Did you know that there is a 1:1 scale replica of the world-famous #Shibuya Scramble intersection that can be rented by TV and film productions located 80 km northwest of Tokyo in the city of #Ashikaga? The real intersection is so busy that nobody can close it down for controlled filming.
This set was notably used in the hit Japanese TV series Alice in Borderland.
I don't know why (probably because I just watched the White House Correspondents' Dinner 2024 Monologue) but while editing this photo, I can only think about Colin Jost.
Author Michael Harris says that life in 2024 is too much — a deluge of stimulus. He examines why that's the case in this essay for Montecristo, and heads to a Tokyo listening bar in an effort to still the noise and rediscover the practice of sustained attention. "Needle touches vinyl, and a grief-stricken Nina Simone sings, 'Ne me quitte pas'," he writes. "To hear that beacon of a voice and to be moved, and yet to refrain from any critique or review, is our goal. For once to hold back our vulgar additions."
“We are a group of students at the University of #Tokyo who have gathered in solidarity with Palestine to oppose the genocide by the Israeli government. We have started a Palestine Solidarity Encampment and formed an organization to manage its operation.”