これも何かを取り外したあと。
建物の裏口の、客の目には触れないようなエリア（おそらく荷物などの搬入のために使われたような場所）だろうけれど、装飾的なディテールがきれい。
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"Authorised vehicle only" sign. The red characters are hand-written (beautifully).
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「このコンセントは自販機専用」という注意書きが書かれたガムテープが貼られているが、自販機は既に撤去されていた。そしていちいち立派な石（この黒い石、天井と同じ素材で、きれいです）。
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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.
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おかげさまで is a set phrase. It means "Thanks to you" or "Your support enabled this". This store has been around for twenty years, and the store master shows his gratitude: "Thanks to you all, it's our twentieth anniversary!"
Seen at a store.
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On the same wall as this poster. I wish I could have got a sharper image, but excuse me because it was too dark, and I had had some booze.
The film is 実録安藤組 (1973), a yakuza (gang) film based on a real story. I've never seen this film, but my father and uncles did in the 1970s.
