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Jun 27 2014 14 Comments

Tokyo drinks and disagreements

Work may well be over, but drinks clearly don’t dilute the disagreements.

Tokyo drinkers disagreeing

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

Jun 26 2014 8 Comments

Death at the foot of a mountain?

Tucked away near a coastal road at the foot of the stunning Saw Mountain, this abandoned car looked oddly serene — arguably even beautiful in its overgrown and lush surroundings.

Japanese suicide car

But on closer inspection, its appearance masks a much darker story. Or at least it appears that way. As inside is what looks very much like a charcoal burner.

Japanese suicide car

A grim scenario that could well explain the unusual location of the car, and its abandoned state. But if it does, one can only hope that the person(s) involved had a last minute change of heart. Or if they didn’t, then somebody, somehow, managed to intervene before it was too late…

Categorized: Photography

Jun 24 2014 8 Comments

Girl in a dingy red light district alley

Tokyo’s Kabukicho red light district isn’t the cleanest of places. Not by any stretch of the imagination, and in every sense of the word too. So it stands to reason than when a cigarette break beckons, the surroundings aren’t exactly what one would call scenic.

girl in a Tokyo alley

Categorized: Photography

Jun 23 2014 7 Comments

Drunk and asleep on a Tokyo side street

Good nights out often require good sleeps after. Sometimes right after.

Drunk and asleep on a Tokyo street

Categorized: Photography

Jun 20 2014 6 Comments

Tattoos and a relaxing sake in a Tokyo bar

Tokyo can be a horribly frantic city. One that all too often barely gives its residents time to breathe. But amidst the crowds and seemingly incessant noise, there are pockets of calm to be found. Places where one can sit down. Have an afternoon sake. And let the hustle and bustle slowly fade away.

Tattooed Tokyo sake drinker

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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