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That is considered one of my favourite instances of the 12 months. Spring has lastly arrived in Tokyo. The cherry blossoms bloomed a couple of week early with peak bloom occurring final weekend. Pink bushes popping up all over the place and now it is snowing pink sakura petals throughout Tokyo. Spring made a number of makes an attempt of arriving however then it turned chilly once more. The climate has been bizarre. It was snowing lower than 2 weeks in the past in Tokyo and plenty of elements of the world.
On a critical word for a second, March was suicide consciousness month in Japan the place the third highest suicide charge on the planet exists. Final 12 months, 21,140 individuals died by suicide right here. Suicide can be essentially the most preventable reason for demise on the planet. One among my weblog readers Brian reached out to me to see if I may collaborate with TELL, aka Tokyo English Lifeline, to assist them to get their message out. I’ve spent a while this month connecting them with individuals who will help them unfold their message.
TELL is an NPO that runs Japan’s solely licensed, English-language lifeline. Final 12 months, it fielded greater than 7800 calls from individuals in want! TELL may be reached at 03-5774-0992 or by way of chat service on the weekends. It is 100% confidential, non-judgmental service. In the event you or somebody you recognize is struggling, please attain out. You aren’t alone.
Take a look at this video Tokyo Artistic made as a part of this collaboration.
In the present day’s Configuration: Leica M10 with a Summicron 28mm f/2.0 and Summilux 35mm and 50mm f/1.4.
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