Tokyo is constantly, very visibly changing, and yet in many ways, it looks and remains exactly the same.
Photographs from a small group of islands
Tokyo is constantly, very visibly changing, and yet in many ways, it looks and remains exactly the same.
Linda Lombardi says
Love the wall on the left – so much going on.
Lee says
Yeah, there really is. Possibly original, or perhaps just to patch things up after the demolition.
Coli says
Nice 753 picture. Gives me a very warm feeling 🙂
Lee says
Cheers. It was doubly nice to get a non-conventional shot of it.
LAObserver says
Reminds me of a quote from the TV series Traffik: ‘everything changes and everything stays the same.’ As long as the ladies of Nippon keep wearing their kimonos, the second part of that quote will ring true.
Lee says
That sums it up perfectly, and thankfully I’m pretty sure the kimono will continue to be worn.
Stephan says
Great timing. Love the contrast!
Lee says
Thanks. Very happy with the contrast that backdrop offers.
cdilla says
A perfectly timed and superbly crisp capture. Love the way they are in step and you click mid step. Wish I could do that.
My minds eye sees an old wooden building flickering in the vacant plot, and in time with it the cones/ropes/stick and womans mask disappear and the girls shoes change to something more traditional.
Lee says
Thank you. I’d like to say it’s skill, but they were striding past pretty fast, so only had chance to get off one shot, and thankfully it was at just the right time.
Yes, there’s a lot of history there. Most of it gone, but still there in some way.
john says
I was initially drawn to the wonderful Kimono greys and now see the red and grey reflected in the background …to scale!! That is really neat!
The ‘flickering’ recalls to hand the work of Shinji Tsuchimochi’s (the book was within reach) ‘things just beyond our vision’. https://shinjitsuchimochi.wixsite.com/wabisabipop.
cdilla says
I’ll have to look out for that one. I have “100 Views of Tokyo” – wonderful everyday scenes peppered with a lovely array of tiny surreal characters. I love the book partly because about a third of the locations I recognise from having seen them first hand often from the same spot. This one for example: we only came across that bridge last december having walked towerds the tower from the German Christmas Fair.
https://preview.tinyurl.com/y3pvfjk7
Didn’t see the floating cat though 🙂
john says
The book is (also) ‘100 Vistas de Tokio’ (The Spanish edition!). There’s a later compilation ‘Ukiyo’ that I haven’t yet seen.
That cat is a momonga wannabee :O)
Lee says
Nice one. Cheers. A timely reminder to check that out again.
Mr. Pedantic says
From the title of this posting, I imagine you must have some connection to language teaching.
Lee says
I have done my fair share…
Mr. Pedantic says
There is no such thing as a fair share of language teaching. Only too much.