Tokyo – Let the Images Speak

Street Shots

Three very popular places (streets) in Tokyo.

1) Omoide Yokocho 思い出横丁 (Shinjuku district 新宿).

**A street has many little restaurants like this**

2) Kabukicho Ichiban-gai Street 歌舞伎町一番街 (Shinjuku district 新宿).

**Kbbukicho Ichiban-gai Street 歌舞伎町一番街**

**Only one idea in my head: got out of here as quick as possible**

3) Ginza 银座. Where the most expensives shops of Tokyo are.

March 2024.

The Kimono is not the daily wear, the Japanese people wear it for some special occasions: wedding, graduation celebration …, as a tourist, you can rent a Kimono for a day, to experience the Japanese traditional wear.

**My friend in Tokyo told me that those girls were going to celebrate the high school graduation**

**Marriage photo | Toshogu Shrine Tokyo 上野東照宮**

**An other marriage event in Meiji Shrine Tokyo明治神宫**

Kimono in the streets of Tokyo and Kyoto

There are some real Kimono wearers, the Geisha. I am like many touristes, very curious about Geisha, I went to Gion祇園, the district in Kyoto you suppose to see them. But or I went there too early, or the Geisha were so discreet that you couldn’t see them, I only saw two of them walked pass me fast and in silence.

Recently, the Kyoto authorities ask the touristes not to approache the Geisha, it’s a profession, not a tourist attraction.

March 2024.

Sakura

Although I didn’t espect to see cherry blossoms in early March, but still hoping there would be one or two or three Sakura here or there showing their faces.

I was not disappointed.

Cherry Blossoms are ephemeral, but while in front of them, they are eternal.

Such a honourable moment.