One day＠Kabukicho #DAY167 - I feel dizzy for some reason, maybe because walking in the heat.
It was hot this summer as well. I wonder if the hottest time has already passed? I didn't mention in the previous article, but actually when I was taking photos last time, I got feeling a bit dizzy, maybe because it was too hot or for some other reason. I took a short break in the smoking area to rest.
今年の夏も暑かった。けど一番暑い時期はもう終わったのかな？前回の記事には書かなかったけど、実は前回写真を撮っていた時はちょっと暑すぎてなのかなんなのか頭がクラクラしてしまって、ちょっとだけ喫煙所で休んでいたんだ。
Sometimes I felt dizzy this time as well when walking. Maybe I'm just tired after all. Especially when shooting like this, looking up. There is a vending machine here, so I bought a canned juice from there and rested while drinking it. I don't do that in cold season, but it's nice to take a break and shoot like this in this hot season.
今回もなーんか歩いているとたまに目眩がした。やっぱり疲れているのかな。特にこうやって見上げて撮っている時とかに。ここの下には自販機があって、そこで一本缶ジュースを買って飲みながら休む。寒い季節にはそんなことはしないけど、暑いこの時期はそうやって休みながら撮るのもいいもんだ。
This is a shop that had been in ruins, which I found when I was walking on the other day. The portion facing a street was completely covered with plywood or something, and on that plywood, it was written "Administrator" in this way. Though this place is facing a larger street, it's not in the best area in terms of safety, so I was a little scared.
先日歩いていたら廃墟化していたのを発見したお店。通りに面している部分全部にベニアかなんかで蓋された状態になっていて、そのベニアにこんな感じで『管理者』って書いてあった。ここ、大きめの通りにも面してはいるものの、あんまり治安がいいエリアじゃないってこともあってちょっと怖かった。
Walking along the ward office street a little bit. I wish I could've more fun taking photos on the ward office street as well, but I don't have a lot of ideas yet on how to make it more enjoyable.
区役所通りを少しだけ歩く。本当はもうちょっとこの区役所通りで楽しい撮影ができたらいいんだけどな、って思いつつ、まだどうやったらもっと楽しめるのかのアイデアを豊富には持ち合わせていない。
This city is often expressed like "the city that never sleeps, Kabukicho, Shinuku", but I sometimes think that this expression might be a little off. At night, the city is definitely crowded with people and has a brilliant but also decadent atmosphere at the same time. However, in contrast, during the daytime, those glamorous parts of the city seem to be asleep.
よく『眠らない街、新宿・歌舞伎町』なんて表現をされることがあるけど、実はこの表現ってちょっと違うんじゃないかなーって思うことがある。夜は確かに人で溢れているし煌びやかな雰囲気と退廃した雰囲気が共存している感じで賑やかなんだけど、その代わりに真昼間はそんな煌びやかな街の部分は眠っているよなーって。
Areas filled with particularly glamorous shops and bars are quiet during the daytime. In Kabukicho, it's probably only the area from Shinjuku Station to just before the TOHO Building where we can say that it's still lively during the daytime. Well, around the TOHO Building during the day there are wholesome people, but at night there're people who're not so much. So only that area can be called "the city that never sleeps".
特に煌びやかなお店だらけのエリアは昼間は閑散としているもん。歌舞伎町の街の中で昼間も起きているって表現できるのは、新宿駅からTOHOビルの手前までのエリアくらいじゃないかなぁ？まあTOHOビル周辺は昼間は健全な人々が、夜になるとそうでもない人々がいるって意味では、あの界隈だけは『眠らない街』になるのか。
I wrote that, but in fact, I haven't been to this city during the daytime for over a year, for a long time. Well, I don't have any reason to come to this city during the daytime. In the past, I used to occasionally come during the daytime and take photos.
そんなことを書いてきたけど、実は昼間の時間帯のこの街にはもう1年以上、長いこと来ていない。まあ昼間にこの街に来る用事もないしな。昔はたまーに昼間の時間帯に来て写真を撮っていることもあったんだけどね。
Even when the backlight enters my eyes, I still feel dizzy. And because of the dizzy, my vision becomes blurry and I can't really focus well anymore. If I could really focus properly, maybe I should've focused, but I just shot with my feeling like "It's okay". Well, my friend who always gets along with me and I have a little trouble with our schedules, so it will be a while later I go to Kabukicho next time.
See you then.
逆光が目に入っても眩暈がする。そして眩暈がするからもうピントとかよくわからなくなる。ホントはちゃんと合わせられるならピントを合わせるべきなのかもしれないけど、もういいやーって感じで感覚だけで撮ってた。さて、いつも仲良くしてくれている友達とちょっと予定が合わなくて、次に歌舞伎町に行くのは少し先になる予定っす。
ほなまたー。
