Last Visit to Harajuku

Harajuku Fashion, 2008

Below are some photos I took while recently in Harajuku, Tokyo.

All photos are copyrighted by Bahia Simons-Morton (me), all rights reserved.

Happy Love © Bahia Simons-Morton

Leader of the Pack © Bahia Simons-Morton

Photo Post #1

Headphone Punk, Shibuya 2007

Geisha Doll, taken at Ikaho Toy and Doll Museum, 2007

Red Alligator, Gunma, taken in a home goods store in Takasaki Aeon Mall, 2008

©2008 Bahia Simons-Morton

Kiryu Antiques Fair

We walked up the street toward the temple, chaos all around us. One side of the street, old women were selling rolls of fabric, old clothes, and huge old-women panties.

On the other side of the street, men sold artifacts of forgotten times: hilt guards from samurai swords, old buddhas, sumo game lists handwritten in exquisite and tiny writing, old books full of kanji calligraphy, boxes of magazines and photos.

As we moved up the street, we noticed a few of the off-shooting roads contained their own festivals, some limited only to local delicacies.

A Bandage in Four Colors

Shortly after I first moved to Japan I went to the Vodafone shop to get a cell phone. That day, I found this lovely stuffed panda sitting against a lovely red wall in the shop. The title comes from a poem I wrote which has the same name.

©2007 Bahia Simons-Morton

Trains (Undated)

The train is moving like a lonely serpent; its belly full of lost, confused, and soulful travelers, each preoccupied in his or her own world.

Power lines are like skeletons in the sky, rigid with electricity.