This afternoon.
Victoria Road, Cork city.
Sonia O’Sullivan races past a mural of locally-based Irish Olympic rower Sanita Puspure – currently a world champion in women’s single sculls – unveiled by Indeed, partners of Team Ireland at the Tokyo Games (starting this weekend).
Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
Yoyo World Champion Shu Nakada does his thing on the streets of Tokyo.
His skillz. Let him show you them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72WQQMH6LZE
A distinctive, dialogue-free flat colour short by Luke Saunders. To wit:
The Fisherman is set in a neo-tokyo cityscape where electricity is a source of life for a diverse eco-system of mollusc like creatures. A late devoted scientist of these life forms has passed his life’s work on to his daughter, along with one part of his most prized catch. The other part, a mystical electric fish, has eluded him his entire life. An opportune discovery of this rare creature by a human inhabitant instigates an unusual mating ceremony, spawning a surge of life that traverses the gap between this life and the next.
Now for yeh.
https://vimeo.com/160518727
Filmmaker James Skerritt writes:
A short film documenting Irish artist Eoin as he works between the contrasting neon cityscape of Tokyo and the lush landscape of Japan. Showcasing the process of his long exposure photography.
Not stills from Katsuhiro Otomu’s animated scifi Akira but, rather, digitally manipulated and colour graded nighttime portraits of Tokyo by Masashi Wakui.
The amateur photographer and Tokyo resident’s incredibly rich, filmic style has attracted a legion of fans and would-be imitators.
More of his work here.
Greener than thou.
Our Man In Japan writes;
Was doing my occasional Google Earth nostalgia trip back home and took these screengrabs. Thought this might be of some interest, curiosity value…I’ve heard some people say Tokyo is quite a green city. It’s not.
Update:
Tokyo in Ireland.
Yikes.
Thanks Jojo (see comments).
Defiance in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan today.
Meanwhile, also in Tokyo:
Enda Kenny’s address to Japanese business men ( and a woman) in Tokyo, to promote Irish food #japan pic.twitter.com/rpnEACIlkz
— Mary Regan (@MaryERegan) December 3, 2013
Previously: Defiant Tricolours on Broadsheet
Thanks Daniel
https://vimeo.com/70460874
A stylish noir homage to the legendary Shinjuku district of Tokyo by Robert Valley.