Via Yokohama Triennale, which is nice, a fun day out, refering to itself as a circus, a playground would be more accurate, but yeah nice. I am thinking about how the Grizedale project can work and increasingly wonder if some of the artists should stay in Tokyo, split the group but still do events in both places, could be a lot easier to make work.
Sunday morning input overload
I take a wander in the park and temple gardens, the garden architecture draws from all the country stylings I have just seen, much like European gardens, follys etc. The parks in Tokyo were the playgrounds of the royal family, with fishing platforms, thatched cottages etc.
It's some kind of kids fest, all dressed to the nines in trad costumes, not sure anyone realty knows or cares why, it certainly is an opportunity for the keen photographer to get stuck into some cute kid shots. Stopping a family to do a quick photo shoot with their 6 year old seems completely ok, back in shiny Britannia they’d get arrested double quick, it’s just older blokes are interested in photography, no really there is a huge interest in really quite esoteric photography, lots of groups.
A trad wedding on the way, now here we have some big footwear, not easy to walk in I guess, but style before a fall, female Japanese fashion seems to have taken an overly large leaf out of the Vic Beckham book of looking posh, the high heel jeans, wrap shades and a furry top are all de rigeur. The only challenge seems to be from a kind of Jodie Marsh look, bright orange skin, Tina Turner wig and trashy minature clothes, not really super appealing. I am guessing but I think 3 inch heels are always in there somewhere with female Japanese fashion, although the short leg doesn’t seem to have quite the same horror status it has back in cor blimley.
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