One Sakura Evening at Tokyo 'Mid-Town' :

It was at the end of my Spring Vacation.I had to go to Tokyo for an Architectural Seminer.After 3 rashing Tokyo days,we could manage ourselves to have coffee together and plan for going somewhere that we can enjoy a nice walkin' trip.Dr.Kazi Ashraf was there and it was his last day in Tokyobefore leaving for USA,and Ropppongi was the place he hadn't been ever.......So let's catch Tokyo metro!!At Roppongi station we found a big campaining is going on for Tokyo Mid-Town,since it was the opening week.Nice coincidence anyway.It was a mansai eve. with late spring breeze and I could recall some mamories of last year!!

It's a composite urban district built on the heart of the city.The thing I really liked here,is the landscape.Although the mostly featured buildings were designed by world class architects like Ando Tadao,Nikken Sekkei inc.,SOM,Jun Aoki,Kengo Kuma and so on,all those seem to be very similar with typical tokyo architecture.Yea,obcourse they are distinguished with their features that merge those functionally with the lush greenary surrounding, I like to appreciate the idea of making such a huge green landscape at the center of tokyo,a long desire of Tokyo dewellers.

Boishakhi Mela,Tokyo,1414
(bengali new year)
This year Boishakhi Mela was held on 14th of April.Bengali New year1414 has been started.The Metropolitan Plaza of Ikebukuro,Tokyo is the place for Bengali new year's Festival.Every year the Central Organizing Commitee along with some bengali cultural groups arrange 'BOISHAKHI MELA' in the heart of the town.I have never missed it since I started to live in tokyo.The thing amaze me every year is the volume of the event.I think it's the biggest festival of tokyo organized by foreigners.A typical snap taken while the festa going is like this : unbelieviable mass of people colorful and a bit louder is rushing around the plaza,children along with parents are chattering away to their same age fellows all day long ,sales girls are shouting-out to sell their stuffs etc.........with a lot of things happening at such a small space within that short span of the day!!You can call it Mela,you can call it Bangladeshi Curry Festa or public gathering or you can call it whatever you want to call it..!!In my eyes ,it's an unbelievably loud-shouted get together that spread up the essence of Internationalism in the heart of Tokyo by a dammn Nationalist Nation!
pix:14th night,I stayed with my juniors living at Soshigaya Int'l Dorm.The curry you see in the pic.was cooked for 'Panta'.CO...OL DESHI break-fast after year long starving!!