“The parade of the white balloon people!”

Last weekend at the Roppongi Art Night, I’ve witnessed an amazing dream-like street performance by Compagnie des Quidams. The whole act is called “Rêve d’Herbert“, which means “Herbert’s Dream“.

“The slim, human-like shadow-beings, wander around the streets seeking out light. In the quiet of night, these figures gesture to each other, coming close and moving apart in a dance-like dialog.”

“They also beckon to passersby. Before you know it, you are swept up in their mysterious world.”

“Step by step, they are transformed into voluminous 4m height characters. Deformed and majestuous at the same time, clumsy and ethereal, as come from another planet, their heads light up.”

“Then the enormous silhouettes take us off around a luminous star.”

“To a strange and bewitching music, the characters make a magic rite which make the star rising up in the sky…”

“As a wick at the moon… As in a dream…”

Quotes from:
– Roppongi Art Night Website
– Herbert’s Dream Website

Special thanks to:
– Mika for the special French dinner/snacks prior to this performance.
– Raku-chan for his super duper big lens, AF NIKKOR 180mm f/2.8D IF-ED.

Japan, as a non-Christian country, does not celebrate Christmas. December 25th is not a national holiday. But Japanese people, as great lovers of festivals and celebrations, try to celebrate it in a commercial way. Local government and big companies decorate parks and buildings with colorful illumination.

Last Saturday, I went to Tokyo Midtown, Shiodome, and Tokyo Tower to see the illuminations in these places. (Click here to check where you can see more illuminations).

Grass Square “Starlight Garden” in Tokyo Midtown

Illuminated balls in Sakura-dori in Tokyo Midtown

Capturing the sea of illumination in Caretta, Shiodome.

Also, Christmas in Japan is a perfect day to spend with your lover.

Caretta OCEAN Xmas 2009 in Shiodome

Tokyo Tower’s Light Down Story

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Hope you all have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

–Jesslee

Princess Manzon, the Sassy Vamp, is one of the housemates of Pinoy Big Brother Double Up.

I had a chance to do a photo shoot with her before she left Tokyo for the show’s final casting. The shoot was spontaneous. It was past 2:00am, right after our karaoke session in Roppongi.

I’ve only known Princess for three months but, coming from the same province, Cebu, in the Philippines, we’ve developed a quite solid friendship.

I know she’s gonna do great in the show. I personally wish her goodluck!!!

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Last Friday (06/26), I went to SuperDeluxe in Roppongi to see the Naked Tokyo Photo Exhibition organized by some of my Flickr friends. I can say it was a great event showing some artistic naked photos. I would like to join next year. :-)

After stopping by the exhibition, I, with my friends Mika and Kyoko, went for a photowalk from the streets of Roppongi down to Shibuya. It was a fun walk.

I tell you. There are a lot of things to shoot in the middle of the night.

Some trash dumped right next to a phone booth.

The lights and shadows are just amazing.

You can see stores closing.

It took us almost two hours to reach Shibuya station.

This is just the first part of this photo walk.  I will post the photos I took around Shibuya later this week.

I would like to thank Mika and Kyoko for joining me that night. We will definitely do it again. :-)