Simply sweeping away the leaves he may well have been, but with his relaxed rhythm and metronome-like movements, this man made it seem more like a performance than merely something perfunctory.
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With its bustling crowds and busy crossing, Shibuya may well be the home of fashion and far from furtive fun, but, for those who don’t actually have a home, such characteristics, even when supplemented by the sun, count for nothing in the way of comfort.
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After living in Tokyo for what some would consider a terribly long time, it has to be said that the likes of rabbits being taken out and about, and rabid Nazis traipsing about, can become rather unremarkable — run-of-the-mill even.
And yet kimonos, with their resplendent colours and classic cool, could never become that.
Quite the opposite in fact.
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Despite the capital’s millions of people as well as the possession of more concrete than it’s possible to conceive of, let alone want to come across, Tokyo still offers its citizens the chance to cast their eyes over something other than the city’s ever-increasing urban sprawl — the only stipulation being that one has to be somewhat selective in what one sees.
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The comfortable temperatures and general pleasantness of spring make it all too easy to forget the upcoming miserableness of the muggy summer months, but, when it does come knocking, and this year in particular it was rather annoyingly unannounced, it’s more than enough to make both moggies and middle-aged men feel like they are are almost melting.
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