Four young men, were taken into custody earlier in this week following the robbery of a watch shop in Tokyo's Ginza district. Naoki Prize-winning novelist and pianist Ryo Hara passed away last Thursday, May 4th, aged 76. And as COVID-19 is downgraded to the same level as seasonal flu, residents in Hyuga city, on the main island of Kyushu, have been attending a ceremony to pray for an upturn in business. “Borrowed Landscapes” is a group exhibition at Blum & Poe in Harajuku, a gallery facing Harajuku station and the Meiji Jingu forest established in 1915. We wander through Meiji Jingu catching sight of a wedding at the temple moments before the heavens open.

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