David LaSpina (@dbooster) - Hive Images

David LaSpina

Japan

David is an Italian-American expat lost in Japan. A photographer, father, lover of haiku, and eater of natto. Here, there, and everywhere.

2 months ago

Photography Lovers

Always Look Down The other day I wrote a snap with the following photo: I wrote in the snap that whenever I enter a room with tatami, I feel compelled to take a similar photo. It'

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10 months ago

getting swept away by the great waves of the great hokusai it has been quite a while to finally post this entry. i am so sorry for the delay, we are in the middle of the scorching summer heat here in the northern hemisphere, but this is…

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11 months ago

Foodies Bee Hive

Seasonal Taste in Onigiri #1 Umeboshi Onigiri / 四季のおにぎり #1 梅干しおにぎり I'm starting a series on Onigiri, Japanese rice ball As this is the first post of the series, let me explain the background of it. My partner and I made a wooden onig

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about 1 year ago

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Blossoms and Blossoms and Blossoms ~ Beauty of Japan I wasn't going to do another cherry blossom post, but you guys liked my last so let's do a few more. These are again from the small farming community where my in-laws live. We…

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over 1 year ago

Photography Lovers

Can We Say 'Happy Holidays' This Year?　今年はハッピーホリデーと言ってもいいのでしょうか？[English and Japanese] （日本語は下にあります） Can We Say 'Happy Holidays' This Year? Our 2023 is almost finished soon. I don't usually celebrate big Christmas parties. I typically cook some nice food around Christmas tim

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over 1 year ago

Photography Lovers

The Boy Who Would Rule Japan (and a Nice Sunset) ~ Beauty of Japan Join me on a a photowalk! It's been unusually warm all summer and this continues now. But we can find some colored leaves if you know where to look. They are still mostly…

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over 1 year ago

Photography Lovers

Houses and Views ~ Beauty of Japan Been a while since we took a walk. I should do these more often, but after editing photos for clients throughout the day, I sometimes am just not in the mood to do it for Hive as…

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over 1 year ago

Photography Lovers

Red Spider Lilies - Japan's Otherworldly Autumn Flowers ~ Beauty of Japan The spider lilies are captivating flowers that bloom around the autumn equinox, which gives rise to their Japanese name Higanbana , "flower of the equinox". The English name…

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over 1 year ago

Photography Lovers

Fun With Sushi I went for sushi with my family the other day. We went to a place called sushiro which is a discount belt sushi restaurant. That means it's one of those where the chef sticks…

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over 1 year ago

Photography Lovers

The Cicada Remain ~ Beauty of Japan I went out on a photowalk with my 250mm lens. I usually don't like a zoomed in view and find myself defaulting to as wide as possible, making my wide-angled lens my default most…

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