Iroiro #2 - June 2006     Home   PhotoBatch   Photo Index

On the Yamanote Line Nakamagome Nakamagome Old Shinkansen Factory Old Shinkansen Factory Old Shinkansen Factory Political Posters Elevated Shinkansen Whizzes Past All for Fire-Breathing Cars.... Empty Apartment Building Nakamagome Mystery Flower Kitamagome House on a Rampart. Looking Ahead Stop & See the Flowers Fun at Work Ikegamidai Ikegamidai In front of Nagahara Station A Kimono in the Crowd Near Shinjuku Kinokuniya Shinjuku Station Shinjuku Station Shinjuku Station Looking Towards Yoyogi Station Southern Terrace Southern Terrace Southern Terrace Koshu Kaido Boulevard Shinjuku Couple Under Construction Shadows

That old Shinkansen factory is a mystery I'm still trying to solve - on a Japanese map, it's listed as "Magome Sharyo Kojo" (Magome Coach Works), and I found a notice at the entrance to the complex that indicates both that it was most recently used as a refurbishing plant (for Shinkansen coaches I presume - the rail gauge indicates as much) and that it was closed in March of this year.      The last photo of the batch above was taken in front of the south exit of Shinjuku Station.  It's been under construction for some time now, so I'm looking forward to seeing what it becomes when they've finished.      The Kimono in a Crowd picture... there's a reason you see a lot of such pictures of women in Japan - when one passes by, everyone leaps for their cameras!  The result is that people outside the country still (still!!) have an image of Japan as a place where Japanese women wear kimonos.  No - it's not true.  I mean... there are some women wearing them for sure, but the vast (and I do mean vast) majority of women here never ever ever ever wear them.  Everyone likes them - but they're rather difficult to wear, and the expense and rarity of them excludes them from general use.      Koshu Kaido Boulevard - looking straight towards the Park Hyatt - where the movie "Lost in Translation" was based.  -  Copyright 2006 by Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon, Images Through Glass, Tokyo