Photo Association

[Out to Lunch]

Out to Lunch, on Flickr. Chisinau, Moldova. September 2009. Canon Powershot G10.

 

[Taipei-metro]

Taitung Xio-peng-yo (小朋友 kid)

Taiwan 台東県

by t a i p e i metro

Konica Hexar Silver, Hexar 35mmF2
Fuji Xtra400 print film

 

[kuuan]

Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Canon LTM f2/35mm, Sony A7, Saigon 2016

 

[Taipei-metro]

la la

land
los angeles county 2017

by/ t a i p e i から metro

panasonic g6, olympus 14-42 non-IS ASPH

 

[Yokosuka Mike]

 

[ruby.monkey]

M3_90_400TX_Scan-120924-0024 by Jean-Yves, on Flickr

 

[kuuan]

multiplex by andreas, on Flickr, M-Rokkor f2/40mm, Ricoh GXR M, Saigon 2016

 

[Taipei-metro]

ouch!
give him the ray ban!

Taiwan

by t a i p e i metro

Canon EOS SLR, Canon 28mmF2.8
Xtra400 Fuji

 

[kuuan]

cyclop for dinner 🙂 by andreas, on Flickr, CV Skopar f4/21mm, Sony A7, Saigon 2015

 

[Taipei-metro]

in Mitsuwa Japan Market

Torrance, California

by taipei metro

Nikon DSLR, Nikkor SWM ED18-55 ASPH

 

[kuuan]

food options while watching girl band AKB48

AKB48 by andreas, on Flickr, Ricoh GXR + 28mm module, Osaka 2014

 

[Taipei-metro]

kuuan,
Considered yourself very lucky if you are like me, an AKB48(2005-) fan and can fully enjoy their music, they are a Phenomenon...
Two of my favorite members, Maeda Atsuko, Oshima Yuko have since 'graduated'...I like Shimazaki Haruka 島琦瑤香 now, but, she is not a 'Center' yet...

Maeda Atsuko, AKB48 前田敦子

photo by
t a i p e i metro

G6, 14-42

OT
'Gingham Check' akb48 (2012), the 1st and 2nd appearance are Maeda and Oshima, song written by 板垣祐介, and the lyrics is Always by Akimoto Yasushi (59), the creator of AKB48.. MTV directed by an American, Joseph Kahn, this is one of the best AKB48 song...
https://youtu.be/XHdcW2axwMk

an AKB48 2016 song '365 Days of Paper Plane', center is Yamamoto Sayaka, very good song, again lyrics by Akimoto San...
https://youtu.be/bfbixJlZyJg

 

[kuuan]

kuuan,
Considered yourself very lucky if you are like me, an AKB48(2005-) fan and can fully enjoy their music, they are a Phenomenon...

well, I am not all that lucky then.. I checked out a few songs of them after I had run into this place in Namba, Osaka of which I had shown the shop window, a cafe and souvenir shop dedicated to the band. If I ever get back I shall check it out more closely, or watch a live performance of it's 'Osaka sister band' NMB48 nearby. ( btw. hadn't we been here before, maybe even in this very thread?)
Thank you for your links and sharing your enthusiasm.
In Tokyo once I joined a performance of a similar girl band in Shinjuku. They all were very young girls and amazingly cute while me, that time in my early 50s, clearly was one of the youngest man in the audience! next door was this place, a 'robot bar'. It's quite famous, maybe you know it


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, CV Heliar f4.5/15mm, Ricoh GXR M, Tokyo 2014

 

[Taipei-metro]

Hi kuuan,
I think, it's difficult for gaijin ojisan inc our men in Japan jon, mad-doc, porkchop-dog...to appreciate AKB48, that's alright, the songs and message behind AKB48 is from the 59 year old Akimoto Yashushi, the creator and producer...You are the only one that I know of in RFf to mention AKB48, that's why I'm a little carried away...

In one of their song 'give me five', Akimoto's lyrics wrote;
'no matter how many thousands of photos you took, you can not hold one significant thing...'

Osaka,

Japan

by taipei metro

 

[kuuan]

Hi kuuan,
I think, it's difficult for gaijin ojisan inc our men in Japan jon, mad-doc, porkchop-dog...to appreciate AKB48, that's alright, the songs and message behind AKB48 is from the 59 year old Akimoto Yashushi, the creator and producer...You are the only one that I know of in RFf to mention AKB48, that's why I'm a little carried away...

in the contrary, thank you very much for your emotional exposure and insights! - lack of appreciation usually is lack of scope, that's certain 😉 attitudes of "outsiders" towards e.g. girl bands may be rather marred by preconceived ideas and misunderstandings.


Untitled by andreas, on Flickr, Pentax K f2.8/24mm, Sony NEX5n, Osaka 2012

 

[Taipei-metro]

Thank you kuuan,
The other day i re-read Kawabada Yasunari's 'Dancing girl of Izu', after seeing one of the same titled movie version from 1974 (leading lady Yamakuchi Momoe was 14 when appeared in the movie),
in the novel, the dancing girl that fell in love w a 20 year old college boy was only 14 yrs old, Lolita she is not, the bitter sweet innocent love from a 'lower class' (in 1926) traveling dancer (for hire) make me think about the creator of AKB48, 59 year old Akimoto Yasushi, he's like that college boy from Dancing Girl of Izu...

unrelated to AKB48
Sapporo City,

Hokkaido, Japan

photo by taipei metro

even their tribute to the Tohoku Earthquake (3-11-2011) was an outstanding song...
'praying words', AKB48
https://youtu.be/4AxfamSGzKg
again lyrics by akimoto yasushi

 

[kuuan]

Taiko - Japanese Drums by andreas, on Flickr, Fuji F31fd, Japan 2007

 

[sevres_babylone]

The late Vassil Mester drumming for Dany Laj and the Looks by sevres babylone, en Flickr;

 

[kuuan]

Fuel Fandango by andreas, on Flickr, "Pen-F" Zuiko f1.4/40mm, Sony NEX5n, Austria 2015

 

[ruby.monkey]

X1CS0095 by Jean-Yves, on Flickr