atelierkakko At last, it’s the Autumn Equinox.
It feels a little lonely to think that the nights will only get longer from here.
Even in mid-September, the heat and humidity were unusually persistent, but since last Friday the weather has suddenly taken on a touch of autumn, and over the past two days I’ve really started to feel the coolness. I hope this pleasant chill lasts for a while so we can truly enjoy the season…
The other night, I woke up once to a loud “Boom!” and then heavy rain poured down for a while.
I haven’t often woken up in the middle of the night because of thunder, so at that instant, half-asleep, I actually thought a bomb had gone off. For a moment, it was terrifying.
What struck me even more, though, was that in the past, such a thought would never have crossed my mind. Yet this time, the idea of “Tokyo being bombed?” came to me in that drowsy state—and that realization brought a different kind of fear.
It made me feel that we live in a world where such things no longer seem impossible, and that in itself is unsettling.
A moment of autumn in Shinjuku……