Posted by Tom Baker (Chiba-ken, 1989-91), coauthor of The Sushi Lover’s Cookbook and Tokyo Chic and contributor to Time Out Tokyo and Time Out Shortlist Tokyo. He blogs as “Tokyo Tom Baker.”
Did you ever go to the beach during your time in Japan? In particular, did you ever visit Suma beach in Kobe? Photographer Robin Haseba has an exhibition of portraits of Suma beach-goers currently running in Shinjuku, Tokyo, that may bring back some memories.
When I visited the show on its opening day, I briefly met Haseba and later sent him some questions by e-mail for an article on my blog. You can read my comments on Haseba’s work, and see some examples of it, here.
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Yes! I LOVE Suma Beach! So many happy and friendly people!
Unlike other beaches where plenty of drunk guys try to impress their girlfriends by shouting English phrases they’ve heard on tv at me, there were just as many, good-natured, sober people smiling and offering greetings in English and Japanese, and just having fun!