On a bright but cold December day, the comfort and quiet ambience of a traditional, family run Tokyo restaurant, really does take some beating.
A Kabukicho kiss
A little romance, of sorts, on the streets of Kabukicho, Tokyo’s largest red light district.
A unique Tokyo subway entrance
Tokyo’s subway network is mostly modern and clean. As are the maze-like passageways and entrances its millions of passengers need to make their way through. The combination of which makes for an efficient, but at the same time far from interesting, experience.
In quiet corners, however, some character can be found. Like this set of steps for example. An entrance that almost feels like it’s from a different time, or at the very least a different network.
Japan: (Don’t) kill yourself
Tokyo old school aviator looks
Despite its sometimes maddening quest for modernity, Tokyo does still retain a decent amount of old, fairly untouched places. Even then, however, there are usually plenty of giveaway signs that it’s most definitely the present, and not some undetermined time in the past. But now and again a scene does appear that arguably wouldn’t have looked any different decades ago.
