85mm散歩。中井という街を初めて歩く。/ Walking in the town of Nakai, Shinjuku for the first time with the 85mm lens

前に友人たちが投稿した「染の小道」というイベントの写真を見て知った街。西武新宿線に乗ることがほとんどないから、この付近は歩いたことがなかった。

ちょうど前の日に新聞に今年のイベントの話題が載っていたので、思い立って出かけてみた。街を抜ける妙正寺川を彩る反物は美しかったが、使い古された（という表現がいいかどうかわからないが）街並みの方に惹かれた。

人が写っていなくても人の気配とか痕跡とか、生活を感じる普段の風景がいいな。

I knew about this place through photos from friends of mine. They posted photos of an event called, Some no Komichi, meaning Alleys of Dyed Cloth. I seldom take the Seibu Shinjuku line so I don't have a chance to walk around the area.

I happened to see an article about the event on the newspaper on the previous day, so I decided to to go see it myself. The view of various pieces of dyed cloth along the Myoshoji River was impressive. But the colors of daily life I saw in the streets attracted me even more.

Even if there is no one captured in the photos, I still can feel and see people living in the town.

何とも言えない褪せた生活の色がいい。反物もきれいだったから、次回に少しだけ紹介しようと思う。

I fell in love with such faded colors of life. Of course, the dyed cloth hanging over the river and the storefronts were great, so I'll show you some of them in the next blog post.

今回の機材