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Jan 20 2009 2 Comments

Tranquil time out #40

With Tokyo’s appearance constantly changing, as buildings are unceremoniously ripped down and others rebuilt, the clichéd cry — at least in my native northern Britain — of, ‘it was all fields round here when I were a lad’, is really rather apt.

Japanese old man

However, at least as far as this pensioner is concerned, it’s possibly quite the opposite, as the place wasn’t a field but a factory, and one that was ferociously bombed into a fiery inferno.

Which, it has to be said, is a considerable contrast to contemplate.

Categorized: Tranquil time out

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  1. Hachi says

    1/21/2009 at 3:46 am

    I absolutely love this picture, as pretty much anything of your really ^ ^. It looks so lonely and contemplative. And i like the light colored grass surrounding the person in contrast with the out-of-focus dark trees. Ah,.. there are just so many things that could be said

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  2. Lee says

    1/21/2009 at 7:51 am

    Thanks Hachi, glad you like it.

    I was pleasantly surprised how it turned out, especially considering the history of the place. Lucky with light/grass colouring too.

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