A lovely Asakusa sight, on a lousy rainy season afternoon.
Rushing home. In a kimono. In the rain
Fashion
Retro Tokyo fashion?
The future was once said to be so bright that people had to wear shades, but now it’s presumably just fashion rather than any particular feeling.
Coin locker kimono
A traditional kimono. Modern coin lockers. And a brief moment of calm amidst the confusion of Shinjuku Station.
An air-conditioned jacket actually being worn in the wild
With power saving once again a priority, and electricity bills about to rise, it’s going to be another hot and very unpleasant summer in Tokyo. Fortunately, the Cool Biz campaign means that many people won’t have to suffer in a suit, but the ultimate in cool clothing — in a purely functional rather than fashion sense — has to be this air-conditioned jacket.
A garment I’d previously only seen on the internet, but unlike attractive young ladies gagging for middle-aged men, or improbably generous Nigerians, it’s actually genuine.
A bearded and mercifully modest Japanese transvestite
One of the great joys of living in Tokyo is that despite all the regulation, it is also incredibly random, meaning it’s impossible to predict what’s round the next corner. And it’s even better when any unexpected sightings have the common courtesy to cover any further surprises.
