Blog - QP under the bridge
QP under the bridge
On Monday we headed down to Tamagawa, on Tōkyū-Tōyoko line, to go see a large QP piece located under a bridge that crosses this river separating Tokyo and Kanagawa prefecture. This photo by Flickr user imoto had tipped me on this, and the author was kind enough to get back to me with directions on how to get there.
Photo by imoto, this links to the Flickr page
Crossing Maruko-bashi took us to a large field where many people were enjoying picnics, cycling and all kinds of sports, even American football.
Both Maruko-bashi and the bridge for Tōkyū-Tōyoko line have large walls sustaining them, these must be the dream of graffiti artists who want to write large pieces. Under the train's bridge, nearby the river, is located that great QP piece. Unfortunately we found that it has since been "damaged" by a bunch of untalented kids. Still it was nice to see it up close!
And here is one autostitched from 6 photos! It's best viewed LARGE at Flickr. (2MB)
Here are also a few other walls that got my attention. There are over 10 such covered walls under the two main bridges in that area.
Another QP trace, this one found in Den'enchōfu. While the town is very clean, this bridge showed some graffiti traces. All of them had been covered with blue paint, but this Q-chan was probably just out of reach.
Speaking of QP, lately he has been getting funnier. His recent tags are covered with a "privacy assurance seal" which can be removed by passersby to reveal jokes or naughty drawings. I found this intact one in Koenji, saying 「やめた方がいい」 ("You'd better stop!", re: peeling off the privacy seal). Of course I then put the seal back so that the next curious can enjoy it too.
I guess these two were also originally sealed the same way:
Posted on February 13, 2007 at 23:40 | Tweet
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