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Weekly Photo Challenge: Edge

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It is moored at the edge of the Yamashita park of Yokohama indefinitely. Her name is Hikawa-maru and it was an ocean liner of the north pacific lane from Yokohama to Seattle. In WW-2, she was used as a hospital ship and hit a floating mine but she went back to Japan. Her last voyage was done in 1960. I could say she has been always on the edge of the history.

I hope you could find some her beautiful edge of shape in pictures.

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In response to the weekly photo challenge, Edge by The Daily Post.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Mirror

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A few moths ago, I was strolling through a backstreet of a big city Tokyo and I found me missing something natural and tranquil. I got bored with daily business and would be tired of doing same things every day. Perhaps I should gone on a weekend excursion to the back country to find nature. However, simultaneously, I understood what I needed was not nature but sophisticated calmness in the city. One of my ways to do was, as usual, to visit a smaller art museum.
The picture was taken at the Museum of Modern Art, Hayama, which is at a old resort just next to Yokohama and one hours from Tokyo. I hope you enjoy a mirror image made with the modern architecture, the sea and the sky.

しばらく前に東京の裏通りを歩いていて、何かしら自然で落ち着いたものが足りないような気がしていることに思い当たった。日々の仕事に飽きて、同じことを繰り返すことに嫌気がさしていたのだろう。ひょっとすると自然を求めて田舎でも訪ねればよかったのかもしれない。でも、同時に、欲しているものが都会の洗練された平穏といったものだとも理解していた。そんな時にやることといえば、小さめの美術館に行くことである。この写真は、葉山の神奈川県近代美術館にて撮影された。

In response to the weekly photo challengeMirror by The Daily Post.