#red brick warehouse

[koshigurajumy]

Jumy-M Red Brick Warehouse / 待ち人見失う

[aprikosenklang]

It’s strawberry season in Japan and I love it 🍓💕

[panda-rue]

Log 13

May 17 - Free Day 2 !

Independent Excursion: Media Reflection

Today I finally got to do my media excursion to Yokohama ! This is one of the only things that I had planned before the trip had started so I was excited to finally go and do it lol. Yokohama is a city that is not far below Tokyo. My roommate Xan and I went on this excursion together since we are both fans of the anime Bungou Stray Dogs. BSD is set in Yokohama and I would talk more about it but I will save that for the reflection portion of my post. We tried to leave as early as possible which meant that we skipped eating breakfast at the hotel. We decided to stop for breakfast in a pancake shop that was in the mall that was connected to the station. I ended up getting chicken and pancakes and it was pretty fire. I even tried this strawberry tea soda thing that was also bangin. We walked around the mall for a while before moving to a different mall. It was raining and super windy so our umbrellas kept flipping inside out. It was really funny to watch everyone else struggling as well and just having a good time in the rain. Once we got to the other mall we ended up spending a lot of time in the Pokemon center there. I finally got a charmander plushy for myself and a vulpix for my sister since its one of her favorite pokemon. After our little shopping spree, we finally headed to actual BSD locations. The settings that are used in the anime are actual places in Yokohama and we had a plan to walk around and experience as many as we could. First we went to the red brick warehouse. This place looks just like its named on the outside, but inside is a really nice shopping area. Everything seemed a bit expensive but I was able to get a sweet treat and some perfume luckily. Next, we decided to go to the Chinatown in Yokohama. It was super busy but also so fun to explore. The street lights were so pretty and all the smells of the food stalls were so good. We decided to stop into a random restaurant to get good and I tried shark fin dumplings for the first time. They pretty much tasted like fish lol, they were alright but I probly wouldn't try them again. Nearby at Yamashita Park there was a small firework display that we went to watch. It was fun to hear everyones oohs and ahs over the pretty lights. There was a pretty flower garden that was attached nearby that we also explored for a bit. Our final BSD destination actually wasn't in Yokohama but was back in Tokyo. The place was a bar called Bar Lupin. We actually were able to sit inside and it was such a cool experience. The whole time I was thinking of the scenes from the anime. I wish I could've taken pictures inside but they didn't really want us to so I refrained.

Reflection

The piece of media that inspired this excursion is an anime called Bungou Stray Dogs. This anime is set in a world where some people are born with special abilities such as being a weretiger or the ability to nullify other people's abilities. The anime is mostly set in Yokohama and covers many different intense themes and concepts of what the true powers are that run cities. There are multiple organizations at play such as the Armed Detective Agency (ADA), the Port Mafia, the government, the guild, and so on and so forth. Each of these organizations seem to have their own functions and sets of powers that keep the city running. The ADA is there to take care of cases that the regular police force can't handle while the Port Mafia keeps the underground systems in check within the city.

This piece of media captures Japan in a very interesting light. This is one of the only animes I have seen personally that take so much inspiration from actual people and places within Japan. Some of the scenes are shot for shot exactly the same as they are in real life such as the red brick warehouse. The characters themselves are even based on real life Japanese and other authors. Some of these include Dazai Osamu, Atushi Nakajima, Chuuya Nakahara, and more. Their abilities in the show are based on their most popular works in a way. Aside from the characters, the world building is what interests me the most. Essentially, the whole message and concept behind the show is that there has to be a balance of dark and light. There was a couple episodes where they essentially explained that the Port Mafia exists to protect Yokohama just like how the ADA does as well. They may function completely differently, one in the day and one at night, but in the end they both function to protect Yokohama in some way. This made me think of Yokohama in a very interesting way. It wasn't like I was afraid of the mafia or yakuza or something like that affecting my trip. I was moreso thinking that this city functions like any other city. It doesn't have the rose tinted glasses that a lot of tourists have when they visit somewhere new and I kind of liked that real view. In some sense, of course the reality was different from the anime since they have super powers. But at the same time, the experiences and quiet moments and the nature that surrounds them were all the same. I beleive that the anime was a beautiful representation of Yokohama and I'm glad that it in turn pushed me to visit the city and experience it for myself.

