初雪

central tokyo experienced its first, and probably last snowfall of the season a week ago.

浜降祭

my digital shots were crap. had to crop this to 4:3. hope to get something decent from my film shots. will definitely go back to this event (and bring color film next time).

築地

wandered around tsukiji while waiting for our favorite sushi shop finish their periodic maintenance. this guy was busy hauling some crates to his shop even though the market was closed on this day.

(the colors came out somewhat different than what i see in aperture... should be greener and darker)

梅雨

it's rainy season again. saw this guy looking at something. i don't remember now if he was looking at a map trying to find his way or trying to decide what drink to get in front of a vending machine. (i passed by this place again and saw it was an area map he was looking at.) actually, i first thought his eyes were closed, was drunk and trying to fight off a bad headache, but when i looked closer, he was actually staring at whatever it was in front of him. and i think he knew i took his picture because right after, he lowered his umbrella covering his face.

something i have to keep in mind with the way rangefinders work... while i tried to frame this so that there is space between the guy and that thing to the right, i forgot that what i was viewing is not through the lens (unlike an SLR) thus the shot ending up less than ideal. oh well...

abandoned

i found this abandoned apartment about a month ago in tsukishima while waiting for friends. i wanted to explore more but was scared some homeless guy would just come out of one of the doors. maybe next time when the sun is up...

easter sunday

was out in shinjuku after attending an easter vigil. didn't realize the time (it was already around 2:30 am). this is right when you get out the tunnel connecting the east exit (from alta) and the west exit (going towards omoide yokocho (思い出横丁)). it looks very different when the shops are all closed and there are no people on the street...

桜

went to chidorigafuchi last night to check out the sakura (cherry blossoms). the sakura were still in full bloom. didn't take much since there were still a lot of people. was on the way to yasukuni shrine and found this couple looking at the sakura at the edge of the moat. didn't have time to setup/focus properly, but this is what i got.