Dojunkai 同潤会 housing projects, built between 1926 to 1934 in response to housing shortages resulting from the great 1923 earthquake. A predecessor to the post-war danchi.
Finally got around to replacing my laptop from 2011 and successfully (fingers crossed) transferred all of my photos to the new computer. This naturally led to taking-stock of the thousands of images I’ve accumulated. One folder that I’ve long neglected is a small collection of pictures from my first trip to Japan in 2010.
At the time of the trip I recall making a strange pronouncement to a coworker that I vowed not to take any pictures in Japan because I didn’t want picture-taking to overshadow the experience of being in Japan. Other than my Blackberry, I had no other means of taking photographs, and I generally followed the spirit of the vow. Over the course of two weeks I took no more than a few dozen pictures.
One photo I regret not taking was of a row of tired looking apartment buildings next to my hotel east of Ueno…
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the tokyo files: danchi 東京団地萌え 