Back on August 13th, 2007 I went, for the second time, to Yokohama, the city next to Tokyo. Sadly I never wrote a blog update about it as it was really just a general visit. But what I shamefully forgot to write about was the graffiti that I took a few photographs of whilst I was there. So now, just nine months late, here are a few of the shots I took. All eight photos are available here. I also hereby promise to return and take more photos of the awesome graffiti of Japan and actually blog about it within the same year!
This was the artwork that caught my eye and drew me into walking down the street alongside the station where all the rest of the artwork was, so in a way this little guy is responsible for this blog post. Don’t tell him it’s over half a year late though, he’d probably get me with that scythe…
This was probably the most shocking picture on the wall, and when you consider it was done by one person as a hobby it’s pretty amazing.
Of course it’s not all doom and gloom in Yokohama – here we have a rendering of what looks like some sort of secret cult’s logo mixed with a Pink Floyd album cover, which is nice. It’s quite suprising how neat the artwork is laid out – unlike England nobody draws over anyone else’s work – each piece ends neatly so the next artist can begin. Very cool.
Finally we have this guy. One of the biggest pieces of work along the wall, it sort of shows you exactly what the place I was walking down was like – very dark and virtually impossible to spot from the main streets. It was awesome, though, I just wish I’d gone when the guys were painting so I could see them at work. Nevermind.
So there you go. I took eight shots in all and the other four, as well as these four in bigger sizes, are available here, so do go have a look. If anyone wants them in a huge size get in contact with me and I can email them out to you.
I promise I’ll head back in the summer and find these works again, as well as loads of new ones, and do a good update to do them a bit of justice!
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