Were these kids from the neighborhood or a (pre-)school group being taken on an educational tour of a shitamachi? In any case, cute kids + cool setting = great pic! 🙂
Usuallay my mind wanders into the past history of your subjects, but this time it’s following possible futures for the kids. Perhaps one will be running a tiny bar in 70 years time. Perhaps one will be running the country…
One of the nicest locations we have walked through is the long, thin, Sumida River Park, and one of the brightest and best bits were the many multi-coloured pools of pastel hatted pre-school kids playing games, looking at wildlife or just holding hands looking in awe of the world around them.
Same here. It made for in interesting change to think about what might be, rather than what was.
It always amuses me when they get pushed passed in those little carts. Often wonder how they decide who is walking, and who is going to take it easy and let teacher make all the effort.
Given that there are almost certainly many thousands of infants born in Tokyo after the children in this admittedly fine photograph, I feel that, in the interests of grammatical accuracy, the title might better reflect reality if it read ‘younger’ rather than ‘youngest’ citizens.
Thanks for the compliment, and fair call on correction. My excuse is the s and t sound in youngest read better, but I can’t deny that younger would have been more accurate.
If they were actually a bit younger, they could use those ropes on the left for a bit of climbing practice, although one student too many and they’d likely bring the whole building down.
Last time I visited Tokyo, I was renting an appartment next to a nursery school.
Every morning, I went to the drink dispenser in the street, bought a cold coffee and get back to the rooftop. Then I enjoyed my “breakfast” seeing kids playing in the school, shouting, running, etc. Lovely !
No shortage of drinks machines to choose from eh? Similarly, despite the low birth and shrinking population, there often seems to be no obvious shortage of kids in Tokyo!
john says
You obviously didn’t have the hat to blend in!
Lee says
I didn’t, making me the odd one out — again!
Jenn says
This made me smile they are so adorable in their little caps! 🙂
Lee says
Glad to hear it. I was all set up waiting for someone of interest to walk past, then this little outing very unexpectedly passed by!
YTSL says
Were these kids from the neighborhood or a (pre-)school group being taken on an educational tour of a shitamachi? In any case, cute kids + cool setting = great pic! 🙂
Lee says
Cheers. Happy with the way it came out. A nice change from my usual photos.
I’m pretty sure they were from a local school. There’s a little park at the top of the street, so I presume they had been there first.
cdilla says
Usuallay my mind wanders into the past history of your subjects, but this time it’s following possible futures for the kids. Perhaps one will be running a tiny bar in 70 years time. Perhaps one will be running the country…
One of the nicest locations we have walked through is the long, thin, Sumida River Park, and one of the brightest and best bits were the many multi-coloured pools of pastel hatted pre-school kids playing games, looking at wildlife or just holding hands looking in awe of the world around them.
Lee says
Same here. It made for in interesting change to think about what might be, rather than what was.
It always amuses me when they get pushed passed in those little carts. Often wonder how they decide who is walking, and who is going to take it easy and let teacher make all the effort.
Mr. Pedantic says
Given that there are almost certainly many thousands of infants born in Tokyo after the children in this admittedly fine photograph, I feel that, in the interests of grammatical accuracy, the title might better reflect reality if it read ‘younger’ rather than ‘youngest’ citizens.
Lee says
Thanks for the compliment, and fair call on correction. My excuse is the s and t sound in youngest read better, but I can’t deny that younger would have been more accurate.
John says
It looks like this small portion of Tokyo’s youngest citizens, being a slightly older portion, had already learned the ropes of this particular route.
Lee says
Haha, they had indeed!
If they were actually a bit younger, they could use those ropes on the left for a bit of climbing practice, although one student too many and they’d likely bring the whole building down.
Paul says
Last time I visited Tokyo, I was renting an appartment next to a nursery school.
Every morning, I went to the drink dispenser in the street, bought a cold coffee and get back to the rooftop. Then I enjoyed my “breakfast” seeing kids playing in the school, shouting, running, etc. Lovely !
Lee says
No shortage of drinks machines to choose from eh? Similarly, despite the low birth and shrinking population, there often seems to be no obvious shortage of kids in Tokyo!