One day at Kabukicho #DAY112 - Recently I've been addicted to going to watch movies late at night.
Actually I had made plans with my friend to go watch a movie on Friday night, but I couldn't make it due to some circumstances, so we went on Saturday night instead. The movie we went to watch is "Tonde Saitama ~ With Love from Lake Biwa ~" which I had watched the first movie in the series earlier and had been ready for. We went to the late-night screening in Shinjuku Wald 9 this time as well.
本当は金曜日の夜に友達と映画を観に行く約束をしていたんだけど、ちょっといろいろあって行けなくなったから翌日土曜日の夜に行ってきた。この前第一弾の映画を観て予習もバッチリの『翔んで埼玉〜琵琶湖より愛を込めて〜』を今回も深夜の新宿バルト9で。
I came to where the abandoned hotel was this time as well. I thought the demolition had finished a few days ago, but it seems like preparations for the next construction have started, I guess?
今回も例の廃ホテルのあったところにきてみた。数日前に解体終わったと思ったら次の工事の準備が始まったのかな？
At the TOHO building, there were billboards of two movies I watched this month, "Godzilla -1.0" and "Tonde Saitama" were hanging side by side, so I took a photo like a commemorative photo. By the way, I didn't watch either of them at TOHO Cinemas, I watched them at Wald 9. "Tonde Saitama" had a clever touch with a message like "To everyone visiting Shinjuku, sorry for talking about Saitama."
TOHOビルに今月観た2本の映画、『ゴジラ-1.0』の看板と『翔んで埼玉』の看板が揃ってぶら下がっていたから記念写真的な感じで撮ってみた。ちなみにどっちもTOHOシネマズで観たわけではなくってバルト9で観たんだけどね。『翔んで埼玉』の方はわざわざ『新宿にお越しの皆様、埼玉の話でゴメンなさい』とか芸が細かい。
By the way, I usually arrange photos in a somewhat chronological order, but the timeline is quite quite jumbled this time, don't mind it.
ちなみにいつもは結構撮った時系列で写真を並べているんだけど、今回は結構時間軸がバラバラなのはご愛嬌。
Lately, they do street tequila promotions here all the time.
ここ最近いつも『路上テキーラ』の呼び込みやっているんだよね。
A so-called "TŌYOKO" just before midnight.
24時前の所謂『トー横』。
After watching the movie, we went back to Kabukicho and went to Ichiran early morning. Even though it was around 4:30 in the morning, there was already a small queue, which makes me think that Ichiran in Kabukicho is crazy. And after leaving Ichiran, somehow I took a photo of Tenkaippin which is another ramen restaurant.
Before watching the movie, I was like "I'm gonna take photos!" and I took photos with enthusiasm. But on the way back, it was more relaxed, it was like that I was just taking a walk around with a camera in hand and took shots whenever something caught my eyes.
映画を観る前は『撮るぞー！』って感じで写真を撮っていたんだけど、帰り道はフラフラとカメラを片手に散歩しながら気になったら撮るって感じで気楽だった。
It's still dark even at 5 in morning because it's winter season, so it's hard to see, but it's "TŌYOKO" welcoming a morning, in almost the same location as the previous photo. Personally, I've never found this side to be comfortable, so it's usually just a place I pass through when walking. The opposite side of "TŌYOKO" is still fine though.
季節は冬なせいで朝5時になってもまだ暗いからわかりづらいけど、朝を迎えた『トー横』、さっきの写真とほぼ同じ場所にて。個人的にはこっち側は居心地がいいって思えたことがないから基本的に徒歩移動の時に通り過ぎるだけの場所。逆サイドの『トー横』はまだいいんだけどね。
Just before heading back home in the early morning, there was a group having fun on a street, so I took a shot. Even just the silhouette looks like they're having a good time. It seems that I'm gonna be busy the next week, but I think I'm gonna go to Kabukicho again.
See you then.
帰宅の途へとつくちょっと前の朝方、なーんか路上で楽しそうにしているグループがいたから撮ってみた。シルエットだけでも楽しそうでいいなぁ。来週は忙しくなりそうだけどまた歌舞伎町には行くと思う。
ほなまた。
