Old and New

Metabolism

This was designed by Kisho Kurokawa, famous architect in Japan, in 1960s and he intended to express his and his group's idea, "Metabolism on architecture". The idea is that the architecture is not just the machine but the organism that will continue to grow through metabolism, like real living organism. Tokyo is indeed scrap-and-built city so this idea came out in Japan.

The building consists of many unit and each unit can be replaceable.

But, unfortunately, this building is dying because of many damage on roof, water service. Too much money and too much skills will be needed to repair the damage and the inhabitant decided to break down this building.

The technique seemed to catch up with the idea...

Automatic ticket gate

This is an automatic ticket gate of JR railway and just touching the prepaid card on the blue of the gate allows people to go through inside and this system makes people to go inside very speedy.

Kabuki theater in Ginza

A building on the building

Old TV on the street

This used to be put on the streets.

In those days, TV was so expensive that we were not able to buy it. So TV on the street allowed people to enjoy some kinds of entertainment.

60 years ago and now in Ginza, Tokyo

This was taken about 60 years ago in Ginza, Tokyo. (This photo is from the exhibition of Edo-Tokyo museum.)

The following photos were taken a week ago at the same place as the above photo.

Kabuki doll

This is not real Kabuki actor but looks real.

Coin washing machine?

Some silky scarves of Hermes in a coin washing machine.

???

Do people in Tokyo wash them in the machine??

No, this is a window of the Hermes shop in Tokyo.

Some tools for cutting tuna

A man at work in a fishing market, Tsukiji

Log storage in water, Shinkiba, Tokyo

Just for beauty......windows of Shiseido

Tokyo tower 2

A lantern of Japanese pub

the ticket gates for trains

Tokyo night 2

Dog in the office

Flowers of spring!!

Hayao Miyazaki's designed clock

The above photos are the same clock as this.

Kabuki performers

These are Kabuki performer and all men, quite contrary to the previous post, Takarazuka.

Kabuki is a representative Japanese performing art, consisting of acting, dancing and music.

They perform Kabuki, using exaggerated gestures, wearing beautiful traditional cloth, Kimono, and making up their faces.

Takarazuka, a girls' operetta troupe

Takarazuka is a girls' operetta troupe and about a hundred years old. The troupe is composed of only 20's and 30's women. So they are to play male parts in the theater. Interestingly most of enthusiastic fans, "Okkake" in Japanese, are female.

Bridge at night, Tokyo

Tokyo night

buildings in Tokyo

Taking a nap under the tree

This man is not me but I am "siesta" lover, though I can take a nap only for a very short time. I am now in Japan and we don't have that custom.

Anyway, spring is the best season to take a nap under the trees on a sunny day:-)

Some flowers at the street

the tunnel of cherry blossoms

Public Mail Box, a French post in Tokyo, April 1 theme day

Some districts in Tokyo had used this French post till 10 years ago, though most of people living in Tokyo don't know about it. A importer of French wine also imported French public posts and he installed this post in front of his house.

Now only such a few posts are left and this is one of them.

By the way, if you drop a postcard into the box, postmen are kindly enough to put a little perfume on the card for free.

Oh, today is April Fool's Day! and it is up to you whether or not you believe this story:-))

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