[lelair]

Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse 2019

[ikiyou]

On any given day in Yokohama you might run into Dazai.

Or Akutagawa, or Chuuya, or anyone else for that matter.

[sagent-of-chaos]

fifty feet raw

[cbjpeg]

Yokohama, Japan 2023 © Christian Baumgarten

[8loom]

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[linuxacolyte]

More shots from the Red Brick Warehouses in Hakodate.

When the US and Japan signed the Convention of Kanagawa, ending Japan's isolation, Hakodate was one of the ports that was opened. These Red Brick Warehouses are restored buildings from that time.

Signage and information around the Warehouses was in Japanese, English, and sometimes Mandarin. The Warehouses were lined with shops with all kinds of handmade goods by local artisans. One shop used local squid ink to make a dye, and sold handmade prints with it. There were handmade chopsticks and clothes and there was a glassmaker who was selling fountain pens made of handspun glass.

I didn't buy much that day - I intended to go back, but unfortunately was sick. Later on in the trip, when I was in Sapporo, I went shopping hoping to buy souvenirs. I didn't find Sapporo's equivalent of these Warehouses. I found department stores, I found lots of things with big brand names, and when I did find handmade artisanal things they were goods that had been imported from Denmark or Mexico to sell to people who live in Sapporo. This was when I really wished I'd had my phone unlocked. Hopefully with a proper phone that could translate for me I could've found local-to-Sapporo artisans.

[takashiredux]

Layer Yokohama Red Brick Warehouse, Kanagawa, Japan, February 24, 2024

[sistertotheknowitall]

I love the idea of Danny being just Some Guy.

Like yes he’s Phantom, yes he has ghost powers, yes he’s the King of the Infinite Realms. But to the BatFam? That is just Some Guy. A random dude - if you will.

They are positively baffled by him. Like he’s completely normal as far as they (and the background check) can see. Yet, he. Is. EVERYWHERE. (Not actually but it sure feels like it.)

The kids have a running bingo card of where he’ll turn up. Outside a warehouse they’re raiding? Check. Stopped a mugging? He was the one being mugged. Tim’s favorite coffee shop? He was just hired as a barista.  Seriously it’s like everytime they turn around he’s there.

Which wouldn��t be such a problem if he REACTED NORMALLY. But no. He doesn’t flee in fear, stare in awe, he doesn’t even try to say thank you. This man looked Batman in the eye and called him the furry vigilante - TO HIS FACE! He casually referred to Dick as “the flying monkey one” to Red Robin while also calling Tim a literal walking Red Flag. When he crosses paths with Duke he doesn’t always speak but he does always give him a snack. (Sometimes it’s candy, sometimes it’s fruit but it’s always food. And he only gives them to Duke.)

He once told Jason that he didn’t care that he was a crime lord and built like a brick house, Danny would kick his ass and drag his “rotted milk soul” too hell if the gun fights kept going on past midnight. (He had exams in the morning damnit.)

He will only call Damian “baby ninja” no matter how many times the kid insists that his name is Robin.

Spoiler and Orphan? The only ones he’s respectful to but even they get the occasional random comment. (“It may be a Tuesday, but if the universe is gonna make me the human equivalent of a pin cushion then I have the right to keep the knife.”) (It was actually a Friday but who were they to argue with a man bleeding out in an alley.)

Eventually the Batkids start keeping score of who has had the most out of pocket thing said to them by this random white boy.

[valeisaslut]

Ellie Calvin ad buuuutttt hear me out…Reader lingerie ad, or like maybe another Calvin ad but with her pleaseibegu

FINAL POST OF THE NIGHT NONNIES PLEASE STOP I HAVE CLASS TMR AND THESE REQS ARE SO MF GOOD😭😭

BUT, IMAGINE THIS:

your victoria’s secret ad drops at 9am sharp on a tuesday and no one survives. you’re in red lace lingerie—custom made, obviously—thigh-high stockings, garter straps, heels tall enough to make god weep. there’s a velvet chaise lounge. a single red rose. lipgloss so shiny the cameraman slips trying to zoom in. you give the camera one look and say, “tell me what i deserve… or show me.”

it ends with a shot where you roll over onto your stomach and it fades into black. there’s a voiceover of you laughing. somewhere in the background, violins are playing but it’s also kinda sexy trap music.

the entire internet short circuits. victoria’s secret stocks sell out. teens are skipping school. grown adults are fighting in the comments. entire religious groups issue statements.

and ellie?? ellie completely loses her goddamn mind.

she comments from her verified, 170M followers account:

“i’m gonna bite those garter straps off with my teeth and then thank god for letting me be alive at the same time as you.”

