Panasonic Shutters
A collection of Japanese shops with one thing in common
First I take one, then hours or days later, I take another. That’s the start of the collection.
If you’ve been following Japan Pics for a while, you’ll know about my umbrealla and ‘Japan at work’ series. I have plenty more images to add to both of those from my recent 6th trip to Japan - but I’ve added a few more collections along the way. This includes hoses, door step gardens - and Panasonic Shutters.
This is perhaps the strangest collection, the one I never thought I’d take, but as I said, it starts with one image and grows. I’m pretty sure this is the extent of the collection for now, so I won’t be adding to it until I return to Japan.
I’m not sure why every time I see one of these stores their shutters are down - perhaps I’ve walked past dozens more and not even realised it. Either way, it’s one more thing that delights me as I walk around the streets of Japan.
My favourites are the first one in Kurashiki with the art outside, and the one above with the drinks machine in Toyo-oka.
Many of these shops are in shotengai - covered shopping arcades. That’s another series I will be publishing soon. On this latest trip I visited shotengai in Osaka, Takaoka, Kichijoji, Kurashiki, Toyo-oka, and Onomichi.
There’s lots more photos coming in the next few weeks.
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Cheers
Matt