Heres a bunch of random clips from Tokyo that were leftover on my “old” camera before I sold it, I thought I would share some of those random clips with you, be warned these are really random.
I was shooting a mini vlogumentary (I made up that word docu x vlog) during my stay last August but due to technical issues I was not able to complete it yet (though some sequences are online on my youtube), since I upgraded to a new DSLR with video I decided to continue the “vlogumentary” with the new camera the next time I am in Tokyo.
Stumbled upon this photo of Levi Maestro from the popular web series called MaestroKnows (which I always enjoy watching) via his twitter.
I like this photo and I remember that street in Tokyo.
I remembered it so well that I thought “hey wait I think I have been exactly at that spot”.
This picture was taken by a photographer called Zack McTee on Flickr make sure to check his photos out!
Though the focus of that picture lies on a totally different path, many people might follow the same, some leave bigger traces some leave smaller ones.
Todays post is going to be a collection of some street shots that I took during my recent Tokyo trip.
Most pictures in this post were taken around the areas of Asakusabashi/Akihabara, Harajuku and Shimokitazawa.
The three stripes are everywhere.
This is Radley who is currently a film student in Tokyo, he’s taking some b-roll shots for his latest shortfilm, check out his youtube channel!
Nice cars in Tokyo!
The Shimokita.
They are building a new highway through the old Shimokitazawa area which will destroy the whole vibe of the area.
Several organizations are trying to convince the Tokyo government to reconsider their current plans to save the Shimokita.
Village / Vanguard is an interesting store in Shimokitazawa that has all kinds of weird and cool stuff and “novelties” , from cool cameras, books/magazines, music, gadgets, T-shirts to weird costumes.
Costumes like that one for example… HG!
If you keep an eye open for cool stickers in the different areas of Tokyo you might come accross
one of those ;)
Lots of food vendors near the Shimokitazawa station.
The title of this can of beer sounded weird to me, “The Brew”, it sounds like someone mixed together all the leftover beer of last night and put it into a can, but it wasnt that bad actually when I gave it a try.
But I’m still not sure if it really was beer ;)
Uniqlo had some cool T-Shirts and as always for a good price, I am also surprised by the quality of their T-Shirts !
The prints on my old Uniqlo shirts still look like new after several washes.
A sidestreet in Akihabara.
Well this is it for todays post, hope you enjoyed the pictures, make sure to check back and please join&invite people to our facebook fanpage, its much appreciated!!
One thing I’m going to check out when I am back in Tokyo is the UNIQLO UT T-Shirt store in Harajuku, Tokyo.
It usually has alot of different designs every month with all kinds of themes going from music, movies, anime/manga etc.
Right now they have a collaboration going with the famous manga / anime Dragonball check out the lineup right here and go here to see some more detailed shots of the T-shirts.
While shooting some footage around the Tokyo streets last August I kept recognizing these “sumo face” decals almost everywhere around Tokyo, alot of them in Harajuku and Asakusa somehow, streetart still seems to be big in Tokyo. I even saw a little documentary about these “sumo faces” if I can find it again I will post the youtube link below aswell.
I hope you enjoy this video its just a little compilation of streetart in Tokyo.
Have been editing the whole night through and as always theres some extra footage leftover that doesnt fit into the concept, good for you guys because I’ll put most of them up on youtube thats the way I’ll recycle all that extra video :D. This is part 1 of an installment called Confusion in Tokyo haha enjoy !
I watched this show by current.tv called “Embedded” yesterday which follows Mos Def as he tours Tokyo and Osaka.
The whole show runs almost one hour so take your time and watch it, I found it really interesting not only if you are into Mos Def’s music or hip hop music at all but also for getting an insight on how to travel as a well known actor/musician in Japan ;-).
You will also get to see some footage of the Harajuku area and the Neighborhood store that we also visited a few weeks back, check our older blogposts from Japan for that.
You probably have seen this already few weeks ago somewhere but if not watch it here and now!
Its a great video all shot pretty much handheld and low budget but it shows you the really cool Harajuku Rock-A-Billy subculture. If you go to Yoyogi-Park on a sunday you might see these guys all hanging out right at the front door of the park showing off some crazy dancemoves and just looking incredibly cool haha.
The song is almost secondary.
When I was wandering around Harajuku last year I stumbled upon this huge building all painted with different colors and all these pipes attached to it, in the picture you can see one of the artworks that was painted onto the building.
Inside of the building was a gallery and in the backyard they had a little cafe and a restaurant I believe but I didnt check it out so I dont know if its any good.
If you want to find out more about the building itself I found this blogpost with more pictures.
You can also visit the official design festa website.
Taken at the design festa building in Harajuku Tokyo with Lomo LC-A.
Weird accessory found at a vintage store in Harajuku (Tokyo) Japan. Just in case you want to run around with that huge finger and scream USA number oooone hahaha. And do you see that alien f ace in the background haha =).
Picture taken with a Lomo LCA (check out Lomography).
This picture I took in Tokyo in another weird shop in Omotesando or Harajuku somewhere in between, I’m not sure anymore. I wandered around the streets and ended up there and they had all kinds of vintage stuff, it was packed with it.
I used to have a very similar pair of rollerskates like this hahaha, man if I only just had them until today they would make big money in Japan I guess haha.
For today I have this random shot of a small vintage store in, I think it was, Harajuku, Tokyo. Do you notice those Nikes? I also like that american football player haha. If you ever go to Japan check out Harajuku its full of interesting shops, mainly fashion but all kinds of fashion so dont think you wont find anything for you. And its not only small vintage shops, there are also big streetwear brands around like A Bathing Ape, Stüssy or undefeated. Make sure to check out the area if you are in town.
