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Weekly Photo Challenge: Threes

2/22, 201410/13, 2014 tanu

Hina-matsuri, known as Girls’ Day on March 3, is a special day in Japan, celebrating growing up. I don’t intend to explain it in detail here but, if you are not familiar with the custom, I recommend you check it out on Wikipedia which tells you better than me.

Usually you would see many dolls in a photo of hina-matsuri but, in recent years, simpler one has the preference.

One of the reasons might be simple and easy, that is, it is very expensive and space-consuming for present-day life. Before all, such a traditional custom is gradually missing and children are sometimes not interested in it.

Hina-matsuri is not a national holiday today. It is said that it was a kind of holiday until 150 years ago. Anyway, nobody pays attention, whether it is holiday or not, because it is a Japanese custom.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Treasure

2/15, 201410/13, 2014 tanu

“Buddenbrooks” by Thomas Mann is well known also in Japan. A brown paperback in the picture is a Japanese translation published by Iwanami 25 years ago, originally 50 years ago. Thomas Mann was born in Lubeck, a city of northern Germany and said Queen of the Hanse, and it was my first overseas destination. A white hardcover book is a kind of illustration book which I bought there. I treasured a book “Der Bajazzo” (The Clown), also by Thomas Mann, which was my first book to read in German but now I miss it.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Selfie

2/8, 201410/13, 2014 tanu

It has been snowy today in Yokohama. People lives in Tokyo or Yokohama are, generally speaking, not habituated to snow. Here’s a foot print of snow boots as a part of selfies.

… and a small image, though.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Object

2/2, 201410/13, 2014 tanu

You may find many unknown objects in a railway system. What you see around railway would be a small part of them. Needless to say, you don’t need to care. Rail will take you where you want.

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Juxtaposition

1/25, 201410/13, 2014 tanu

Here I think this is one of the most famous juxtaposition in terms of spatial and temporal meaning. It’s a bit difficult for me to capture a downward pyramid simultaneously.

The lower picture is a part of what I chose in the beginning of this month. Again, it’s a bit difficult for me to capture their cultural background.

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