Posts Tagged: Minami-senju

The unwavering jizō

On July 18, 2016 by Dan Ryan With 0 Comments - Minami-senju, Religion, Tokyo 2015, Tokyo, Japan

Kozukappara is one of Tokyo’s most notorious Edo-era execution grounds. This beautiful jizō overlooks and guards the place. The grounds are a very short walk from the south end of Minami-senju Station, and so trains are constantly coming and going on elevated tracks on either side of Kozukappara. But despite its unquiet location, the jizō, in its wisdom and patience, keeps calm, unwavering watch, guarding the living from the dead and the dead from the living…

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(Near Minami-senju Station, Tokyo 2015)

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Differing wheels

On June 30, 2016 by Dan Ryan With 0 Comments - Minami-senju, People, Tokyo 2015, Tokyo, Japan

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(Minami-senju Station, Tokyo 2015)

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For Children’s Day (子供の日), 2016

On May 5, 2016 by Dan Ryan With 0 Comments - Kagurazaka, Kids, Minami-senju, Nakano 5-chome, Nakano, Tokyo, Photo Essays, Shinjuku, Tokyo 2015, Tokyo the Human, Tokyo, Japan, Tōzai Line, Ueno

It’s Children’s Day in Japan. So here are some children, in Tokyo, Japan. And what I wish for them is that they grow into happy adults living in a better world than the one we’re currently destroying. But the older I get the more likely it seems that they’ll end being some kind of global janitorial guild charged with cleaning up our mess.

Or maybe they’ll have to give up and terraform Mars…

Nakano 5-chome, Tokyo 2015

Nakano 5-chome ↑

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Nakano 5-chome ↑

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Minami-senju Station ↑

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Hanazono Shrine, Shinjuku ↑

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Akagi Shrine, Kagurazaka ↑

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Yamashiroya, Ueno ↑

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Takadanobaba Station, Tōzai Line ↑

(Tokyo, Japan, October & November 2015)

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