You can’t pass a day of insane madness, in this world encrusted on water, without wondering how much fertilizer it takes to grow the huge watermelons which, anthropologists have observed, are the only food eaten by The Giant Pink Bikini Women of Shibuya. (Picture taken in Shibuya, Tokyo during Golden Week, May 2012)
It was the first week of May in Shibuya, Tokyo, near the end of Golden Week. The shopping crowds were heavy, and you could hear the right-wing nationalists at Shibuya Station spewing enough loud propaganda to make Hachikō melt on his pedestal. But there’s something about Shibuya during the middle of spring. The air is [...]
I had both a curious and a funny moment today that I did not expect. Right now, I’m too tired from lunching with friends in Roppongi and visiting the Popbox Jump! event at Shibuya Loft to throw anything deep, hard-hitting, or poignant at you. The curious moment was when I went looking for a shop [...]
