Fun skateboarding video of Tokyo guerrilla gardening

ゲリラ・ガーデニングのビデオは楽しいです。

This fun video is from Plants+ Japan, via @hiyokoimai.

Guest photo from Hiyoko Imai

This photo comes from Amsterdam-based illustrator and graphic designer Hiyoko Imai. I am super-lucky that she has offered to work on two small projects together- more about that soon!

I love this photo because it is so evocative of Tokyo. Some foreigners imagine Japan to be an expression of serenity, while others marvel at elegant modern architecture. Much of the daily fabric of urban life, instead, feels like this photo: a bunch of stuff bolted on to other stuff. Pipes, air-conditioners, even a flower pot on top of the sidewalk. The exuberance of the flowering creeper (lantana) adds one more natural layer on top of the built environment.

Thanks, Hiyoko!