Atarisawari

meaning cherry blossoms in their late stage of bloom, when most have already fallen, and fresh green leaves begin to take over … filmed in Kamakura, Japan in 2005

Shibuya early morning .. In Tokyo, the last train’s at midnight. Taxi costs are extortionate. But clubs and bars stay open until 5 AM, when the train service resumes. On weekend mornings, there’s a rush hour in reverse, as the revelers and the stranded spill out into the streets.

I just heard recently for the first time of the North Pacific Gyre. Apparently, it is a huge collection of floating garbage covering twice the surface area of the state of Texas. It floats in the Pacific Ocean somewhere between Hawaii and California. All the garbage there is said to weigh more than 3.5 million tonnes. The thought that something like this might exist first came to me on an isolated beach on a small island named Ikema …

Bicycle Japan from efeele on Vimeo.

An exploration of the role of the bicycle in Japanese culture.
Song credit:
Puffy Ami Yumi - “Boogie Woogie #5″ from the album Spike

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