One day＠Kabukicho #DAY166 - It feels like it's been a while since I came to Kabukicho.
I haven't been able to go to Kabukicho lately due to feeling unwell or various other reasons. Actually, I want to go more and take more photos and hang out with my friend. It seems like it was the first time in about three weeks.
調子悪かったりなんだかんだで最近なかなか歌舞伎町の街に行くことができなかった。本当はもっと行っていっぱい写真も撮りたいし、友達とも遊びたいんだけどね。三週間ぶりくらいだったみたい。
I found it on the news that there was another pretty big fire in Kabukicho recently. When I watched the news footage, I immediately got where it was. So, I went to the site anyway. That's here. But the fire happened about a week ago. I couldn't take any photos that looked like the scene anymore.
ニュースでみたんだけど、最近また歌舞伎町で結構大きな火事があったみたいだね。ニュースの映像見てすぐに場所はわかった。ってことで一応現場に行ってみた。それがここ。だけど火事があったのは一週間くらい前。もうそれっぽい現場写真は撮れなかった。
So, where I really wanted to visit this time was just the site of the fire, and after that, I just wandered around the city as usual. I took photos of things that I got to feel like taking at each of moments, just like I always do.
さて、今回自分がどうしても行きたかったのはそんな火事のあった現場だけで、あとはいつも通りにふらふらと街を歩く。いつも通りに撮りたいなーって瞬間的に思ったものを撮っていく。
This is a photo of some girls trying to take either a photo or a movie by placing their phone on the stairs. I had something to do at the top of these stairs, but it felt like I was getting in their way, so it was a bit awkward to pass by.
この写真はスマホを階段に置いて写真なんだか動画なんだかを撮ろうとしている子達。自分はこの階段の上の方に用事があったんだけど、邪魔をしてしまうようでなんとなく通り辛い。
Is it just that I never had the chance to see one? This is the first time I've seen an Uber taxi that's completely white like this.
自分が出会う機会がなかっただけなのか？こんな真っ白い Uber のタクシー初めてみた。
Speaking of which, in the early days of articles of "One day at Kabukicho", I used to write just short captions for each photo, but lately, I write more things. I don't mind writing at all, but because of that, it now takes me longer to finish an article than it did before.
それにしても One day at Kabukicho の記事って最初の頃は各写真に対して短い文章だけ書いていたんだけど、ここしばらくはそれなりの長さの文章を書いている。書くのは全然いいんだけど、そういうこともあって最初の頃より記事一本書くの時間はかかっちゃうようになったんだよな。
What I write itself is sometimes like a diary, sometimes like an essay, I'm not really sure. Sometimes I comment directly on the photos themselves. In my work, I'm usually required to think logically and analytically, and that's become a habit. But at least here, I want to be able to write freely, without taking care of coherence or things like that. It's perfectly fine to have a place like that, right?
書いていることも日記なんだかエッセイなんだかよくわからないんだけど。写真そのものにコメントしていることもあるし。普段仕事では論理的思考的なものが求められるから、そういうのがすっかり習慣化もしてしまっているんだけど、せめてここでくらい好き勝手に脈略ないようなことを書いていたい。そんな場所があったっていいじゃん。
I feel happy when I could take a photo like this. Even though it's just ordinary moments from everyday life.
こういう写真は撮れた時にうれしくなる。別に日常の中の一枚でしかないんだけどさ。
I'm planning to go to Kabukicho again this week. I want to continue taking photos on a whim as I always do, but lately, I think it might be interesting to also set a theme each time. It's not exactly what I'd call a theme, but this time I wanted to take photos of the site where the fire happened about a week ago. A while back, I also went to take photos of Ramen Jiro which another fire happened. Well, if an idea pops into my head, I might think of a theme and try taking photos around that.
See you then.
今週また歌舞伎町には行こうと思っている。いつも通り気の向くままに写真を撮るのはそのまま続けたいんだけど、それ以外にもテーマ的な何かを毎回決めてみるのもおもしろいかなーとかも最近思っている。テーマってほどでもないけど、今回は一週間くらい前の火事の現場を撮ろうと思っていたし、ちょっと前はやっぱり火事があったラーメン二郎を撮っておこうと思って行ったこともあるし。まあネタが思い浮かべばそのテーマなんてもんも考えて撮ってみたりもするかぁ。
ほなまたー。
