"Awesome, looks like glass!"

"This character I think was called 'shokolanta' and was part of a popular kids show on NHK. After like 3 years, they dumped this animated character (who was not so bad) and his/her friends, and installed new characters - that have never felt right at all. I've often wondered how my daughter felt when they did this. It's interesting that you can still find some branded merchandise with him/her on it for sale."

"This are wild black cherry blossoms, from southern Michigan. (Same plant as in the previous water drop photo.) This was a lucky shot, as I even got a thrip on one of the petals."

"Harald - yeah, but that's the title chosen by the event organizer in our FB group."

"Unrelated to the picture (nice one as I like birds in general): you realize this year has 366 days, right :-)"

"This Japanese White Eye (Mejiro) held still enough for me Saturday morning to get a few quick shots. I liked the head-on view the best. "Hey, who ya looking' at wise guy? You best be on yer way, or I'll put you on a slow boat to China"."

"Awesome! Same exact time as me to be honest! I came in May of 2003! I'm originally from the US. But Japan really is my home now ^^."

"I've lived in the Tokyo area since 2003."

"Funny"

"Work for Nikon? Awesome... send me lens samples... :-P"

"I use my iPhone for g+. Nice camera and lens. I work for Nikon. "

"It does look something like that. But it's actually 'yoji' - toothpicks."

"I use a Nikon D90 and here the lens is a 60mm Macro. You should be able to see that and other info here on Picasa."

"Thank you!"

"Great pictures! "