Tricolor
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
11 November 2007
10 November 2007
9 November 2007
強く押す = Press Hard
強く押す = Press Hard
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Fire alarm at a metro/underground/subway station.
Tokyo, Japan
Click on the photo and read the embedded description for language tips.
8 November 2007
Minato-ku Manhole Cover
Minato-ku Manhole Cover
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Minato-ku's symbol, based on the hiragana, み (of みなと く = 港区).
Minato-ku Manhole Cover
Minato-ku Manhole Cover
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A dogwood blossom for Minato-ku, Tokyo.
In 1915, Japan sent cherry trees to Washington D.C., and the Americans sent dogwood trees to Japan. I heard this is where it started.
31 October 2007
Japan adds to pressure on Burma
Japan adds to pressure on Burma
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A screenshot.
news.bbc.co.uk/
Japan adds to pressure on Burma
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7046267.stm
* Posted on the "Nagai updates" thread.
30 October 2007
A guy with an umbrella and three pieces of "street art"
A guy with an umbrella and three pieces of "street art"
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Tokyo local goverment's idea of "Street Art" in reality. Ishihara declares the wall is a canvas, and he means this.
Roppongi, Tokyo
Something "real"?
Something "real"?
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A close-up shot of this piece. I believe someone put a finishing touch on it to make it look "real". *grin, grin*
Roppongi, Tokyo
I like this. *grin*
I like this. *grin*
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
I think I got the artist's idea, and this makes me grin.
The same wall as this and this, that is, a part of Tokyo's official "Street Art Programme".
Roppongi. Tokyo
To zip or not to zip?
To zip or not to zip?
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
The same wall as this and this, that is, a part of Tokyo's official "Street Art Programme".
Roppongi. Tokyo
This is Ishihara's "Street Painting Programme"
This is Ishihara's "Street Painting Programme"
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Tokyo local goverment's idea of "Street Art" in reality. Ishihara declares the wall is a canvas, and he means this.
Roppongi, Tokyo
His Idea of Street Art
His Idea of Street Art
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
I'm not going to give a lecture about the Governer of Tokyo, Shintaro Ishihara. All you need to know is 1) He is a right-wing hardliner, 2) He wanted to be an artist (visual art) when he was young (himself being a novelist/author as well as a politician). He used to paint (or draw, I'm not so sure), and one of his sons is an artist (well, sort of). In a word, Ishihara is interested in art. But it seems that in his eyes and mind, there is a clear border between "authorised art" and "un-authorised/anti-authorisation art". Thus, he prohibits "graffitti" while he encourage "street painting" (He's using the words, see the note).
Next to a new museum (the New National Museum of Art, or I should think it's the New National Gallery of Art. The archtecture of the museum/gallery is by the late Kisho Kurokawa, by the way).
Roppongi, Tokyo.
*Click on the photo and read tags.
"No graffiti. We're watching."
"No graffiti. We're watching."
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Next to this wall, there is a "No Graffiti" poster. They say they are watching, though I didn't find a CCTV above the poster. Well, there must be a camera or two nearby.
Roppongi, Tokyo.
23 October 2007
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Originally uploaded by nofrills.
In the morning sun.
Tokyo, Japan.
7th October, 2007.
15 October 2007
Kenji Nagai's funeral
Kenji Nagai's funeral
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
1 (centre). Farewell...,
2. At the gate,
3. Flowers for Nagai,
4. Flowers for Nagai from Burmese people,
5. Nagai's camera (not the lost one),
6. Attendants,
7. Attendant,
8. The press crew,
9. He's gone.,
10. Nagai's works,
11. Nagai's works 2,
12. Nagai's works 3,
13. Nagai's works 4
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
He's gone.
He's gone.
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Kenji Nagai's body has gone to be cremated. They played Nagai's favourite music for the last minutes: 吉田拓郎 (Takuro Yoshida, a Japanese folk singer-songwriter) and John Lennon. The hearse went out of the ceremonial site to "Imagine".
Rest in peace, Nagai-san.
PS:
The song was "Imagine". We sent him to the pure land (浄土) on the Lennon's famous tune.
It's raining.
It's raining.
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
While we waited for his coffin to be carried into the hearse, the rain fall got heavier and heavier.
The person under the transparent umbrella is a media photographer.
The press crew
The press crew
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Journalists at the funeral. Monday 8 October 2007. Aoyama, Tokyo.
