http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/tags/tokyo/ Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:08:53 -0700 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:08:53 -0700 http://www.flickr.com/ http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5441/buddyicons/95572727@N00.jpg?1369087505#95572727@N00 http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/tags/tokyo/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/5549657067/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">Stuck in Customs</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/5549657067/" title="The Lights of Japan"><img src="http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5260/5549657067_656f3758c9_m.jpg" width="240" height="154" alt="The Lights of Japan" /></a></p> <p>One evening I was walking around Roppongi, taking in all the sights. There doesn't seem to be a bad direction to go. Everything was alive and full of life.<br /> <br /> Getting into this particular position took a few Cirque de Soliel moves that no one was around to appreciate (or warn me against). There is a pedestrian set of stairs that blindly switchbacks its way up an outside drum-tower of sorts. I had a feeling that on top of this little tower would be a good vantage in this particular direction, which I had not seen, but I had mapped out in my brain. I did one of those moves like children do when they work their way up a doorframe -- but I did it in a narrow stairwell. It got me to the top, which was extra-difficult with the tripod! I ended up with a clean view of everything. But then, only then, did I start to wonder how the heck I was going to get back down.<br /> <br /> I waited for a nice-looking stair-walker to pass by underneath, and then I handed down my camera before performing an unceremonious jump/fall.<br /> <br /> from the blog <a href="http://www.stuckincustoms.com" rel="nofollow">www.stuckincustoms.com</a></p> Tue, 22 Mar 2011 07:08:53 -0700 2009-10-02T08:42:03-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/5549657067 35.661585 139.732389 35.661585 139.732389 28527443 The Lights of Japan <p>One evening I was walking around Roppongi, taking in all the sights. There doesn't seem to be a bad direction to go. Everything was alive and full of life.<br /> <br /> Getting into this particular position took a few Cirque de Soliel moves that no one was around to appreciate (or warn me against). There is a pedestrian set of stairs that blindly switchbacks its way up an outside drum-tower of sorts. I had a feeling that on top of this little tower would be a good vantage in this particular direction, which I had not seen, but I had mapped out in my brain. I did one of those moves like children do when they work their way up a doorframe -- but I did it in a narrow stairwell. It got me to the top, which was extra-difficult with the tripod! I ended up with a clean view of everything. But then, only then, did I start to wonder how the heck I was going to get back down.<br /> <br /> I waited for a nice-looking stair-walker to pass by underneath, and then I handed down my camera before performing an unceremonious jump/fall.<br /> <br /> from the blog <a href="http://www.stuckincustoms.com" rel="nofollow">www.stuckincustoms.com</a></p> Stuck in Customs world city travel trees urban blur building japan architecture modern speed skyscraper photography tokyo evening blog high october asia downtown cityscape traffic dynamic stuck district nightclub photograph metropolis roppongi 東京 nightlife sprawl prefecture minatoku range 2009 metropolitan hdr trey minato cyberpunk travelblog customs zelkova 六本木 daimyo 東京都 港区 tōkyō ratcliff tōkyōto hdrtutorial stuckincustoms treyratcliff photographyblog sixtrees stuckincustomscom nikond3x specialward nijūsanku 特別区 tokubetsuku http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/85368739/ <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/people/stuckincustoms/">Stuck in Customs</a> posted a photo:</p> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuckincustoms/85368739/" title="Tokyo"><img src="http://farm1.staticflickr.com/38/85368739_4dc2f0ef20_m.jpg" width="240" height="180" alt="Tokyo" /></a></p> Wed, 11 Jan 2006 13:41:41 -0800 2005-09-19T22:35:34-08:00 nobody@flickr.com (Stuck in Customs) tag:flickr.com,2004:/photo/85368739 35.677936 139.770126 35.677936 139.770126 1118370 Tokyo Stuck in Customs travel japan tokyo passport trey customs http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/deed.en