Advancing

happiness

one smile at a time. 

View fullsize "The Empire wants you!" 🌸 Pic 2 "and you!" Pic 3 "and you!" Pic 4 "you, too!" Pic 5 "yeah, well, I guess you" Pic 6 "I mean. They want everyone" Pic 7 "I give up. Time for some #takoya
View fullsize For the Empire! 🌸 Outside the #OsakaCastle grounds I was lucky enough to catch the #cherryblossoms still in bloom. These were the first pics taken around April 8th. 🌸 #cherryblossomseason has officially been checked off the #bucketlist. But, how mu
View fullsize Alas. We will reveal ourselves. 🌸 CLICK ON THROUGH for the introductory pics of what I've dubbed the #SakuraSamuraiStormtrooper 🌸 One bucket list item I've had has been to eventually be in #Japan for #cherryblossomseason. It only took the 4th trip
View fullsize Alas, #starwarscelebrationjapan has arrived! 🏳️ The Good... ✅ Got a picture taken w/Hayden Christensen ✅ Got a picture taken 🫶🏻 w/Rosario Dawson ✅ Was able to get the @hottoyscollectibles Sakura Stormtrooper! ✅ Was able to get the #hottoys Galen E
View fullsize Every trip to Japan includes multiple stops at #mandarake. I decided to take a picture today in front of (I think) the first Mandarake store I ever visited back in 2019 at #MandarakeShibuya 🧸 Last May/June I went to every public facing retail operat
View fullsize Starting the final week of three back here in #japan Took a morning stroll around the Airbnb. Staying close to #asakusabashistation in #asakusabashi 📷 📷 📷 📷 📷 #Stormtrooper #stormtrooperexploration #starwarsnerd #starwars #starwarsfan #tokyo #j
View fullsize Hanging out in front of #Godzilla in #Kabukicho on Central Road aka #godzillastreet which leads up to #tohocinemas. Can you find Godzilla in some of the pictures? 📷 Pic 1 I could see the guy on the right approaching with a huge smile on his face. I
View fullsize Hanging out around #OmoideYokocho outside of #shinjukustation after taking the #tamanoteline from Shibuya! This was another area I hadn't experienced until this trip and I was able to see it through the helmet. 📷 Pic 1 Looking into an establishment
View fullsize I really wanted to get some pictures in #jrshibuyastation and on the #yamanoteline line riding to Shinjuku. I mean how do you go to Japan and not get a picture of yourself on a #jrtrain? Another bucket list item marked off! 📷 Shibuya Station is like
View fullsize Shibuya Scramble, the busiest intersection in the World. When the light turns green to cross, you best be ready! It is amazing to watch it all go down as people cross from every direction. There was just one phrase for me to say when it came time. Yo
View fullsize While in Japan last July/August of 2023, I decided that I wanted to come back to Shibuya to celebrate Halloween. Since the mayor pretty much shut that idea down, I thought my wish of walking around the streets in my Stormtrooper uniform were crushed.
View fullsize After a quick shinkansen ride, I journeyed onto Tokyo to explore many of the things that I've still not seen after three trips to Japan. After a couple wardrobe malfunctions, it was time to get this photoshoot started. We started in Shibuya and then

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