“if you don’t wear this home i’m breaking into the warehouse and biting every single mannequin until they call the cops.”

“this ad made me crash my car, black out, and astral project directly into hell. saw satan. he said ‘i get it.’”

“that chaise lounge? i’m gonna stain it with sin. with DEVASTATION. with activities not approved by the federal government.”

“if i don’t see you in this by tonight i’m gonna walk into the ocean. with bricks in my pockets. and a girl boner.”

“gonna leave handprints on your ass so hard victoria herself comes back from the dead to rebrand the whole company.”

“you just single-handedly ended my PR training. my dignity. and my will to act normal in public.”

her finsta posts a blurry pic of the ad playing on her tour bus TV with the caption “i am not okay. she should be arrested. or married. to me. idk. i’m spiraling.”

you post a BTS pic and she comments:

“i just threw my phone across the room. it bounced. still horny.”

and the public?? completely unhinged. stan twitter changes your name to “THE Victoria’s Secret.”

a fan account makes a full edit of you and ellie using only footage from this ad and ellie’s calvin klein one with the caption “hottest couple on human HISTORY.” it gets 8M likes in an hour. the comments are completely horny and unhinged. to say the least.

your PR team tries to play it cool but rachel is foaming at the mouth backstage like, “you CANNOT comment back saying you’re gonna bite her hipbone like a peach. this is PUBLIC.”

but you do.

and ellie reposts it to stories with: “biting scheduled. 7:30pm. i'll prep the strap.”

[zenovyap]

Hakodate in 22 Hours

Hakodate is more than its pretty sights. As part of my winter travel through northern Japan, I stopped by Hakodate for a night to explore the idyllic northern Japanese city.

Hakodate, the 3rd largest city in Hokkaido, always stole the limelight with its iconic night view of its cityscape. The seaside city sprawl extended from Mount Hakodate into the surrounding plains that were nestled within the mountain range. As such, one could catch a panoramic view from Mount Hakodate, that consisted of glittering city lights, flanked by 2 great bodies of water and set against…

[kitkatscabinet]

SING FOR ME BABY

Summary: The Batboys with a famous musician for an s/o

Pairings: Dick Grayson, Jason Todd, Tim Drake x fem! reader.

DICK GRAYSON: Nu Metal

Everyone expects him to end up with a popstar, if anyone famous, someone typically feminine/fashionable to match his charm. They forget they're talking about the og crashout kid. After the incident that sees him stepping away from Robin and, subsequently, Bruce, he spends months thrashing bands like Limp Bizkit and Linkin Park

It's Roy that ends up introducing him to your band when he's suddenly unable to attend the concert he'd gotten tickets for. In typical Dick fashion, he forgets all about it until the day, attending on a whim and becoming a little mortified when he realises 1) he doesn't know any of your songs & 2) you're gorgeous. And oh my god, you're looking at him. You're laughing at him he swears!

He watches you smash a guitar into smithereens like it's nothing and he thinks he's in love. Actually shoves someone out of the way to catch the pick you throw.

It's you who slides into his DM's after the show, one of your bandmates having recognised him. He asks you out almost immediately, who cares if it's a little desperate? This man is determined to have you hanging off his arm by the next Wayne gala.

Being in a band lends you at least some anonymity outside of your fanbase, all of which is completely shattered once you go public with Dick. Not just because he's a Wayne and therefore pretty famous himself, but because he's so obsessed with showing you off, playing your music for anyone that will listen (and the people that don't want to).

JASON TODD: Pop

You're passing through Gotham whilst on tour when the inevitable happens, someone takes the opportunity to kidnap you. Enter the Red Hood, who just happened to be in the area.

Despite the hyperfeminine persona you display for your audiences, you know how to throw a punch. Which is the sight that greets Jason as he bursts through the window of one of the hundreds of warehouses in Gotham picked out by the amateur kidnappers, you, kicking the shit out of a thug whilst still in high heels.

