Journeys for Knowledge

This trip to Tokyo was special for two big reasons. Firstly, these photos are the first photos taken on film with my father’s Canon A1 in over a decade. I asked to borrow the camera after our trip to India, and decided this trip to Tokyo was a good opportunity to put it through its paces. Secondly, the concert I was attending with my friends was the culmination of a dream also a decade in the making. Distant Worlds is a concert series that has been running for ten years, playing music from the Final Fantasy series with a live orchestra and in some cases live singers as well. As a long time video gamer it was a dream of mine to attend a concert like this, but to attend it in Tokyo with the original composers in attendance was an experience I will never forget.

To make things even sweeter, we even had time to stop by the Gundam Base, the center of all things related to Mobile Suit Gundam. The Gundam Base was featuring a new life size model of the RX-0, also known as the Unicorn Gundam, which is known for transforming between two states. The transformation does not happen often each day, so being able to witness it in person was also an absolute treat. The whole weekend was a celebration and affirmation of my passion for video games and anime, which I will carry with me everywhere I go.