Tokyo’s weather may not have been cooperating, but fortuitous timing meant that I could catch up with several fellow ex-pats now living in the metropolis.
On the first night I was invited to The Foreign Correspondents Club of Japan in Ginza and met photographers Jeremy Sutton-Hibbert and Alfie Goodrich along with Justin McCurry the Tokyo correspondent for The Guardian, Julian Ryall the Tokyo correspondent for The Daily Telegraph and Chris Dunn an International Trade Consultant. Great guys living really interesting lives.
On the second night I met up with programmers Hector Garcia, Pietro Zuco and Ignacio Izquierdo and chatted about Flick’r and the ongoing computing revolution. Fascinating stuff and just in case you didn’t know…
On my final morning Tokyo treated me to a special mix of sleet and wind, so I headed to Aoyama to meet ASIMO.

Honda's ASIMO robot
ASIMO didn’t say much, but was probably aware that in the near future his offspring will rule the world and we shall all tremble in their wake….
Hi Chris,
Glad you got to meet Jeremy at the FCCJ. He’s a really good guy on top of being an excellent photographer.
Looked through your tear sheets, absolutely outstanding images. You really can’t beat film, I’ve got my Mamiya 7II sitting in my bag not getting used and it’s a real shame, but not many people are paying me to use film….sigh.
I’ll keep checking up on more of your work.
Cheers
Will
http://web.mac.com/willrobbphotography