AMPLE | OSAKA, JAPAN: A card game aimed at kids provides an eyeful. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft)
WABBIT SEASON | OSAKA, JAPAN: Springtime is a good time to get fresh air with friends. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft)
SNAPSHOT | OSAKA, JAPAN: These "Potetong" are actually recommended for use while gaming as well as computing.…
SNAPSHOT | OSAKA, JAPAN: Pokémon-branded café au lait and strawberry au lait beg kids to drink them all. (Photo:…
SNAPSHOT | OSAKA, JAPAN: Some supermarkets are for shopping, but this one is for gaming. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft)
The 3DS Faces the Public | Kelly Yeom of Brooklyn and Roberto Sanna of Manhattan play Face Raiders while waiting for…
No, Luke, I Am Your Gardener | Bought these a while ago on my honeymoon and only just got around to putting them up.…
SNAPSHOT | OSAKA, JAPAN: Kids are out for spring break, and school starts in April in Japan. (Photo: Brian Ashcraft)
SNAPSHOT | OSAKA, JAPAN: Mr. Quickman is the mascot for an Osaka-base shoe repair shop, which has been around for…
SNAPSHOT | OSAKA, JAPAN: Children that appear under the age of six check out 3D gaming on the 3DS. Nintendo…
SNAPSHOT | OSAKA, JAPAN: Paper Pocket Monsters, created at a children's hospital in North Osaka. (Photo by Brian…
A Lot to Handle | The first weekend of the NCAA Tournament is widely recognized as the busiest four-day stretch of…
SNAPSHOT | KASHIMA, JAPAN: Systematic, planned blackouts for the Kanto region are an attempt to conserve energy for…

Spring does not arrive until a week from tomorrow, but for me, it gets here when daylight saving time arrives,…
SNAPSHOT | TOKYO, JAPAN: Commuters take to the streets, walking home after train service in Tokyo was suspended due…

I actually don't drink until the sun goes down, and these days I hardly drink. My mom once told me never to take a…

Or this might be your dinner. Not sure. Apologies for the sideways camera angle. Stupid iPhone keeps doing that.

Sorry my voice was so low!

These little castles are really neat! I wanted to get one of them — I even like the old Japanese apartment…