Super snowy Harajuku at 2am on Valentine’s Day night 2014. These are long exposure photos (using a tripod), so you can’t really see the snow falling, but it was snowing pretty hard! These shots are of Takeshita Dori, Harajuku Dori, Cat Street, Meiji Dori & Omotesando Dori.
Toshiya archery tournament at Sanjusangendo temple, by Prado
Their is always something I find magical in archery. Quiet concentration, mouvements, I could watch archers for hours.
Symbol of good luck and goodness piercing evil, arrows have been associated with celebrations for long in Japan. Toshiya, a big Kyudo tournament organised after New Year in Kyoto, is a good example.
Japan’s complete lack of understanding of declining birth rates in relation to its work culture reminds me a lot of how America has an assumption that millennials are killing industries when the truth is they are more frugal because of a lack of funds.
Both come from a conservative mindset that neglects the impact that a toxic work culture can have on society.
A 80+ hour work week in order to maintain financial stability isn’t exactly a solid ground to date people and eventually build a family from a healthy relationship.
A workforce comprised of 20 somethings that make between 20-40k a year in entry positions isn’t a good ground to build a reliable consumer base when a huge chunk of that is going to rent, utilities, car payments, and student loans.
one of my favorite animal facts has always been the fact that japanese macaques roll snowballs…….for fun. they have no real purpose for doing it they just do it for fun
