city lights /// urban lights

                                                             !Renoir is my favorite!

A calm residence.

    Asakurake-Jutaku, a mansion built in 1919 by Taijiro Asakura, 

    is located literally in middle of Daikanyama.

    Every time I visit the town, 

it always makes me a bit tired, of its stylishness and hipness, 

changing always up-to-date, for staying the coolest. 

    but thinking of the fact 

that this residence has been here so quietly since 1919,

    I speculate about the time, and what this architecture has seen 

and experienced for more than 100 years, 

    it brings my heart the comfort and tranquility in the busiest Tokyo. 

 

suburbia enclosed.

Once you step into the district, 

you can see there the high school, movie theatre, 

green lawn, equally divided residential area, street sign,

The big food court and fitness centre with parking lot, baseball stadium, ...

I know this place,

this must be where I had once lived back time, 

or I had seen in the films, on TV shows, or CDs..,.
such an ordinary suburbia town in America.
However, the fact is that,
this only exists here in the Far East.

When a random street sign says "Oklahoma Blvd.",
it starts somewhat lacking in reality, 

turning to be like an imagery small town.

FUJI ROCK 2013.

i think of these after several years and i figure out that i still like them.

down the river

   We drove to this valley on the last weekend in July.
   down the river, ended up finding this beautiful small blue hall,
   just like our private hideaway.
   my friend and I swam there,
   the water was perfectly clear and of course, unbelievably cold.
   it was sunny and beautiful there, gradually however, the weather got worse and worse.
   on the pouring rain on the highway, we were forced to stop in the parking area.
   but how beautiful it was after the rain!
   so comfortably accompanied with Season and Nightcrusing.
   and we reached this old hotel with hot spring,
   chilling out on the lobby with some alcohol listening to the record from jukebox.