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Mar 29 2021 4 Comments

The quiet calm of Tokyo shrine maidens

The hustle and bustle of Tokyo is often mesmerising, but every now and again, quiet moments are as essential as they are soothing.

Tokyo shrine maidens

Categorized: Culture, Photography, Religion

Mar 26 2021 13 Comments

A safety first Tokyo cherry blossom season

“PLEASE ENJOY THE CHERRY BLOSSOM.”

safety first Tokyo 2021 cherry blossom season

“SENSIBLY!”

safety first Tokyo 2021 cherry blossom season

Categorized: Culture, Photography

Mar 01 2021 10 Comments

Tokyo lanterns and old style looks

Lanterns are always photogenic, and a confidently worn trilby is possibly even more appealing, so to get both in the same frame was pleasing to say the least.

tokyo lantern and a trilby

Categorized: Culture, Photography, Religion

Feb 15 2021 9 Comments

A Tokyo kimono and winter ice cream

It was a cold day, quite windy too, but that clearly wasn’t going to deter this young woman from enjoying a winter, and obviously very welcome, ice cream.

Tokyo kimono and winter ice cream

Categorized: Culture, Food and Drink, Photography

Jan 08 2021 13 Comments

Ancient Tokyo gun squads, train tracks and traffic lights

Tokyo is a city that’s constantly reinventing itself, which is something I’ve been trying to document of late in relation to the capital’s disappearing old bars and businesses. But those kinds of changes are nothing when you start going back further in time. Like way back to the1600s for example, when the area below was home to a 100-man gun squad — which given its current guise, feels more akin to fantasy than historical fact.

Ancient Tokyo gun squads, train tracks and traffic lights

Categorized: Culture, Photography

Dec 11 2020 4 Comments

The tranquil sight of Shinto priests in Tokyo

An unusually quiet Tokyo moment that felt a world away from the world just outside.

Japanese Shinto priests in Tokyo

Categorized: Culture, Photography, Religion

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