Yoshikawa City Council Election posters
I took a very roundabout route to work in order to photograph city council election posters in Yoshikawa, eastern Saitama. Top marks to the city council for setting up poster boards outside both entrances of Yoshikawa station. Unfortunately both boards were set up directly next to rather busy roads, and impossible to view from any sidewalk. Fortunately one of them was next to a bus stop so I was able to photograph in relatively safety, although conscious of a waiting bus driver looking down at me from his cab a couple of meters away.
As for the posters, the five JCP posters have an identical horizontal format, layout, color scheme and main slogan ("for a welfare-oriented city administration"). The four New Komeito posters also have a common format and color scheme. Of the rest, three candidates are called Higurashi (possibly relatives?) but their posters are all very different. Perhaps the most eye-catching poster is that of independent candidate Hatsue Taguchi; her photo has obviously been taken in a studio unlike most of the other candidates' pictures, and the very dark background of her poster also stands out.