For a few seconds, he forgets he's supposed to be saving you, too busy watching the woman decked out in pink sequins and glittery makeup kick ass. He gets his head in the game when a gun gets pulled and he's pulling you into his arms (totally unnecessary but he's not gonna pass up the opportunity. Hopes you don't notice how bricked up he is.)

You give his helmet a kiss of thanks afterwards, leaving a glossy mark whilst slipping him your number, neither of which he notices until hours later after a full day of patrol. He's never regretted the helmet over the domino mask more.

He can't exactly show his face in your music videos, but you can bet your ass he's not gonna let anybody but himself play the sexy muscular dude touching you up in them.

TIM DRAKE: Indie/alternative

He is the type of guy who sits with his iPad, phone, personal laptop, and even the bat computer open as he waits to snag tickets to your concert. He's getting those motherfucking backstage VIP passes if it kills him (or he has to kill someone else to get them).

Actually cries when he somehow still fails to secure one. Damian takes a photo and posts it on Twitter. Tim's too distraught to even care, that is until you message him. One of your friends showed you the post, and you thought he was cute. Bruce bursts into his room when he suddenly hears hysterical screaming, convinced his son is being murdered, only to back away slowly when Tim yells something about VIP tickets and some singer.

Nearly faints when you ask him out on a date after the show. He's sweaty, dishevelled and a massive mess after having a near-religious experience from hearing you live. He's honestly not convinced he's still alive, blacks out for a few seconds before all but screaming yes! in your face.

This man is your no.1 stan, and yes, that's a title he regularly defends on social media. Especially after you begin dating. Constantly gets into fights with the legions of lesbians who are distraught that you've got a boyfriend.

[gay-dorito-dust]

Can I request headcanons for Dick, and Jason reacting to his gn crush asking him as they're so worried (as his hero persona) if he has seen him & described him while not knowing his secret identity?

Jason wanted nothing more than to tell you to go home, that it was not safe for you to be out this late at night and worried half out of your mind.

He just wanted you somewhere he’d knew you would be safe or could get to in quick timing should something ever happen, which was why when you tried calling his -red hood’s- name, he tried to ignore you but found himself unable to hear you cry out in desperation any longer and looked at you silently as you got closer to him.

‘I’m sorry to bother you but Have- have you seen my friend Jason?’ You ask with tears in your eyes.

‘There’s a lot of Jason’s in Gotham sweetheart, you’re going to be more specific.’ He replied and curses himself for how harsh he might’ve came across. He’ll punch himself later for being a dick to you later.

You dig a hand into your pocket and drew out a picture of yourself and him the night before -unknown to you- he was told about tonight’s patrol. Jason has no clue why you had that moment photographed, nothing special happened other then you two hanging out like you usually did, but knew he was one to talk when he had photos of you and him saved on his phone when he was feeling the need to see your face.

‘He’s six two, male, dark hair with a patch of white in the front, beautiful eyes that have specks of a mystical looking green, almost like their glowing half the time- I’m getting off track sorry. It’s- It’s just I’m worried about him as he promised to text me when he got home, but he never did and I’m scared that something has happened to him.’ You reply to the intimidating vigilante who looked as still as a statue.

‘I can’t loose him.’ You continue as tears streak down your face as your mind poisoned itself into thinking that Jason was dead or slowly dying in an alleyway or an abandoned warehouse and you couldn’t get to him and it killed your in ways you couldn’t describe. ‘Please, I know you’ve probably got better things then to search for a mission person but-‘ you pause to catch your breath when you felt as though your chest was being crushed slowly- ‘I don’t know who else to go to for help.’ You finished, biting down on your wobbling lower lip to prevent another sob from escaping as your eyes blur with tears.

Jason, feeling his heart break the second he saw tears, remembered where he was and who he was in that moment and brought a hand out towards you to place awkwardly on your shoulder, giving it a tight reassuring squeeze as he struggled to not admit to everything then and there if it meant soothing your heart. ‘I shall try my best to help you find your friend, until then you should get off the streets and head home, the nightlife of Gotham isn’t for everyone.’

‘What about you?’ You asked him, wiping away your tears with the sleeves of your shirt.

‘I do it so no one else has to.’ Jason or Red Hood replies softly and to wasn’t until now that you felt a sense of familiarity from the vigilante, but waves it off as some sort of projection you were putting on him in place of Jason. Why? Maybe you’d were in need of reassurance from your friend but couldn’t get that when you were unsure as to where he was without feeeing the worse.

