In praise of walking to work (Part 2)

For Part 2, I’d like to deliver the view during my walk to work in the form of a photo diary.

It was my first time taking photos while commuting.
Unexpectedly, it brought back the very reason I’d come to love “walking” — something I’d long forgotten.

When I was a university student, I watched Akira Miki’s film “Adrift in Tokyo.”
It’s a road movie in which two men of differing ages (a young man and a debt collector) end up wandering around Tokyo, and there’s a line in it that struck me at the time.

“The city of Tokyo is good for strolling because its scenery is so full of variety” (the debt collector’s line, as I hazily recall).
This time, by taking and lining up photos, I felt it anew.
Even without going as far as 45 minutes, seeing an entirely different expression after just a little walking becomes a pleasure of walking.

Another line I like:
“Half of Tokyo’s memories have turned into coin parking lots.”
If you’re not careful, favorite scenery, and scenery that would move you that you haven’t yet seen, will vanish.
It’s not that I want to record them.
Still, I’m not satisfied unless I stand there on my own two feet.

Things like this, even before the walk to work, are what drive me to “walk.”