The weather had been cloudy and rainy for a long time in Tokyo, Japan. Finally, the sun shone brightly in the morning, and although I had only bit time, I walked around Shimbashi with X100V dangling in a circle.
Since it was now autumn light, the contrasting sunlight was falling through the gaps between the multi-tenant buildings. It’s gradually becoming the season to see such pictures. It was a short but refreshing time.
After the heat wave, the days are starting to feel a little cooler and more like autumn. The sky is starting to clear and I can feel that we are gradually approaching the winter sky. The humidity is also dropping, so the way we perceive light is also changing. It is just about this time is comfortable to get out and take pictures.
I took some color shots of Ginza at night, using a high sensitivity of ISO 1600, but they came out beautifully. It was a day when I moved because I wanted to take pictures. Ginza’s Namiki-dori Avenue and its vicinity is not dark because of the lights from the signboards, but it is a somewhat unique street. It is not that it is a dangerous street. It may be an area where there is a large contrast between daytime and nighttime. I sometimes walk around with my camera, because I have a chance to some picturesque moments. Sometimes I am able to take a good picture, sometimes not. X100V can be instantly adjusted with a dial to the appropriate value for the moment, which is really convenient when walking around town at night. (And the photo quality is beautiful!)
I went to photograph Shinbashi the other night. The number of infected people continues to be high, so I wondered if there weren’t a lot of people in the izakaya(Japanese-style pub), while not entirely absent, it did not feel like there were a lot of people in the bars.
On the other hand, what was strange was that there were many touts to “girls’ bars” (Bar where young women will serve you drinks and just talk acrosss the counter) . I didn’t know there were so many of them in Shinbashi. I had never seen so many girls’ bar touts in Shinbashi. I guess the fact that some of the previous bars had closed down had something to do with it. I felt a little disappointed to see that the salaryman’s town Shimbashi has changed a little.
Jack’s Wife Freda is a restaurant in New York located in Mizumachi near Tokyo Skytree. It was the first restaurant to land in Japan, and I finally had a chance to visit (there is now also a branch in Roppongi).
The atmosphere inside the restaurant was full of a New York feeling, and the interior design was well thought out. The staff were foreign (some were Japanese), which added to the foreign atmosphere (you can order the menu in Japanese). I personally liked the fact that the restaurant’s worldview was well organized and did not have a Japanese taste. In this type of restaurant, the atmosphere is always somewhat Japanese, which spoils the originality of the restaurant. Of course, the chairs and tables may have been sized to fit Japanese people. However, I was very comfortable with the fact that the restaurant’s worldview is not just a typical Japanese one, but rather a coherent one.
The food we ordered was delicious, and although it was a bit pricey, it was a reasonable price considering the cost of the place. The restaurant was very comfortable and not too crowded since it was a weekday and a little after noon (the Mizumachi area is also not too crowded).
This time it was Marunouchi, Tokyo in the early morning photos. It may have been a Saturday, but Marunouchi was completely quiet, with hardly a soul in sight. Unlike Ginza and Omotesando, Marunouchi is a more relaxed and mature area. The buildings that have been reborn through redevelopment contrast nicely with those that have remained standing, and even the older buildings do not look old, but rather serve their purpose of adding color to the Marunouchi area. I also like that the streets and sidewalks are wide and spacious for a place called Tokyo, even though it is located near Tokyo Station. I would like to see this level of spaciousness. The wide space also means that greenery lines the sides of the streets, and although I don’t think it is sufficient, I still think that the greenery makes the city look not too hard. Greenery is very important in street, town, etc…
This is Shimbashi from Ginza in the early morning, as it is the street the last time I went to OKUROJI before and after. In the early morning, Ginza is almost empty of people. I like Ginza in the morning when there are no pedestrians. It is a very luxurious place and time. It may be a feeling similar to that of exclusivity at the place of Ginza.
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