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Samsui Women and Modern Singapore

These colourful Samsui women on Banda Street, in Singapore’s Chinatown, are juxtaposed with a mural of the present day skyline. About 200,000 Samsui women were believed to have emigrated to Singapore from […]

-Singapore

Glass Shop

Half reflection and half peek inside the Louis Vuitton Shop on Marina bay in Singapore. Linked to Half and Half. Copyright Debbie Smyth, 19 July 2015

-London

Toilet Renaissance

Public toilets are having a renaissance period right now, in London and around the globe. Many former toilets have fallen into disuse and some bright young sparks are finding innovative new […]

-Japan

Takeaway Japanese Style

Here at Mount Fuji’s Fifth Station, this take away stall was doing a roaring trade as hordes of walkers prepared for their climb. Trade was quieter, though, on the Hozu River […]

-Japan

Looking Down in Yokohama

-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 31 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photo(s) taken from above or below, and invite you to join in the challenge by posting your own photos with […]

-China

White Wedding

Bearing in mind I had just wandered through a market and seen (but not eaten) this I was surprised to find this very Western church right in the middle of […]

-Japan

Thousand Paper Cranes

I am always amazed at the incredibly complex shapes and objects a skilled origamist can achieve.  Packs of beautifully patterned, coloured papers abound in shops in Japan, and I succumbed […]