Doesn't this look like a bunch of little boxes squished together?
It's actually a part of Shinjuku with a mix of houses, apartments, and office buildings and also schools here and there. And smack in the middle is a river flowing through.
If you look closely, you can also see that some of the roof tops still have the snow from yesterday. It was a glorious morning today with snow glittering everywhere. There were also a lot of people slipping and sliding down the sidewalk. Couldn't help laughing!
Hope you're day was filled with laughter, too!
It does look crowded. Makes me think of a bunch of Lego blocks. - Oh no, about people slipping and sliding! It would be hard to keep from laughing! I would be tempted to set up my camera near a particularly slippery patch and take videos of it. LOL! - But I would warn elderly people to watch out. They can't handle falls like we can.
ReplyDeleteFascinating. Good thing everyone gets along.
ReplyDeleteIt does make me feel like getting away to Montana or Siberia... :-)
ReplyDeleteThe photo, however, is brilliant!
It always amazes me to see pictures like this, but when you're in it, it doesn't seem so odd.
ReplyDeleteWonderful image !
ReplyDeleteIt is said, that differences unite. Please have a good Wednesday.
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Toy town! :) PS: Why do women wear high heels when the streets are so icy? Not to mention the mamacharis careening in all directions. I had a few giggles myself.
ReplyDeleteSo crowded!
ReplyDeleteThat does look quite crowded. But somehow I guess it works. :)
ReplyDeleteoh! you're bad kaori chan. ^0^
ReplyDeletei think i'm one of those klutz and
a victim of slippery when wet dilemma. ^-^
cute foto btw, looks like a miniature version of s.juku.
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ReplyDeleteI've never lived in the middle of such a large city like that, I think I'd find it oppressive. But it does make for an amazing photo! We moved out of a small house in London when I was 3 years old, so I don't remember that.
ReplyDeleteI love that shot. A great Black and white.
ReplyDeleteIt amazes me when I see such congestion in cities around the world...I think of congestion like this as a US issue...
ReplyDeleteBack at’cha: <—From Suehiro Bridge 末広橋 across Kanda River at Okubo Dori, middle-ish upper right in your elucidating photo (showing us the reality of Shinjuku). If those buildings were fish, I think I know what kind they would be.
ReplyDelete(I guess I’m just trying to keep my brain from getting jammed and clogged up with too many years behind me. A friend surfs in the Pacific, but the water is too cold for me. I prefer to make like an ornery sardine and stick to the net.)
Amazing image Kaori, and that's only PART of your city. Wow!
ReplyDelete@PerthDailyPhoto: Here is an aerial view of Shinjuku. Or if you click here on the blue lettering there is a night view of Tokyo. That is Tokyo Tower over on the right.
ReplyDeleteThe population of the contiguous urban area is about 35,000,000 (35 million). Depending on how you define “Tokyo” or “The Greater Tokyo Area” the population runs from 9 million to 43 million.
You could walk for days and not emerge from that urban density.
To get a woman’s-eye view on the ground anywhere in this concrete jungle just click and drag that little yellow guy in the top left corner here and plop him down anywhere there is a blue line (or area).
The first time I was in a back street in Tokyo it was overwhelming to think the density went on forever with no respite. I didn’t see how I could ever handle it. But I think your mind localizes and knows paths back to familiar places and from there back to home, which is really just your neighborhood. You end up having a lot of neighborhoods: your home neighborhood; your work neighborhood; various shopping neighborhoods; entertainment; friends, et al.
I used to think of Tokyo as a giant puzzle. It was fun and challenging to add more pieces to the puzzle. It still is fun. Thanks Kaori!