One day＠Kabukicho #DAY196 - Sato almost lost his iPhone again.
On a weekend near the end of May, with the month almost over, I headed back to Kabukicho for the first time in a few weeks. And wow, I had another close call. Back in November last year, I lost my iPhone in Kabukicho. About six months later, I almost lost it again.
5月ももうすぐ終わるなー・・・みたいな5月末の週末、数週間ぶりに歌舞伎町の街へ。いやー、また焦った。去年の11月に歌舞伎町で iPhone をなくしたことがあったんだけど、あれから約半年、またなくしかけてしまった。
As it turned out, I had simply left it behind at the place where I'd been hanging out with a friend, and I was able to get it back safely. Still, I didn't realize it was missing until nearly an hour after we had left, so I was pretty stressed. I used the Find My feature on my Apple Watch to track down its location, and when it led me back to the place where we'd been, I asked the staff. Thankfully, it had already been turned in as lost property. What a relief, seriously. In this photo, the vending machine is reflected in the poster on the left. The reflection is all warped and bent out of shape, and I found it oddly interesting.
結果的には友達と一緒にいたお店に置き忘れてきていて、なんとか無事回収。ただお店を出てから1時間近く経ってから iPhone がないことに気付いたので、かなり焦った。Apple Watch の「探す」で iPhone のある現在地まで行ったら、友達と一緒にいたお店だったから店員さんに聞いてみたら、落とし物として届いていた。よかったよかった。本当に。この写真、左側のポスターに自販機が反射しているんだけど、ぐにゃっとなっていておもしろい。
As a result, almost all of the photos from this visit were taken without me realizing that I'd left my iPhone behind at the restaurant. I'm not the type of person who constantly checks my phone, so it made me realize that if I leave it somewhere, it can actually take quite a while before I notice it's gone. A bit of a lesson for myself, I guess.
そんなわけで今回の写真、実はほぼ全て iPhone をお店に置き忘れたことに気付いていない状況下で撮っていたものです。自分はあんまりスマホをずーっと触っているみたいな習慣がないから、置き忘れてきてしまってもなかなか気付かないものなんだな、と自省したりした。
The bottles and cigarettes left here probably belong to hosts or touts standing along the street. In a way, they feel like traces of the people who work in this neighborhood.
こうやってペットボトルとかタバコが置いてあるのは、きっと通りに立っているホストの子だったりキャッチの人のものなんだろうな。この街で働く人の痕跡、というか。
He was probably a host, I think. I was standing there when he came over and started talking to me. When I told him I was taking photos, he asked, "Do you ever photograph people?" I replied, "Sometimes, if someone asks me to." So he did. And that's why I took this shot. These kinds of chance encounters are also one of the things that make photographing this city so enjoyable.
彼・・・多分ホストの男の子なのかな、立ち止まっていたら声をかけられた。だから「写真を撮っているんだ」って話すと「人物は撮らないんですか？」って聞かれたので「頼まれれば撮ることもあるよ」と。そしたら頼まれた。てことで撮った。こういう一期一会の出会いがあるのもまた、この街で写真を撮る楽しさのひとつでもある。
Somehow, this photo ended up capturing a bit of the atmosphere and allure of the night. It wasn't something I set out to photograph, it just happened. This spot is a small information booth of some sort, located diagonally across from the entrance to Omoide no Nukemichi.
何となく夜の街の色気、みたいな写真が撮れた。別に特に狙って撮っていたわけでもないんだけど。ここは・・・思い出の抜け道の入口の斜向かいの案内所みたいなところ。
Meanwhile, I was casually taking photos without the slightest idea that I'd left my iPhone behind somewhere. At this point, I was only thinking, "That turned out pretty well, didn't it?" Thankfully, everything worked out in the end and my iPhone made it safely back to me.
呑気に写真なんか撮っていたけど、この時点でもまだ iPhone をなくしたのに一切気づいていない。いい感じに撮れたかな？くらいしか考えていない。まあ結果的にちゃんと iPhone も無事手元に戻ってきたからいいんだけどさ。
The inside of this vending machine was such a mess that not taking a photo simply wasn't an option. So, of course, I took one. I have no idea what could have caused this. Did someone shake the machine hard enough to make everything inside collapse like that? Even then, would it really end up looking like this? Honestly, I don't know. But that was the kind of night it was.
See you then.
なんか自販機の中がえらいことになっていて撮らないって選択肢がなかった。ってことで撮った。何がどうなるとこうなるのかがよくわからない。自販機を誰かが強い力で揺らしたのかな？だとしてもこんなことになるか？・・・とりあえず、この日はそんな夜だった。
ほなまたー。
