Feb 23, 2017 | Events, Featured, Latest Posts, Tokyo Marathon
JOSEPH TAME’S 9TH ANNUAL LIVE-STREAMED INTERACTIVE TOKYO MARATHON Sunday February 26th 2017 Saturday February 25th 15:00-21:00 PST Sunday February 26th 00:00-06:00 GMT/UTC LIVE CAMERA 1: PERISCOPE / TWITTER CLICK HERE for the latest live video on Twitter and...
Jan 14, 2017 | Featured, Latest Posts, Tokyo Marathon, Videos
With just a 6 weeks to go until the Tokyo Marathon, I’m trying to get in as much training in as I can. The other night I decided to take my camera with me to document my run …and it kind of turned into a mini-documentary about what running means to me. I...
Dec 30, 2016 | Featured, Latest Posts, The Art of Running
The 2016 Tokyo Marathon (my 8th Tokyo Marathon, and 7th full Marathon) was the first for which I actually managed to train properly. When I say train properly, I mean spend about 4 months running several times a week, gradually building up to marathon distance. Why? I...
Aug 8, 2016 | Events, Featured, Latest Posts, Wearables
In 2014 I was invited to be a part of a six month project focused on an groundbreaking new camera that Olympus was working on. Olympus describe the camera that it became, the Olympus Air, as: “… a new concept, OPEN PLATFORM CAMERA (OPC) that pairs the...
Aug 8, 2016 | Events, Featured, Latest Posts, TV, Wearables
The Chocolate Vending Machine hat was first inspired by my experience as a runner in the Tokyo Marathon. During the race, hundreds of thousands of supporters lining the road hand out chocolates, sweets, drinks, miso soup and cold spray. Their generosity makes a huge...
Aug 7, 2016 | Featured, Latest Posts
I’ve always enjoyed the annual Brooks Summer Night Run – a 12-hour relay race, taking place on a weekend from 7pm to 7am. Having taken part three times in the past, the organisers were familiar with my outfit and attitude, and this year asked me if...
Aug 7, 2016 | Featured, Latest Posts, TV
Earlier this summer I was approached by a producer for NHK’s main morning news show, Ohayo Nippon. They were planning to run a report on some off-the-beaten-track locations that represented Japan’s craftsmanship / attention to detail in manufacturing....
Aug 7, 2016 | Events, Featured, Latest Posts
I recently had the opportunity to present at a very special PechaKucha night, held at the brand new BMW Group Tokyo Bay space in Odaiba – a space designed by PechaKucha founders (and architects) Mark Dytham and Astrid Klein. The theme of the night was...