The Latest Hanshin Tigers Merch

Bonus(?):

This picture pretty much says it all... 7 losses in a row. And on Umeno's birthday no less (he did get a hit, but was tagged out when he tried to steal second). Maybe they need to eat more bananas...

When it rains hard, the water rises and litter and other debris floats down the stream, oftentimes to be caught in a web of weeds and plants on the concrete banks... Apparently someone lost their fishing pole and it ended up here. Why? Did the fish pull the pole in the water? Did the fisherman have a bad day and in a fit of rage thrust his pole into the stream? So many questions, so many stories... Like, why do so many people throw their garbage away in the stream? This is the real Japan...

UPDATE 6/18/25:

It might be hard to see, but a pigeon picks the weeds and litter in search of food... Or th help clean the mess? Meanwhile (harder to see), a few ducks are chilling downstream in the shade.

Remember when the weeds looked like this? https://visualanthropologyofjapan.blogspot.com/2025/04/2025-na-no-hana-relations.html

New Publication: "An archive of archives lost" by Dada Docot

Abstract: ‘An Archive of Archives Lost’ is an affective autoethnographic visual essay that examines the devastating impact of climate change through the lens of personal loss. The Philippines is among the countries most vulnerable to the ongoing climate crisis, with tropical storms getting stronger and more frequent. As a result of the intensified damage, many homes have lost their personal photographic archive, which used to bring together families and community through shared memories. The repeated experience of typhoons, flooding, and loss has made the community attuned to a routine cycle of letting go. The destruction of photographs symbolizes a deeper loss of cultural and social ties whose affective impact I explore.

Open Source full text article: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17540763.2025.2487588

Docot, D. (2025). An archive of archives lost. Photographies, 18(2), 223–244. https://doi.org/10.1080/17540763.2025.2487588