Tokyo’s concrete environment and incredible urban density means any vegetation that’s not carefully cultivated has a tough time to do little more than just exist. Or at least that’s what you’d think, anyway. Mother Nature, on the other hand, often has very different ideas, and when spring begins its transition into summer, some plants genuinely thrive rather than merely survive.
Harry says
These are very cool! Those growing inside on the 2nd pic are pretty incredible but the 3rd is my favorite. That’s one awesome looking house! 🙂
Lee says
Thanks. Yes, that house really is special. The weather was absolutely lousy. Rainy and windy when I took the photo. But such a unique sight made the effort worth it.
cdilla says
What a wonderful display of spring green. Such a lot of growth in the six weeks since you showed us the house in the second photograph.
Comparing your photographs here to the snaps I took makes me realize I really need to get some hints and tips from you next time, especially about framing 🙂
Without constant maintenance, nature takes back so quickly anything we care to create. I often think that post apocalyptic films and TV underestimate how quickly towns and cities would vanish under the tide of life.
Lee says
Changed quite a bit eh? Amazing how green it becomes. Such a wonderfully vivid green too. Thanks. It’d be my pleasure.
Yeah, that’s a very good point. From doing urban exploration, I’m always amazed how quickly nature moves in. And when windows are broke, or doors are open, that speed (and destruction) is even quicker.
MrSatyre says
Not far from my home when I was a kid, was an “empty” half acre of land between some 70’s houses and the railroad tracks. The entire area was completely overrun with kudzu several meters deep in places. In the middle of it all was a little single story house and kerosene tank that were 100% enveloped with greenery. The neighborhood kids and I would peep in through the windows occasionally, and see that it was still completely furnished. A decade or so later, when I returned, I was somewhat sad to see that the lot and house were long gone, and newer, duller houses were sitting in its place.
Lee says
I can totally relate to both the fascination and sadness. Still get those feelings with so many places in Tokyo, and Japan in general.
That sadness is a weird one, isn’t it? Despite not being a place you once lived in, or had a direct personal attachment too, there’s still a distinct sense of loss when they disappear…