The Weekend Warrior’s Guide to… Tokyo
Tokyo: a neon wonderland of mighty skyscrapers, solemn Shinto shrines, and serene parks. The samurai, sumo, robots, videogames, capsule hotels, anime, sushi and everything…
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Bad Times in Shinjuku
I shuffled in ahead of my friends to a bathroom full of bare-arsed Japanese salary-men getting ready for another gruelling 16-hour shift. I lumbered…
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Strays
Cats: The internet is full of them. So, in a vain attempt to pull more traffic to Monkeyboy Goes, I’ve finally stooped to this…….
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Stop inMotion
Here’s a crappy little stop motion video I made around 3 years ago. Outrageously bored one night I tried my had to origami and…
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Sleeping in a box: The Capsule Hotel Experience
Next to crashing down in a Ryokan with sushi-serving Geishas, and views of Godzilla scaling mount Fuji beyond paper windows, the capsule hotel is…
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Fotophest: Yasukuni Shrine
Yasukuni Shrine is a controversial site of worship in the Centre of Tokyo. What’s so controversal about a shrine? We’ll this one harbours the souls of just over 1000 convicted war criminals. Though, you wouldn’t know it if you just stumbled upon it…
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Yasukuni Shrine: My Grandfather Died For This Country
Yasukuni Shrine, located in the centre of Tokyo is undeniably beautiful and rather serene, at least from the outside. Why then, does this place…
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Fotophest: Tokyo Light
As the sun dips down in the West on its 40-thousand kilometre journey, the megalithic city of Tokyo makes its own light. Here are…
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Fotophest: Is This The Asia You’re Looking For? Pt.1
Is this the Asia you’re looking for? Photos by Ben Cowles
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Monkey Tube: The Sushi Trail
Sometimes you’ve just got to be the horrible Gaijin, that some people think you are. I felt pretty cheeky placing my shitty little camera…
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