Rainy night tonight on Takeshita Dori in Harajuku. The weather report for the next week looks like rainy season 2014 has arrived in Tokyo. I love the rain, but not great weather for street snaps. :-)
Masaaki Sasamoto 笹本正明 (Japanese, b. 1966, Tokyo, Japan) - In A Golden Night Paintings
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2014/06/28 @下北沢club251 Tokyo syndrome night
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Harajuku Owl Forest, Tokyo. This place was amazing! I loved petting all of the friendly, sleepy owls. They were so sweet. Only 680 yen admission.
First I was kind of sad for the owls but there was a sign up on the wall about how they’re cared for, how they were raised in captivity, and how they get to fly around doing owl stuff at night.
They’re talking about Ignis!!!
Boy : The guy with the glasses kept staring at the people crossing the pipe! He didn’t even blink!
Woman : Maybe he was just worried.
Boy : No way! He had a fancy notebook and was taking notes on everything. Do you think he’s a spy?
Woman : Then perhaps he’s researching the festival.
At 27 years old, Shinri Tezuka may be one of the youngest people still practicing the dwindling art of amezaiku, or candy crafting, in Japan. The self-taught Japanese artist carves, sculpts and paints delicate lollipops into intricate edible sculptures. Amezaiku dates back hundreds of years, but today there are only two artists left in Tokyo. Tezuka hopes his elaborate goldfish, frog and octopus designs will inspire the next generation of candy crafters to keep the tradition alive.
