In Japan most companies give their employees between three and five days off to take a break during the summer. It’s a nice throwback to being in school but I suppose one of the main purposes is to let people spend time with their family since the kids here are currently out of school as well.
Anyways, I took an hour or two to walk around my neighborhood in a new direction. Besides Ebisu, I ventured into Shibuya proper as well as Daikanyama. Because it was both a weekday and lots of people are out of Tokyo visiting their home towns it was quite peaceful. It was nice to be able to walk up and down some streets without seeing or hearing another person for even just a moment.
I decided to experiment with some black and white photography at a high, grainy ISO setting on full manual control. Some of the photos turned out kind of interesting. Click the photo above to see the whole set.