One day＠Kabukicho #DAY177 - On that day, it was snowing in Kabukicho.
I had originally promised to meet with my friend on Friday night. But due to my work, we changed the plan to meet on Friday night become a bit difficult for me, so we decided to meet on Saturday night instead. If it was on Friday, the weather was fine, but the next day, Saturday, which was already March, it was a snowy night.
もともと金曜日の夜に会おうと友達と約束していた。ただ自分の仕事の都合で金曜日の夜がちょっと厳しくなってしまって、その翌日の土曜日の夜に会うことにした。金曜日だったら天気は良かったのに、翌日の土曜日・・・もう3月なのにその日は雪が降る夜だった。
For a while now, this Cinecity Square has been fenced off like this, so we can't usually enter. Before the fence was placed, this was where so-called the kids were gathering. Well, even though the fence has been put up here, there're still the kids gathering outside of it as usual, and nothing significant has changed.
ここしばらく、このシネシティ広場はこうやってフェンスが立てられて普段は入れないようになっている。フェンスが立てられるようになる以前は所謂キッズたちが集っていた場所。まあここにフェンスが立ったところで、フェンスの外には相変わらず集っている子らもいるし、何かが大きく変わったわけでもない。
I was wondering where this photo was taken, but I remember now that it was taken at the alley off the main street, Ichiban-gai. I'm glad I could remember. I take this kind of photo everywhere, so I often forget where I took them. Recently, sometimes I'm in the Shibuya area on weekdays for work, so I might start taking photos of the scenery around Shibuya soon.
この写真どこで撮ったんだっけ？って思ってたんだけど、一番街の脇の路地に入ったところで撮ったんだ。思い出せてよかった。この手の写真はそこら中で撮っているから、ついついどこで撮ったんだかを忘れてしまう。最近は平日、仕事で渋谷界隈にいることもあるから、渋谷界隈のこんな感じの景色もそのうち撮り歩くかも。
I was taking photos after seeing my friend off to close to the station, but the outside temperature is really low. It's cold. I was ordered by my friend, who said it was really cold, to not spend too much time taking photos and to go home as soon as possible. She, the friend, seemed to have immediately taken a long bath and warmed up as soon as she got home. It feels so good to take a bath or go to the sauna when our body is cold, right? I know what she means.
写真は友達を駅方面に送ってから撮っていたんだけど、とにかく外気温が低い。寒い。友達からもホント寒いので長い時間撮影していないで、できるだけ早く帰るようにと命じられ。そんな友達は帰ってすぐに湯船に長いこと浸かって温まっていたらしい。体が冷えている時の湯船とかサウナって気持ちいいよね。わかる。
I often take photos from various angles here. I just feel like taking photos somehow. I wonder why? By the way, it's a live music club, but I don't think I've ever seen it open for business. Why is that? Maybe because I walk around taking photos late at night.
ここの写真っていろんな画角でしょっちゅう撮っているよね。なーんか撮りたくなっちゃうんだよなぁ。なんでだろうね？ちなみにライブハウスなんだけど、ちゃんと営業している光景に出会ったことはまだないと思う。なぜか？自分が写真を撮って歩き回っているのが遅い時間だから。
It's just an ordinary scenery, but sometimes I feel like taking a photo of the address display. Um... this is 2-35-2 Kabukicho here.
なんてことない風景なんだけど、住所表示をたまに撮りたくなる。えーっと・・・ここは歌舞伎町2丁目35-2か。
This time, it was a day I really didn't know what I wanted to take. Above all, it was snowing and so cold. But no matter how bad the condition is, when I come to Kabukicho, it's already routine to take photos and walk around.
今回はホントに撮っている自分自身が何を撮りたいのかよくわかんなくなってくる日だった。何より雪降っているし寒いし。だけどどれだけコンディションが悪くてもとりあえず歌舞伎町に来た時は写真を撮って歩き回るってのがもうルーティンだよね。
Some of the parking lots around here used to be owned by Repark of Mitsui, but they have since changed to Times without me realizing. It may be because it changed to the Repark of Mitsui, so a few ports for car sharing are now newly available. But I can't imagine what kind of users would use car sharing in a parking lot in Kabukicho. I mean, basically almost all of people have drunk in the first place.
この辺りのいくつかの駐車場、三井のリパークだったんだけどいつの間にかタイムズに変わっていた。タイムズに変わったからか、ここの駐車場も数台のカーシェア用のポートが新設されていた。でも歌舞伎町の駐車場でカーシェア使う人ってどんな客層なんだ？全く想像がつかない。だってそもそもみんな飲んでるじゃん。
This photo is an example, but I've recently become able to do quick shot. I don't worry about whether the focus is strictly accurate. It's much better to just take the photo, even if it's a little out of focus, than to not take it at all when I want to take it. This may be a feeling that is not easily experienced in an era dominated by autofocus.
この写真なんかがそうなんだけど、最近速写ができるようになってきた。厳密にピントが合っているかとかは気にしない。ちょっとピントがずれている写真でも、撮りたいと思ったのに撮らないより、とりあえず撮っちゃえる方が全然いい。これはオートフォーカス全盛の時代ではなかなか感じる機会もないような感覚なのかもしれないなぁ。
Well, the camera called the Leica M-P typ 240, which doesn't have autofocus, has been in my hands for about 4 and a half years now. I suddenly realized that. The first generation Leica Q, which I still often use for family trips and taking photos of Yuzu, has been with me for exactly 5 years now. I got the M model about half a year after the Q. Personally, I thought that M and Q were cameras that I wanted to keep using until the end of my life. Yep, I'll keep on using them.
See you then.
さて、そんなオートフォーカスなんてできないカメラ、Leica M-P typ 240。もう4年半くらいずーっと使っているんだなーってふと気づいた。今でも家族旅行やゆずさんを撮る時によく使っている初代の Leica Q はちょうど5年使っているのかな。M の方は Q の半年後くらいに手に入れたから。個人的な願望としてはそんな M と Q、自分の命が尽きるまで使い続けたいカメラだなーって思った。うん、使い続ける。
ほなまたー。
