Good morning Akihabara 2 – Tokyo Streetphotography by FUJIFILM X100V – 23

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今回は裏通りを中心とした早朝6時の秋葉原です。当たり前ですが賑わいがありません。流石の秋葉原も早朝は静かです。元々秋葉原って朝までやっているお店というか居酒屋ってほとんど無くて、ファミレスかカラオケしかないんじゃないかと。
こんな人通りがない秋葉原の景色も珍しいかと思います。平日は曜日や時間帯で変わりますが、土日になると結構な人通りになりますからね。こんなコントラストがまた面白いんだと思いますが、再開発の流れが秋葉原にも押し寄せて来ているので、こういう昭和の風景がいつまで残るかわかりません。
秋葉原って少し古臭い言い方ですが、エレクトロニクスな街で、変わった物も手に入る街なのに、ビル景色だけはほとんど止まったままだったんですよね。流石にここ数年老朽化もあってだと思いますが再開発が進み出していて、良くも悪くも秋葉原の景色が変わるんだろうと思います。


This time is focusing on the back street of Akihabara in early morning at 6:00 am. It is not so crowded as one would expect. Even the quintessential Akihabara is quiet in the early morning. I think there are opening only family restaurants and karaoke bars in Akihabara.
It is rare to see such a quiet Akihabara. The weekday streets change depending on the day of the week and time of day, but on weekends, there are quite a lot of people on the streets. The contrast between the two is interesting. But with the redevelopment of Akihabara coming to the area, I am not sure how long this kind of Showa-era scenery will remain.
Akihabara is a bit old-fashioned to say, but it is an electronic town where you can get unusual things, but the building scenery has remained almost static. I think that the redevelopment of Akihabara has been underway for the past few years, and the scenery of Akihabara will probably change, for better or worse.

Good morning Akihabara
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Good morning Akihabara
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Good morning Akihabara – Tokyo Streetphotography by FUJIFILM X100V – 22

Good morning Akihabara
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早朝の秋葉原です。秋葉原はかれこれ25年くらい定期的に通い続けている街です。あまりこのブログでは語っていませんが、好きな街の一つです。好きすぎであまり積極的に”写真”に収めてきていませんでした。(iPhoneで雑に撮った写真は多々ありますが)。
秋葉原って、世界的にも有名な街ですが、とにかく街の規模として見ると小さいんですよね。秋葉原に限らずですが、東京は街と言う単位で見るとやっぱ小さい。秋葉原はそんな中でも情報量が多く、それをどう写真として収めるか?を考えるとあまり手を出してきていませんでした。
ちょっと方向性を変えてみて、人気の少ない6時台の早朝に撮ってみようと思って撮ってみました。まだ何枚かあるので数回にわたって載せてこうかと思いますが、人気のない秋葉原…日中とは大違いです。
とりあえず、昭和口方面から万世橋近辺を今回は。


 
This is Akihabara in the early morning. Akihabara is a town I have been visiting regularly for about 25 years. I have not talked about it much on this blog, but it is one of my favorite places. I like it so much that I have not been actively taking “pictures” of it. (Although I have taken many rough pictures with my iPhone).
Akihabara is a world-famous town, but it is a small town in terms of size. It is not limited to Akihabara, but Tokyo is small in terms of the size of a city. Even in such a small city, Akihabara has a lot of information, so how to capture it in a photograph? I had not been able to do so much in terms of it.
I decided to change the direction a bit and try taking pictures early in the morning at 6:00 a.m., when it is less popular. There are still a few pictures, so I will post them several times, but Akihabara without any popularity…it is very different from daytime.
For now, I will focus on the Bansebashi area from the Showa-guchi direction this time.

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Akihabara station in Tokyo Streetphotography by FUJIFILM X100V – 21

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早朝6時ごろの秋葉原駅の写真です。
複数の線が交わる駅なので、朝早い時間でも結構利用客が多いんですよね。
ちょうど朝日がいい具合に駅に差し込んできていたので、それがドラマチックに演出してくれていました。
東京行き方面の先頭の方ですが、ここからの景色は昭和感が残る古い秋葉原を感じることができます。


Thease pictures are Akihabara station early in the morning around 6:00 am.
The station is at the intersection of several lines, so there are quite a lot of passengers even in the early morning hours.
The morning sun was just shining into the station in a nice way, which made it very dramatic.
This is the front side of station in the Tokyo-bound direction, and the view from here gives you a sense of old Akihabara, which still has a Showa-era feel.

Akihabara station
Akihabara station
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