One day at Kabukicho #DAY69 - My friend's birthday and a night many people wearing yukata somehow.
This day was the birthday of my friend I usually go out for dinner and hang out. The friend says that she wouldn't want to spend the moment her birthday comes alone in her apartment, so we decided to have dinner together.
この日はいつも一緒にごはん行ったりしている友達の誕生日。で、その友達が誕生日になる瞬間をひとりでアパートで過ごしたくないってことで一緒にごはんを食べに行くことに。
Just like the last time I visited Kabukicho, I noticed quite a few people wearing yukata again on this day as well. By the way, yukata is a casual summer kimono. Is it because it's summer after all? Or are there any specific events or festivals happening? I know that there's a beer hall event held in front of the Kabukicho Tower.
前回に歌舞伎町に来た時もそうだったけど、この日も浴衣を着ている人を結構見かけた。やっぱり夏だから？それともイベントとか祭りとかでもやっているのかな？歌舞伎町タワーの前でビアホールイベントをやっているのは知っている。
I found a sign of cigarettes written in Hangul.
ハングルで書かれたタバコの看板発見。
There's beautiful bokeh of enneagon, once I tried to stop down a bit and approached. I didn't notice at all when I was taking, but is someone collapsing in the background?
ちょっと絞ったら寄ったら九角形の綺麗なボケが。撮っている時全然気づかなかったけど、後ろで誰か倒れてない？
There was a police car. But there weren't any police officers. It seemed something happened. It was parked there for a quite long time.
パトカーがいた。けど警察官の人はいなかった。なんかあったみたい。結構長いこと停まっていたし。
I was quite curious about the police car, so I was wandering around the area near Yasukuni Street and the Ward office Street for a while. I didn't really find out what happened after all, anyway.
パトカーの件が気になって靖国通りから区役所通りのあたりをだいぶぶらぶらとしていた。まあ結局なにがあったのかわからなかったんだけどね。
This is a person next to me when I was waiting at a traffic signal. She had a simple fashion style, but I liked it, so I ended up taking a photo.
信号を待っていたら隣にいた人。シンプルなファッションだけどこういうの好きで撮っちゃった。
It's prohibited to smoke on streets in Shinjuku, but nobody seems to care about that in case of Kabukicho. Moreover, there's only one smoking area in Kabukicho area, so it's quite challenging to enforce the ban.
新宿は路上喫煙禁止だけど歌舞伎町では誰もそんなの気にしちゃいない。そもそも歌舞伎町エリアにはちゃんとした喫煙所は一箇所しかないし無理な話だ。
I tried capturing a scene commonly seen in Kabukicho late night for the final shot. At this time, I couldn't have known that a few days later I would find myself involved in a similar situation. By the way, I was able to celebrate my friend's birthday on this day without any issues.
See you then.
最後の一枚は深夜の歌舞伎町ではよく見かけるシーンを撮ってみた。この数日後に似たようなシチュエーションに自分が巻き込まれることは、この時知る由もない。ちなみこのの日の友達の誕生日は無事に祝えた。
ほなまた。
