Whatever one’s profession, it must be a real pleasure if it’s also a passion, and whether she owns the shop or not, it would seem that this young woman is very happy indeed to work as a hatter.
Tokyo hat lover
Wabi-sabi or simply wonderful?
Wabi-sabi is a fabulously vague concept that means a myriad of things to many different people. So much so, in fact, that it’s very hard to find any kind of agreement on what objects are (or invariably aren’t) wabi-sabi. And as any real definition is equally unforthcoming, it’s all down to feelings rather than facts.
The kind of feeling it turns out that my mother-in-law immediately got from the scene below.
Yet while I can see where she’s coming from, to me it’s simply beautiful. An ambiguity, along with its very personal preferences, that in many ways makes the notion of wabi-sabi even more wonderful.
Shibuya shades
With its bright lights and famed fashion, Shibuya is arguably the perfect place to be seen, and at the same time, not seen.
A body-less, but no less alarming, Japanese scarecrow
For whom the (temple) bell tolls — twice
The sight and sound of this temple bell has featured on Tokyo Times before, but seeing it in use a second time, along with a differently decked out priest, meant that the opportunity definitely couldn’t be missed.
Unfortunately, however, the chance to make another recording was, so sadly the previous sounds will have to suffice.
