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First sunrise of 2019. Happy New Year everyone! 明けましておめでとうごzします。#newyear #newyear2019 #happynewyear #japan #japaneur #instajapan #instagood #kobe #神戸 #関西 #大阪 #sunrise #初日 #初日の出 (Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsFE_hTBJo5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1oho3a47x0ivy

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Happy New Year everyone! Here’s to a happy, healthy and prosperous 2019! #happynewyear2019 #happynewyear #明けましておめでとうございます (Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsDljCNBMPj/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1e6m4vi9sndj6

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My wife suddenly thinks we need a landscape artist. What’s up with that? (Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BsCGqA8BVzA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1m1mlq3s4ugze

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This store gives me instant anxiety. I feel like I need to type command-S. @techconcierge instincts #untitled #saveitorloseit #japaneur (Kakogawa, Hyogo) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br_56Fbhp_p/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=dfme30fz3afd

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My friend’s son just gave me the coolest Xmas gift, a LEGO avatar he designed. Complete with smartphone and briefcase (the smartphone actually fits in the briefcase!) #lego #smartphone #avatar #family #businesscommando #entrepreneur #salesprofessional #kobe #神戸 (六甲山山頂) https://www.instagram.com/p/Br9Lk4wBa5H/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=poknhfwthhcz

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The best gift ever. From my brother @bartlebytx to my son. He’s a carnivore obviously, and we live in Kobe. There’s no better beef anywhere in the world. Now we have a visual training guide for Yakiniku. I want to take this with us to the restaurant next time for the kids as an ordering guide. I’m serious. #kobe #神戸 #焼肉 #japan #japaneur I love my brother so much. (Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrzNMkdhyqh/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1rruy80l2sral

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My brother @bartlebytx knows I inherited the gene for losing keys in the house. This is going to be life-changing awesome until I lose the remote. I love you bro. I’m going to go Velcro this remote to the fridge now. Love to you and your better half. ❤️ #merrychristmas #brothers #family (Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrzKZaJhJK5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1h2rxfko46awj

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Can anyone guess where I am, just based on this picture? (Specific... which restaurant. Bonus points for location) (Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrKRFC3h_qK/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gl8d0hwm4nj8

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Is it A) cute B) weird C) unrecognizable or D) a tribble? (Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BrCsmDch8D8/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vy4s3brf6cqt

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In Japan, even trampolines are cute. (Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bq9dmD-BgLC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=16wnizfu6yuiw

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One of my favorite photos. ⠀ #repost @jamescolemanorg⠀ • • •⠀ With attitude, practice, training and tools, anything is possible. I shared an aged extra #DSLR with my son at age 3. With a few years of curious, determined, and fearless exploration, #photography isn’t just a hobby, it’s an adventure and another lens through which he takes in the world around him. This photo taken at the #aquarium on #Maui. #montessori #observation #play #photos #videos #Japan #Hawaii #sanfrancisco #california #children #teaching #home #family (at Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqPssDnhTwF/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1gzwvqt5u1x6p

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A remodel is really in order. The couch has to go. #makethecouchgo ⠀ #repost @jamescolemanorg⠀ • • •⠀ This is probably one of the most subconscious messages urging one to get off your ass and go #workout and #exercise. At one of my favorite hotels in #Japan, the #ritzcarlton #Osaka. The #gym there is really good, and the service is, of course, impeccable. Anyone visiting Japan or Just in Osaka should stay at the @ritzcarlton.osaka without a second thought. #luxury #luxurylifestyle #大阪 (at リッツ・カールトン大阪) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqPsYLsBffL/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=fk69pyqc64h

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After one year, I still can’t believe I lived without seasons my entire life. For as beautiful as Southern California is, there’s something so wonderfully visceral about experiencing the change of seasons. Many people around me in Kobe say this is the shortest Fall (秋) they’ve ever experienced. The Winter chill just set in, and there are almost no leaves to show for Fall because of the typhoons this year, especially #typhoon21. #repost @jamescolemanorg⠀ • • •⠀ How did I live this long without seasons? 季節の移り変わり This is such a beautiful thing to wake up to. #japan #fall #seasons #kobe #日本 #秋 #季節 #神戸 #神戸市 (at Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqPsNZiBPNJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1bfc3hrh1i4p8

