#tokyo
Hibiya, Tokyo | 2012
Shawn, at an Oktoberfest event.
Tokyo's Bakurocho
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Spend any decent amount of time walking around Tokyo -- that is, non-tourist Tokyo -- and you'll soon realize that the Japanese approach to zoning differs considerably from the American approach. This is most noticeable in the intermingling of businesses (light industrial, wholesale, and other small mom and pop businesses), and residences (both apartments and single-family homes). (This article is a good primer on Japanese zoning laws and how they differ from the US.)Here we have a small business of which type I forget now, alt…
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Ueno, Tokyo | 2015
A one-man protest, the sign reads (loosely translated) "How can you enjoy cherry blossom viewing when there are military troops overseas?"
Fussa, Tokyo | 2013
Yokota Air Force Base
Serendipitously Drooping Chickens
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I remember taking this photo on a 初写真散歩 (hatsu shashin sanpo) the first week of January, 2005. hatsu shashin sanpo is a made up word indicating "the first photo walk of the new year", and is a play on words like hatsumoude ("the first visit of the year to a shrine to pray") and hatsuhinode ("first sunrise of the year") that Japanese use (and do) at the beginning of every year.The photo was taken in Yanaka, a quaint area of temples and shrines, a few museums, old-timey shops, and Yanaka Cemetery, one of Tokyo’s largest. Most areas of Tokyo, and inde…
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