Japan Images: Ukuleles in Yoyogi Park

Friday, October 7th, 2011

I’ve been to the Harajuku-Shibuya area many times but for some reason had never visited Yoyogi Park so I made sure I did this time.

I was really surprised at its size and also the sheer number of Tokyoites squeezed in to this place on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

Despite the crush of people, these girls found a nice quiet place to practice their ukulele chops ^^

For the photo nerds, like myself, this image was taken with a NEX 5N and an old Contax Yashica Carl Zeiss 135mm f2.8 and C/Y to NEX adaptor.

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