landscape is. Lucy Harris

TOKYO

Harajuku and East Shinjuku

1st July 2009

A green wall which was just inside a very classy shopping complex. The wall was inside but acted as the exterior wall for a Bvglari shop. It was planted with a huge variety of plants, maybe easier to manage/ maintain inside. I noticed it was planted into a plastic grid, but was also surrounded by an artificial material, like oasis (used for flower arranging) possibly part of the irrigation system.

On Omote Sando a big snobby shopping street with all the big names, Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Bvglari etc etc. This shop front caught my attention especially for its jazzy lights and unmistakably Japanese blinged up character inside.  v cool. 

A shelter in the Shinjuku area of Tokyo. I love the use of plants, growing up the frame of the shelter, it makes it so much more interesting and asthetically pleasing. It is nice to see something usually so normal, made distinctive and unusual, using such a simple technique.

Some interesting architecture around Harajuku. The photograph I took doesn't really do it justice. In places where you would normally expect the main structure or support for the building, in corners etc, there were huge sheets of glass. very beautiful and unusual. Really nice how the glass reflects the street trees, links building and it's surroundings well.