He painted his 1937 work Shinjuku Panorama at Nakamuraya, a famous restaurant that offered good views of the streets of the Shinjuku neighborhood from its second floor. In the following year's Dusk, Lin painted the central courtyard of the house next door to where he lived. It was selected for the second Shinkou Exhibition of Japanese art.
1937 年的《新宿所見》，作畫地「中村屋」是當時新宿的知名餐館，由於樓層較高，可從二樓俯視新宿街景；隔年的《黃昏》，日式住家中庭是他租屋處的鄰居，此作曾入選第二屆新興美術院展。