Week 36

The Imperial Palace Walk

I recently took my first walk around the Imperial Palace. The hike is about 5 kilometers and takes about an hour and a half. It's surrounded by a moat and is a great way to see the heart of Tokyo. Although my pictures of the areas around the moat are quite gloomy and no where near as good, I was reminded of a book by Koji Morooka called Remembrance of Tokyo.

We also spent this week roaming around Tokyo with our good friends Ben and Michelle who are currently residing in Seoul. We'll always remember Christmas 2008 in Tokyo. You can check out their weekly photos and musings of Seoul at Seoul Connection
We had a great time here Tokyo. Thanks for coming you guys!







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Week 35

The Abandoned Bike Locks










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Week 34

The Parking Spots

So I took these shots on a random weekday last week on a break...
Tonight as I'm looking through the negatives, I was reminded of yet another Ed Ruscha book called Thirty-Four Parking Lots. (Very rare and available at Bondi Books)


It contains aerial images of LA parking lots (actually taken by Art Alanis). I'm not so fond of the photos, but I like the theme and Ed's simple cover.

Japan's parking viewed from the air would be totally different. Probably invisible because most of them look like the images I got this week. Covered or in some kind of ramp or carousel form. A parking space is ridiculously expensive here. Downtown can cost you 30,000-60,000 yen a month and look how beautiful they are!

Oh...I also happened to notice this was Week 34. Thirty-Four Parking Lots? I'd like to say I planned it, but I'm not that organized.








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Week 33

The Mailboxes and Empty Entryways









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