place… I always forget how great it is. Set the Camera up from around 10pm – 1am to record one last time lapse as the station area goes to sleep…

Oyasumi Kyoto…