Away from Tokyo’s super busy and brand saturated shopping areas, there are countless little stores that don’t seem to have changed for years, decades even — both in appearance and personnel. And this place, on an old and semi-deserted shotengai, is certainly no different.
But, after originally taking the photo to capture the face of the old woman who owns it, on closer inspection, the shop’s poignant signs of the passage of time are almost as appealing.