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Photos | RYMC

Motorsports, travel, and random photos from around the world. Rally driver, car #91 in ARA National L2WD. Life is too short to just sit around and wait.

A man with dark circles under his eyes, wearing a black track jacket. A woman with pink hair pokes her head in from the right side.
Shinjuku, Tokyo
Oct 08, 2011

Some bar, somewhere

Thanks to my buddy Tim for this photo.

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A man with dark circles under his eyes, wearing a black track jacket. In the blurred background is another man in a plaid shirt.
Shinjuku, Tokyo
Oct 08, 2011

A long birthday night

I was exhausted. Credit for this photo goes to my buddy Tim.

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A man in jeans and an orange shirt smiles. There are burritos on a table in front of him.
Sendagaya, Tokyo
Oct 08, 2011

Birthday burritos

Coworkers surprising me with burritos from Libre Burrito in Tokyo (the original Omotesando one, when it was good). Since I moved to Tokyo from San Francisco, I was still on a massive burrito kick... but good burritos are tricky to find in Tokyo. When Libre Burrito started, they were in a metal container in Omotesando and were much closer to what you'd find in San Francisco... but they eventually changed, like most places in Tokyo do. Great memories here.

#tokyo #japan #self #selfie
A rainy intersection in Tokyo. Cars are navigating traffic.
Omotesando, Tokyo
Oct 07, 2011

Rainy day in Omotesando backstreets

Tokyo in the rain has always been a weirdly comforting vibe for me. This is one of the earliest photos I have where I attempted to capture it. It's nothing particularly special to most people, but it definitely places me in a specific frame when I look back.

#japan #tokyo #travel
A drift car flanked by two women.
Odaiba, Tokyo
Oct 04, 2011

D1 GP Odaiba

The format of this spot as a venue is, to this day, still incredible.

#cars #drifting #odaiba #tokyo #japan
A view of a street in Tokyo. A highway pass runs overhead.
Sasazuka, Tokyo
Oct 01, 2011

My old running path

Spent a lot of time running up and down this stretch. Back in ~2010/2011, it was filled with tons of smaller shops and cafes.

#japan #tokyo #travel
A grainy photo of me giving a presentation.
Cookpad HQ, Tokyo, Japan
Oct 01, 2011

Presenting on Wii.js

Yeah, this photo is archaic - but I kept it around for sentimental reasons. Was by no means my best presentation, but it was cool to showcase a JavaScript library I'd written for a somewhat unconventional device (at the time).

#tokyo #japan #self #career
A man in a black jacket pointing at the sun rising on the horizon.
Sasazuka, Tokyo
Mar 12, 2011

Sunrise in Sasazuka

After a long night of drinking. For whatever reason, we were blown away by the sunrise.

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A man sips a beer while the sun rises over Tokyo in the background.
Sasazuka, Tokyo
Mar 12, 2011

Post-quake, letting off steam

The 3/11 quake was a very strange experience to live through. While we certainly had nowhere near the rough experience in Tokyo that others did up north, it was still... confusing. So friends and I did what young idiots do and drank all night, and then snuck up to the top of my building to watch the sun rise.

#sasazuka #tokyo #japan
A man plays with a cat laying on the ground.
Shinjuku, Tokyo
Mar 12, 2011

Cat cafe

With some friends in Tokyo post-3/11 earthquake. It was like a ghost town... but this cat cafe was mildly interesting.

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A man in a red striped shirt poses with a salaryman in Japan.
Shinjuku, Tokyo
Mar 09, 2011

Drinking with some doctor

I have zero recollection about how this came about.

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Looking out into Tokyo at night.
Sasazuka, Tokyo
Mar 02, 2011

Prepping for a run

I'd go to the top of my building at the time for pre-run stretching. The endless expanse of Tokyo in all directions used to get me in the mood for exercise, for whatever reason.

#sasazuka #tokyo #japan