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⠀ #repost @jamescolemanorg⠀ • • •⠀ I just dig this photo taken of one of my guitars. With my #24mm L #Canon lens. The #guitar is more gorgeous than any picture can portray. #muyflamenco https://www.instagram.com/p/BqPp3-xB4PA/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1fexawvfoalm4

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This is what happened to my Powershot S1. The best repurpose.⠀ #repost @jamescolemanorg⠀ • • •⠀ Super stoked about this camera. When my first born turned 3, I gave him my old Powershot S1, a #DSLR perfectly sized for 3-year old hands, with a built-in L lens (complete with red ring). He practiced what I taught him on several trips to #sanfrancisco (Check out the picture I took of him shooting the T-Rex at the academy of science in SF), looking through the viewfinder, adjusting the zoom, and taking photos. Eventually that camera broke, and Canon wouldn’t fix it (shame on you Canon... I lost a little love for you that day. One more reason I’m starting to love LUMIX). I strategically bought one more of the same S1 second hand, and that broke about a year ago. This time, I researched the heck out of the Powershot family, looking for the perfect gateway camera to a pro DSLR or mirrorless. I found what I think is the best for my son, a DSLR form factor capable of 16MP images, and with a 50X optical zoom complemented by internal image stabilization and intelligent zoom framing. It has a mode dial just like my #5DMarkIV, and even has a manual mode, so now he can start learning about aperture and shutter and ISO. It also does full HD 1080p video, and even has built-in WiFi! I got a few key accessories to complete the kit- a filter adapter so we could protect the lens with a clear Canon lens filter. A lens cap from my 100mm L lens, a canon carrying case, and a 64GB Sandisk SD card. The #SX530HS seems to be the perfect camera for him to keep exploring his curiosity and growing a skill set. A pretty cool 7th birthday gift. There are a couple requirements; he has to complete a couple photography and videography classes with me on @creativelive, watch a few kick-ass @petermckinnon vids on #YouTube and go exploring Kobe with me as my vlogging assistant - and that includes hiking all over #Kobe, including Rokko and Maya! I’m a super proud dad and excited to keep my son’s momentum racing. @petermckinnon what do you think man? #カメラ #camera #photography #parenting #fatherandson #education #montessori #神戸 #神戸市 #六甲 #canon #powershot #videography #sanfrancisco #japan #日本 #親バカ #溺愛パパ (at California Academy of Sciences) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqPpttlh5E5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1nywfuia06m64

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⠀ #repost @jamescolemanorg⠀ • • •⠀ Walking through an underground mall in Kobe, my boys stopped to look at something... a vintage typewriter. They were so curious, and asked me if it was someone’s old computer. I remember being their age when push button corded phones started to disappear. I wonder if they’ll look at taxi cab drivers, postal delivery workers, and even physical computers the same way. I fantasize that they’ll rise above the marketing nonsense like the business school bubble I talked about in yesterday’s post. #kobe #神戸 #神戸市 #education #technology #generations #vintage #obsolescence #change #children #curious (at Kobe-shi, Hyogo, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqPpS8eh1vr/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1u2ujx76gjb46

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I remembered this photo when I heard about the annual fire lighting by the kids up at Rokko Elementary. What school could possibly do that in the US with the manic legal liability obsession by parents, half of whom are ambulance chasing lawyers? It just couldn’t happen with the current culture. This is a really special photo to me. My brother and I, together with our wives, took our father out for one of his last special dinners out. Thank goodness Orange County hadn’t yet succumbed to the legal liability insanity it currently is infected with. The flames are beautiful. It made the dinner- and this dessert - memorable. I think I took this with my PowerShot S1, which about 7 years later I gave to my 3 year old to use in the San Francisco Academy of Sciences. This shot was taken about 4 years before the iPhone came out, which means about 80% of the people I know weren’t born yet. LOL. I just love photography. ⠀ #repost @jamescolemanorg #photography #canon #powershot #beforeiphone #light #camera #exposure #longexposure #orangecounty #songoals #loveyoudad #missyoudad • • •⠀ I took this photo in 2003, in Newport Beach. We took my father out to get Bananas Foster at a local place that had been around since the 40s. A couple years later it closed due to “fire hazard” safety violations. It probably got replaced with some chain restaurant. Glad we got to experience it before it was gone. #instadessert #dessert #bananasfoster (at Newport Beach, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/BqPpK4VBZYC/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=y0fm5n79okc3