[Life] staying at my parents' home

Now we most Japanese are in year-end/new year vacation, and I'm staying at my parents' home from 12/30. Compared with where I live, hometown is really rural side and have few shops, amusement spots, but a lot of nature. Yamanashi Pref. is known as the place where lots of fruits are yielded, especially peaches, grapes and prams, which can be seen in the scenery from my parents' home.

From 2010/01/01 Parents home

From 2010/01/01 Parents home

These scenery reminded me of my childhood, and I walked around to confirm what it is now. This is the place where I used to play when I was 5 year-old boy. Now the number of children has been getting smaller in my hometown and now no one is playing here, which is different picture from what it was in 20 years ago.

Time goes, and no one can go back to the past. All what we can do is making a progress toward future. Just keeping walking.

From 2010/01/01 Parents home

[LIfe] Walked around Shinjuku station West Exit

I've walked around Sihnjuku station West Exit with my camera as I had an appointment with my friend at Shinjuku.and had small time till the wait time.

Since I got the new camera, every moment on the street I'm careful of in which moment I should release the shutter. Through the finder, everything is captured as a picture. That means everyone's moment of life is cut off and stored in a picture, so I can't help feel that everyone on the street, in the building, in the train, etc... is living their lives and so am I.

Shinjuku has many faces, as a office complex, an amusement area, a terminal station of lines. Every time I came to this town, I find a new aspect of this town. I love and hate this town at the same time. But just for taking best snaps, I keep on walking around.

From 2009/12/13 Shinjuku station West Exit

From 2009/12/13 Shinjuku station West Exit

From 2009/12/13 Shinjuku station West Exit

From 2009/12/13 Shinjuku station West Exit

[Life] デジタル一眼レフ生活を堪能しています

最近大学時代の同期からデジタル一眼レフカメラを譲り受けまして、いろいろと写真を撮っています。まずは慣れるためにとここ一週間でいろいろ撮った写真の中からなんとなくうまく撮れたものを載せてみました。

これは外苑前の銀杏並木。毎年いちょう祭りをやっていて、今年も多くの人が見に来ていました。会社のそばにあるので昼休みにカメラを持って撮りに行ったけど人通りが多くて、とてもゆっくりできる雰囲気ではなかったです。折角だったので晴れてくれればよかったんですが、生憎の曇り空でした。

From Scenery

これは山手線唯一の踏切。家の近所なんですが、夜に散歩に来てここで電車を見ながら考え事をすると結構アイデアが出てきたりします。ちょうどここで山手線と高崎線が上下で交差するのも見物です。

From Scenery

新宿伊勢丹百貨店を新宿三丁目側から撮影。この時期なので5時くらいなのですが、すっかり夜の雰囲気ですね。最近は新宿三丁目の周りはマルイだらけになってしまって、個人的にはもうちょっと落ち着いて欲しいなと思うのですが、伊勢丹が依然として建っているおかげであの周りの景色が引き締まって見えます。

From Scenery

今日（日付的には昨日）は午後に新宿東口から東側を歩いていろいろと写真を撮っていたわけですが、「写真を撮る」という行為を通して改めて新鮮な目で新宿という街を見ることができ、いろいろな顔を見ることができました。この調子で東京のいろいろな街を撮っていこうかな、と考えています。