Photographs from a small group of islands
It’s always impossible to know what lies beyond before you slide open the door of a little old Tokyo bar, but when they look as intriguing as this on the outside, you can be pretty sure things will be even more interesting on the inside.
And this place proved that point perfectly, as it turned out to be a truly wonderful spot to drink, think and be looked after by the lovely owners.
It’s still possible to see food delivered traditionally by bicycle in Tokyo, but this wonderfully quaint practice is rapidly being overtaken by newer, rather less precarious forms of bike-based transportation.
The sight of Tokyo commuters reading newspapers is a rare one these days. And the sight of little lads similarly engrossed in the latest news is rarer still.
This old lady’s bewilderment was thankfully only brief, as after a quick smile she was straight back into corralling all her beer crates. But having passed by this spot more times than I’d care to remember, to finally get an interesting photo made for a particularly memorable five hundredths of a second.
