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April 7, 2024

Photos from March

Here are some photos I took last month.

Above, Cascade du Dard above Villaz. It is currently quite hot and the snow is melting: Torrents are flowing fast and it is a great time to visit waterfalls.

March 12, 2024

Signs of spring

Some flowers I have seen recently during hikes. Spring is almost here!

Above, spring snowflake.

January 11, 2024

Snow

December 30, 2020

My new photobook: 2020

Recently, I published a new photobook through Amazon KDP: It is called 2020 and contains a few of my favorite photos I took during the year 2020.

Here is a sample PDF with a few pages: Sample PDF.

September 17, 2019

Self-publishing a Print-On-Demand color photo book with Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing

Recently, I published a new book through Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP). It is a Print-On-Demand color photo book titled “Croix de Savoie” (Crosses of Savoie). Here are the product pages on Amazon: US, FR, UK, DE, JP.

September 29, 2014

Walk along the Sumida River (Part 2): From Asakusa to Tsukiji

A nice thing to do after visiting Asakusa and Tokyo Skytree is to walk south along the Sumida River. It is possible to go all the way to Tokyo Bay on foot (for example, ending at Harumi Passenger Ship Terminal). In this post, I stopped at Tsukiji, after making a detour by Tsukishima Island, where the Sumida River forks into 2 channels before reaching Tokyo Bay.

September 28, 2014

Walk along the Sumida River (Part 1): From Asakusa to Minami-Senju

The Sumida River (隅田川; Sumida-gawa) is a river in eastern Tokyo that starts at the Iwabuchi Sluice Gate in Kita and flows into Tokyo Bay. There is a walkway along its bank almost everywhere along the way. Here are photos of the walk starting from Asakusa and going north to Minami-Senju, in Arakawa City.

Above, Sumida River from the Tokyo Skytree observatory.

July 4, 2014

Tokyo Walk: Shimbashi, Shiodome, Seaside Top, Tamachi, Shibaura, Konan, Tennozu Isle & Shinagawa

In May, I took a walk from Shimbashi station to Shinagawa station.

May 3, 2014

Hakuunsan Torii Kannon

Last week, I went on a hike that started from Naguri Village, in Hanno City (Saitama Prefecture). While researching the path, I learned about the Hakuunsan Torii Kannon (白雲山鳥居観音). It is a large park built on a mountain in Naguri, with multiple temples and monuments, the most impressive of which is the white Dai-Kannon (救世大観音 ; Guze Dai-Kannon). At 33m, it is a large statue of Kannon that can be seen from quite far. Like at the Tokyo Wan Kannon, it is even possible to climb to the head (but it was not open yet when I was there).