A traditional-style rice store.
This type of store is nearly extinct in my area. I took this pic when I visited a friend across Tokyo (east end).
June 2012
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2 October 2012
24 January 2012
Snowy (Pink) 2
Snowy (Pink) 2
Originally uploaded by nofrills
A pink Honda motor bike in snow.
20 January 2012
Tokyo, Japan
14 September 2009
通り抜け禁止
通り抜け禁止
Originally uploaded by nofrills
Read about this building:
www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/3912112957/
On my blog (in Japanese):
http://nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128140811.html
通り抜け禁止
通り抜け禁止
Originally uploaded by nofrills
前川國男 (1905-1986: read "Ma-ye-kawa, Kuni-o") is one of the most famous modernist architects in Japan. He studied under Le Corbusier and Antonin Raymond in the 1920s and 1930s. After World War II, he built numerous office blocks in Tokyo, as well as other cities around Japan. This building, 東京大栄ビル (read "Tokyo Dai-yei building), in Kyobashi area, is one of them.
Built in 1965, this building was known as 蛇の目ビル (read "Ja-no-meh building"), with the HQ of 蛇の目ミシン (Janome Sewing Machine) in it and a large sign on the roof.
Sadly enough, this iconic building will soon be gone, it seems. There is a re-development going on in the area, and 東京大栄ビル will be destroyed along with the neighbouring two iconic Western-style buildings (I will upload some pictures later). The office block is now almost empty, and the shutters are tight shut when I passed by it on a Friday afternoon.
See this spot on Google Street view. If you want to take pictures, hurry up.
More pictures. (Texts in Japanese):
home.j00.itscom.net/takana/ken-page/ken-tokyosta.htm
blogs.yahoo.co.jp/wattojunkyard/13468100.html
jp.zooomr.com/photos/k2japan/7142131/
chiakih.cocolog-nifty.com/ic/2006/01/post_6fa3.html
architect.dropsystem.co.jp/?p=240
honsha.blog.so-net.ne.jp/2008-03-27-5
On my blog (in Japanese):
http://nofrills.seesaa.net/article/128140811.html
7 September 2009
"Do not enter"
"Do not enter"
Originally uploaded by nofrills
Tokyo, Japan. August 2009.
あぶないからはいってはいけません！
(Can be written with kanji: 危ないから入ってはいけません！)
The phrase means "Danger! Do not enter!"
31 August 2009
A Party Poster
A Party Poster
Originally uploaded by nofrills
国民新党 (the People's New Party) is a relatively new party formed by not-new-at-all jokes, erm, political veterans who are largely conservative and populist.
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Political Party Posters (archive):
whatiseehere.blogspot.com/search/label/political%20poster
25 March 2009
24 March 2009
Ninja in the wall?
Ninja in the wall?
Originally uploaded by nofrills
One of the random shots at an electric pole.
View large. You might even see a face.
1 April 2008
10 November 2007
23 October 2007
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