Oh come on! How about a little smile?
I actually know this guy. He is the uncle of Buymebarbies. His name is Yasiyuki Suzuki. You can't tell by the look on his face, but we really do get along well. We have something that draws us together... We both know how to say "beer" in the other one's language! We are just about to buy some "street food" in a local backstreet Tokyo shopping area.
Just another Tokyo side street. If you enlarge the photo, it's very interesting to see the total confusion of power, phone, and god knows what other type of lines, strung from pole to pole.
Wow - those wires are something!!! Love your black & whites.
ReplyDeleteI really like the pictures in this grey form. :) I'm a young photograqpher and just yesterday I opened up a new photography blog. Hope you'll be one of my followers. :)
ReplyDeleteEven in all the confusion in the street scene it still looks kind of clean and orderly. Order among confusion is a favorite of mine. It is nice you relate s o well to your wife's family. I think this is an important thing in keeping a marriage happy and sane! As always...love your photos..I feel like I am getting an education on the culture and nuances of Japan.
ReplyDeleteGreat choice in the black & white!
ReplyDeleteGetting Japanese people to smile can be like pulling teeth. I've been a videographer for Japanese tourist weddings for over 20 yrs, & some will not break a smile throughout the ceremony nor picture taking after.
Yes! I love that last picture and everything in it. It could keep me entertained for some time.
ReplyDeleteFunny how with wireless everything, the nations that developed the earliest are the most cluttered with wires!
ReplyDeleteYou know.... For a place that comes in second for creating the most amazing technology, you'd think they'd be able to find a way to control their wires....
ReplyDeleteThe picture of the wires reminds me of all those pictures you see in India like that. What a mess, huh?
ReplyDeletelove the 2nd one....
ReplyDeleteand the first one too, because when i went to japan (when i was 3), i was afraid of him!
A very casual attitude towards electricity. Hang the wires like a clothes line.
ReplyDeleteMarlene - Thanks! I like b & W better for most things.
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DrSoosie - "Serenity in the midst of chaos." My wife's family is very nice and very traditional in the way they live and set up their homes. I prefer a couch to the floor, but they seem to have no problem with it. And boy they are much more limber than we are!
Blue Wave - The older ones don't seem to smile much. I always thought it was a holdover from WWII. Japanese may not smile very much, but they are so friendly.
Bossy Betty - Me too! I could explore a single block or two for hours.
ReplyDeleteBD - The newer areas don't have it, but most of it isn't new!
ABAO - I agree! Like most things, they seem to have it all organized.
Joe - It is indeed a mess.
Ash - yup, he has a pretty serious look to him. He's proven to be a good guy though. VERY traditional but nice.
altedenahiker - Knowing how they operate, I think it's probably not casual at all...but it sure looks that way!
The cleanness on the ground and the clutter overhead seem to be in total conflict. (and that umbrella hanging there)
ReplyDeleteThat second shot is very good! I love narrow alleys
ReplyDeleteMs. A!!!! what a good eye!!!! seriously, i didn't see that umbrella.... that's like a search and find puzzle. hee hee
ReplyDeletehahaha...he does indeed look rather serious in that shot!
ReplyDeleteThose lines sure look like a tangled mess that you'd wonder where they go and how they keep working.
Too many people for me...I would feel claustrophobic there for sure.
Ms A - That's just how it is there. The lines do look like a mess, but I'm totally positive that they know exactly what is what. I'm sure the umbrella was lost and somebody hung it there. It would be VERY rare for somebody to steal it...
ReplyDeleteBiana - The side streets there are very narrow. I love them also.
Joan - I understand what your saying, but somehow it works there.
I love watching on the 'Amazing Race' how the electrical wires look in many of the capitals of the third world. Year after year and line after line they build up. They even had a task once where the racers have to follow a line from one place back to its source. I was insane.
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