Bytemarks

This afternoon, I was watching NHK World on KHET-TV, Honolulu’s local PBS channel and they had a special on Kagoshima. Then in an completely unrelated random event, I receive this email from the Navy’s Public Affairs Office. The story is so cool I had to post it. More than 40 Sailors and Pacific Missile Range [...]

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Local tech company Oceanit and the Honolulu Hackerspace group HI Capacity are collaborating to help Japan with its radiation problems after the explosions at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Plant this past March. They recently met up with Peiter Franken one of the co-founders of an organization called Safecast that is helping to map out the [...]

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Ebisubashi is a central bridge and major attraction in the heart of Dotonbori. We crossed this bridge everyday during our stay in Osaka. Each time there was something new to experience. From here you can access all the restaurants in the area. Don Quijote is about one minute away and the iconic Glico Man looms [...]

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If you are into electronics, cameras or gadgets in general Yodobashi Camera is the place to be. Knowing my geeky interests, @Sophielynette cued me on to Yodobashi. There are about 21 of these stores scattered around Japan, each one consisting of multiple floors of electronics gear. The one we went to in Umeda was 8 [...]

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On this second day in Japan, we hopped a train to Kyoto and ventured out on our own. This shot was taken at Daitoku-ji Temple at the Daisen-in. This building was where Sen No Rikyu’s tea room was on display. Unfortunately no photographs were allowed. I did snap of this shot of the rock garden [...]

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A video and a photo collage shares a thousand words. Enjoy… More photos from the Day 1: Osaka/Kyoto photo set on Flickr.

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For Hawaiian Airlines this is the the second destination route to Japan. This opens up the Kansai area for Hawaiian Air to connect more tourists and business people between Hawaii and Japan. It was a festive event this past Tuesday, July 12th, as I tried to capture the celebration at the departure gate prior to [...]

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Last week I got a big smile from the heavens by Hawaiian Air. They offered me a seat on their inaugural flight to Osaka, Japan. An offer I gladly accepted. On Tuesday, July 12, 2011, Hawaiian Air will start regular daily flights to Kansai Airport. Hawaiian Air already flies a successful route to Tokyo which [...]

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This story ran in the Star Advertiser on Friday and given my fascination with ships and planes I had to see if the Kaiyu Maru was still docked at Aloha Tower. On my morning run I detoured to Aloha Tower Marketplace and sure enough it was still there. My plan was to try and get [...]

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The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is just one of 32 vessels in Hawaii for the Rim of the Pacific exercises held every two years. My run on Sunday morning takes me along Pearl Harbor and the Arizona Memorial. I shot this photo from the Visitor Center area. It is pretty amazing how many ships are [...]

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