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Tokyo is a hyperreal city in a country with a very unique culture. An eye-popping urban landscape filled with pachinko parlours, video arcades, neon lights, shrines, and 12,369,000 souls.
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The 5 O’clock Chimes of Takanawa
Thursday November 27th, 2008 | Posted in City Life, Music, Tokyo Shock X-Change | 1 Comment
The 5 O’clock Chimes of Takanawa from Stephen Smith on Vimeo.
I shot this footage from the balcony of my apartment so I could capture the strange music I’ve been hearing every evening at 5 o’clock. When I’ve been walking in my neighbourhood, I’ve been looking up under the eaves of public buildings and at the pylons and powerlines, trying to work out where it comes from, but I can’t find the source. So everyday at the same time, you get this haunting melody drifting through the cold night air. Today it chimes out my last evening in the neighbourhood of Takanawa, Shinagawa before I move on to Kuramae near Asakusa tomorrow.
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November 29th, 2008 at 8:29 am
… and you wander why you have had nightmares! That would have freaked me out! I will see you in a few weeks! yey!