single photos Parasols

These colourful parasols are waiting to be hired together with

similarly not-quite-Japanese clothes as photo props in a park in

Beijing where a couple of million people are celebrating cherry

blossom time as an expression of friendship with Japan (a welcome

change) and/or for weekend fun. They are too large and heavy to be

Japanese and more resemble the traditional heavy lacquered umbrellas

that used to be used in China up to the 1960s. I liked the colour

contrasts and the textures. The stray trainer at the top gives an

indication of scale.