sky. sand. sea.

   
   

things left behind.

    I like visiting towns with no one but empty buildings and houses.

    some people say there is nothing to see,

    well, there IS a lot to see.

    Rather, there is way too much to see that sometimes even overwhelms me.

    That every single detail of those decorations of the housing complex,

    logically seems unnecessary and 

    probably considered as frivolous and trimmed off these days,

    I feel somewhat rich and comfortable,

    living in this one of the busiest cities in the world,

    forcing me to reduce everything which seems useless and unnecessary

    but increase the maximum efficiency and cost performance all the time.

 

 
 
 

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.