This is especially timely for those of us living in the USA because it is the Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend. We are celebrating our comforts in the context of poverty which continues unabated. The pandemic has made homelessness even more of a problem here than it was before.
Thanks for the reminder of the need to do more to help these people.
That’s so true. It’s incredibly easy to get caught up in your own little world and forget (or at least put out of your mind) that for some people, even the basic things in life are a nothing short of a luxury. And yeah, a situation that the pandemic has only made worse.
Günter says
This is a very powerful photograph. It is not my image of Japan.
Lee says
Thank you. Just like everywhere, Japan has a lot of poverty. For some reason though it isn’t mentioned or shown very often…
ishikawa says
this place seems very familiar to me, is it near Golden Gai?
GavinM says
The titles don’t match 新宿遊歩道公園 四季の路
https://maps.app.goo.gl/7Ut1i1kWFWsuLkLv8
Neither do the bricks on the sides
Any other guesses?
Lee says
Yeah, right near Golden Gai.
There’s a similar path on the other side of Golden Gai. This one was taken here: https://goo.gl/maps/pW772DG7anuFWmZ5A.
Richard says
This is especially timely for those of us living in the USA because it is the Thanksgiving Day holiday weekend. We are celebrating our comforts in the context of poverty which continues unabated. The pandemic has made homelessness even more of a problem here than it was before.
Thanks for the reminder of the need to do more to help these people.
Lee says
That’s so true. It’s incredibly easy to get caught up in your own little world and forget (or at least put out of your mind) that for some people, even the basic things in life are a nothing short of a luxury. And yeah, a situation that the pandemic has only made worse.
john says
“some people might have made mistakes,
They may have arrived at an appearance
that bears no relationship to them”
Seen and not Seen – Talking Heads
Lee says
That hits hard. A sadly perfect match.