Supporters will grasp at just about anything; candidates will grasp back in return. At some point during last year's campaign for Tokyo Governor, Koike Yuriko's supporters starting turning out with something green--a scarf, a hankie, a hat--and as momentum built, green became Koike's colour and she asks her supporters now, to show their 'colours': green.
The green has migrated from something small to coats, jumpers, bags and today, at one of her campaign rallies--balloons. In fact, a group of older women, perhaps ten in number, all held, carried, and some even wore the green balloon. They waved them at Koike and of course, one or two popped, startling everyone.
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| Ballooning hope |
What hope does the green symbolise?
How does green symbolise hope?
As the rain fell from grey skies today, the green balloons
and scarves and hats and coats
kind of made their point.
[Camera : Lumix TZ-85, 2.43pm; 15 October 2017]
