Via reader Joanne Yu, we present a set of lovely spring photos taken today in Shinagawa Ward here in Tokyo. As you can see, despite the continued events in the North, Tokyo is not at all panicky.
We’ve been absolutely swamped with questions from journalists and inquiring minds as to “why” the Japanese aren’t rioting, looting, fighting, and panicking. I think the better response to this is, “Why do you expect people in your country to go crazy?”. Perhaps people just live up to the expectations they set for themselves.
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Beautiful flowers :) The pics make me miss Tokyo!
great…yeah, whats wrong with you people in foreign countries? look at Japan to see what human behavior should be like…
We have a lot to learn from the Japanese and their strong sense of solidarity & order even during intense moments of chaos & panic. Yes they’re a homogeneous culture but I think there is much more than that..We have a lot to learn and think about from this incident.
great idea for a series. keep ‘em coming!
I love the dog saying, “See lady? I told you everything would get better!” c:
Beautiful ♥
We had a hurricane a few years ago, and all the lights were out in our area. The stores were running out of ice because everybody was trying to buy it for their fridges. One man got stabbed in a fight over a bag of ice.