About
Konnichiwa! My name is Jim Atwood. I am originally from Seattle Washington, USA. I have been living and working in Japan now for 17+ fantastic years as a popular Professional Photographer and International Computer IT Consultant. Currently I live in Nagano City, Japan, but have also lived for 10 years in the Yokohama and Tokyo City areas. I speak Japanese and am married to a lovely Japanese fashion lady named “Yoyo”. She is a successful Entrepreneur and Hair Designer who owns two hair salon companies “Diva Salon” and “Magee Salon” in Nagano City, Japan. I also have two lovely daughters “Aily Jacklyn” and “Sasha Caroline” who are the perfect models! I love Photography, Japan, Computers, Music, and the Fashion world in Japan.
I have spent 17+ years building an extensive network in both Japan and Asia. I am more than happy to network with any individuals with an interest in the Far East on any topic of interest. Feel free to contact me and I’ll be happy to respond as soon as possible.
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Japan Photography Workshops by Jim Atwood
If you’re a photographer in Japan and wish to check out one of my many workshops, please checkout the Japan Photography Workshop site at http://workshops.jimatwood.net for info. Workshops fill up fast as I accept both International and Japanese photographers, so be sure to contact me to be placed on a waiting list. See you there!
Digial Art Photography Apparel by Jim Atwood Photography
If you are a follower of my work, you can grab a new T-shirt and other products in my new store at http://store.jimatwood.net. These shirts are awesome and are of very high quality. Already in Asia they are a hit and I’m flattered to have such a great fan club in Japan. Thanks everyone for the support!
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Favorite Quotes to live by:
“Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty and well-preserved body,but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow!! What a ride!“
“Do what you love, the rest will come!”
“The Underground is always one step ahead of the ground Above!”
“I always strive to be fair in my critiques. I never want to discourage, just give constructive advice!”
Hi Jim,
I have a Yamaha su700 and want to put a scsi flash card reader in it but can’t find to much info about how to go about it. Could you tell me what parts ie what reader is compatible with the Yamaha series?
All the best,
Ian
Ian Newton
December 5, 2011 at 8:41 pm
Hello Ian,
I don’t own a Yamaha su700 but if I had one I would probably open it up and either remove or inspect the drive currently in it. You may have to remove the ribbon cable and power cable to determine the exact pin number for the connection. Then you can start looking for the appropriate adapter or reader that will work with it. I group to keep an eye on is the Yahoo Group for either the Rm1x or the RS7000. There are people in there currently researching which flash card readers will work. You can also check out the HxC SD card reader which likely will work perfectly provided you have the proper pin connection. This is why you’ll need to open up the su700 and inspect the current drive setup.
Regards,
Jim
jimdatwood
December 5, 2011 at 10:58 pm
Hey Jim in Japan,
Great blog, merry xmas. I’m envious of you managing to find so much bargain vintage gear. I’m in Japan on the JET Program and went to my first Hard Off last week. Had such high hopes of finding a JUNO 106 at a ridiculous price. No luck. Anyway, would you mind shooting me an email? Would like to ask you some stuff bout finding vintage gear in Japan and more specifically a Juno 106 listed on Yahoo Auctions at the moment. Not sure bout my translation of the state it’s in. Cheers. luscmu(at)gmail
JUNO
December 26, 2011 at 4:23 am
Hi there,
To put things in perspective, I’ve been going to Hardoff since I started this blog which was July 2009. I also go to three different Hard Off stores approximately 4-5 times each week as I live quite close to them. With that sort of frequency one is bound to run into the synths that I’ve been fortunate to find and collect over the years …. laugh. The Nagano Hard Off sales staff know me REALLY WELL!!! I come from a “collecting” oriented family that pretty much hits the stores as much as necessary in order to increase the odds of finding a good deal. Sure it’s a lot of luck, but I also think if I hadn’t pounded the pavement enough I surely wouldn’t have found some of the stuff I post here on my blog. I think it took over a year apart to find both my Juno 106 synths here in Nagano. It was a combination of luck and hitting the stores almost daily to beat out other synth enthusiasts to get those synths…laugh.
With regards to finding Juno 106 synths on Ebay or Yahoo Auctions, they will ALL have problems unless they specifically have their six voice chips serviced. There is no way around this flaw with the Juno 106. Both of my synths have been serviced by Allen at the Synth Spa. It took 2-3 months for each synth to get fully serviced, but I can say they are in top condition now and will likely not fail again at least in the voice or wave chip department. So if you are shopping around for a Juno 106 you need to either make sure that all six chips have been serviced OR understand that they will need to be serviced at some point if they haven’t been already.
There are other issues with the Juno 106 synths too such as dead keys, Chorus effect issues, and a few other niggles but everything is either replaceable or can be fixed 100%.
If you have any questions, feel free to send me a note anytime. Best of luck!
Jim
jimdatwood
December 26, 2011 at 11:22 am