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I find Japanese writing to be visually one of the most beautiful languages in the world and while I don't have a clue how to read Japanese I do appreciate how it looks.  When walking around Suzuka on our last evening before heading to Tokyo I started to see signs all around the city in different forms, from manhole covers to restaurant menus to neon signs, so I decided to take pictures of some of the most visually interesting ones for this blog. Images taken on a Fujifilm Finepix X100 and Fujinon 23mm f2 lens ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY CLICKING THE GOOGLE ADVERTS It doesn't cost you anything to click on an advert but we get a small fee for every click thru from Google and this helps support this blog - thank you for helping ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

Today is race day at the Japanese Grand Prix in Suzuka and the fans are pouring into the circuit.  The Japanese fans are amongst the most loyal and fanatical race fans in the world and openly display their allegiance to which ever driver or team.  The fan area on the opposite side of the track from the paddock was the place to be today and I got plenty of images of people enjoying the warm sunshine. Afterwards I headed back over to the paddock and had a look around the McLaren and Torro Rosso garages before heading back up to the media centre. Images taken on a Nikon D800 and Nikon 17-35mm f2.8 AF-S Lens ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE SUPPORT THIS BLOG BY CLICKING THE GOOGLE ADVERTS It doesn't cost you anything to click on an advert but we get a small fee for every click thru from Google and this helps support...

I have come to Japan for the sixth round of the FIA World Endurance Championship, which takes place at Fuji International Speedway next weekend, but with my FIA Communications hat on I have also taken the opportunity to travel to Suzuka for the Japanese Grand Prix to see how my FIA colleagues run their media office in the world's most famous form of motorsport. Being on the inside of Formula One gives you a different perspective than the one you get on TV and there isn't a huge difference to how we do things in the WEC, it is just F1 has more resources to get things done. I watch qualifying from the media centre and then observed the press conference and the TV compound in the paddock.  Mark Webber took pole position ahead of Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton, which is very good for me as the Australian is leaving F1 at the end of the season to join us in WEC with the new Porsche LMP1 challenge.  I have everything crossed that Mark will win the race and give ...