(by 徐 卡文。)
Perutz Primera 200 + Konica autoreflex T3 / HEXANON 57mm F1.2
Crystal Tokyo
I am still thinking about how this all began. What was my first glimpse of Japan; what did I see that made me want to know more? How did I discover the country and the culture? When did I fall in love?
Maybe it was during noon hour, when Bean and I, together, used to watch the English dub of Sailor Moon and eat grilled cheese sandwiches or lipton chicken noodle soup. Maybe seeing Crystal Tokyo was a new gravity and our dreams were pulled into orbit by its cartoon architecture.
So jelly of your trip. SO JELLY.
Saturday’s not over yet. There is still time for these cats.
Happy Caturday y’all!
(Source: anikke, via christopher-walken)
Among the Yakuza: Haruto Hoshi Photographs Jake Adelstein
For Peter Hessler’s profile of the American crime reporter Jake Adelstein in the January 9th issue of the magazine, the photographer Haruto Hoshi shadowed Adelstein through the Tokyo underworld about which he writes. Hoshi was an obvious choice to photograph Adelstein. While in his late twenties, Hoshi sold drugs for his best friend, who had recently joined the yakuza. Unhappy with the direction his life had taken, Hoshi was unsure how to right his path without abandoning his friend. Fate and the police intervened, and Hoshi was arrested and served time in prison. It was during his incarceration that he first considered becoming a photographer, and upon his release he enrolled in night school. The rest, as they say, is hisutori.We asked Adelstein to caption Hoshi’s photos from their time together, and he kindly obliged. For more photographs, with Adelstein’s captions: