...not really, but it has been a long time ... (57/365, 26 Feb 2022)
It is hard to get on with life as the attack on Ukraine intensifies, and its people are in danger. I err on the side of despair as an International Politics/Peace Studies specialist on the one hand, but also, I can't give up that easily.
After a couple of online seminars this morning, I decided I had enough time left in the day to make a dash to the last day of a photography exhibition in, of all places, the Ginza. Now, I haven't been there for a while but I thought oh, well, why not. It was one of the places I first learnt about studying Japanese 'Gold Street, or Seat', famous for its shopping and neon lights. It is certainly a place visitors like to go to when they first come to Japan.
There was a music shop I used to go to here quite often (until I discovered its Ikebukuro branch, only to learn last week that it has closed), everything from instruments to sheet music to CDs, the full deal spread over seven or eight floors. I wondered what it might be like now...and it turned out although it is still there, the floor space has been dramatically reduced. Another consequence of the last couple of years I guess.
And since I was here in the afternoon, early evening, I figured, photographically-speaking, I should hang around for nightfall and have a look at those neon lights through the lens. So I detoured to a tempura restaurant, a bit of a luxury in the Ginza but, well, I don't know when I'll be back here do I.
The neons are a bit more, shall we say, subtle, in keeping with the upmarket stores that line the 'golden' streets these days.
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| The Canon Gallery, in a little side street |
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| Home, James |
Good to see the Mitsukoshi Lion masking up though.
Yes, not a big fan of night time shots, need some work and probably the main cam. Tonight was with the Canon EOS M5, 18-150mm lens, but I really need to work on my night shots. Besides, inspired by @/ Hashimuki-san's work, I'd like to go and see Mt Fuji again.