So you look for the next best thing who happened to be a vigilante strapped to the nines with artillery, built like a brick shit house, wears a ruby red helmet and most likely six two, pushing six three with his boots.

‘That’s…’

‘Sad? Pathetic? I’ve heard it all-‘

‘Brave.’ You said interrupting him as Jason felt his heart pick up at your appraisal. Your kind words often took him off guard more often than not but it was something he loved about you more than anything. ‘Admirable even but you should look after yourself.’ You added, struggling to form a smile and Jason wanted nothing more then to hold you in his arms and tell you he was okay, but knew that he’d be putting you in more trouble than not if he did such a thing.

‘Can’t promise anything in this line of work I’m afraid,’ Jason said, ‘but I promise to try and find your friend, no matter what.’ He adds and finds himself smiling behind his mask when you gave him the first genuine smile of the night.

‘Thank you red hood, thank you.’ You cried as you lunged towards him and hugged him tightly, a sense of relief flooding your system almost immediately when you were in his arms. Jason on the other hand just wanted the night to end so that he could get out of his attire and sneak over to your apartment, just to show you that he was okay.

‘Don’t sweat it.’ He mutters under his breath, sometimes hating the life he lives if it meant worrying you half to death.

Dick:

‘Nightwing!’

Dick’s head moved fast at the sound of your voice, something he has just noticed himself doing recently, and felt the need to drop everything just to make sure you were okay.

‘That’s my name, hey are you okay? You know you shouldn’t be out here at night. It’s not safe.’ He tells you as he crosses his arms over his chest.

‘I know that but I was looking for my friend.’ You said to him.

‘And who’s your friend, maybe I can help.’ Dick replies, wanting to do anything he could in his power to keep you out of danger however he could. He didn’t want you to do something reckless and end up getting yourself hurt or even killed over it and he wasn’t anywhere near to prevent it from happening.

‘Dick. Dick Grayson.’ You told him and Dick felt his stomach drop. Him, you were looking for him? Why? ‘He hasn’t answered my calls or texts recently and I’ve gotten worried that something might’ve happened.’ You added as you showed him -nightwing- a picture of himself and Hayley from a couple of days ago. He didn’t know you had taken the photo but the way you did made it look like something taken by a professional photographer.

‘And so your best course of action was to take to the streets of a dangerous city filled with criminals and gangs alike in hopes of finding him?’ Dick asked rhetorically.

You shrugged, never having gave your plan any deeper thought since making it to realise how dangerous it might’ve been to wander Gotham at the dead of night, where crime was most likeliest to be committed. ‘That was the idea.’

Dick sighs. ‘No. What you’re going to do now is go home and leave to finding your devilishly handsome friend to me.’

‘But thi-‘ dick placed his hands on your shoulders and flashed you a reassuring smile. ‘I promise to give your friend a right good scolding for ignoring your texts and calls and to not worry you so often…just let me take it from here, okay?’

You look at nightwing and found yourself trusting this man more than you’d ever have trusted anyone else in your life and sighing. ‘Okay…I just didn’t want to bother you-‘

‘And you’re not bothering me, not at all.’ Dick reassured as he rubs your shoulders in a way that felt weirdly intimate between strangers whom have never met before. ‘I know Gotham like the back of my hand. So I’ll be able to narrow down the places where your friend might be and have him at your doorstep by morning. I promise.’ He finishes lowly as he stares you deeply in your eyes.

‘Okay. I shall leave it to you.’ You told him and dick felt relief in knowing that you were going to be safe and away from all harm. He hated that he was the reason you’d risk doing something such as searching Gotham for him at the dead of night, but he’d rather have you safe then do something risky.

[ikiyou]

What's the mission today, Dazai?

The Yokohama Curry Festival! Did you know, Chuuya?? Curry is Music~!

<.<

Waaaa-! Look at all the stalls! So much curry! I hope it's not too spicy! 😖

You're weak! It's actually...actually this is pretty good, I can't believe you actually had a good idea for once in your life, Dazai.

Chuuuya! Let's ring the bells! 😃

Fuck, I can't reach. >.<

I take back anything good I ever said about you, bastard Dazai. 👿

You've been saying good things about me, Chuuyaa~!? ☺️