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.
Food and Drink
Traditional little Tokyo bar looks
With Tokyo hosting the Olympics next summer, the city’s rapid pace of change seems to be even more pronounced, and yet for all its transformations, some things, somehow, remain more or less the same.
An old bar, on a hot day, before opening time
A moment of calm, as well as a chance to cool down, before the cooking and general conviviality commences.
A young Japanese woman passed out drunk on the street
It may well be September, but summer in Tokyo shows no sign of letting up, with temperatures still getting above 35 degrees. Heat that, when combined with the similarly unrelenting humidity, is a hard climate to contend with at the best of times. Then on top of that, throw in a long night fuelled by a gargantuan amount of booze, and even the simple pretence of managing is clearly surpassed by the far more pressing desire to simply pass out.
An old Japanese entertainment district before opening time
A traditional little drinking alleyway where the simple passage of time has taken its toll — both on the location, and the people who spend their lives there.
