Photography

These are the people and places encountered on an afternoon stroll round the north side of Tokyo last week. Scenes that in many ways worked out like a sort of unplanned amalgamation of my recent posts and outings.

On a different note, my photography work is currently making two posts a week difficult to manage, so for the time being I’ll reduce my updates to every Tuesday. A change that’ll help me balance my freelance commitments and also keep those weekly posts at the level I would like them to be.

There are numerous overgrown structures and objects on these pages, but this scene is truly something special.

The regular posting of faded structures on these pages goes some way in showing how much of Japan is a far cry from the futuristic archipelago it’s often presented as. Dated sights that aren’t uncommon in Tokyo, but head away from the capital, along with the country’s other major hubs, and such scenery is much more the norm than any kind of exception. Areas that were once busy and prosperous, but are now quiet and merely passed by rather than purposely visited. These then are the exteriors, along with a couple of abandoned interiors, of one such area in southern Japan.

Some photographs don’t really work as parts of sets or stories, so this is a collection of varied scenes and interactions from several recent wanders. Images that while unconnected, hopefully still provide an interesting look at daily life in some of Tokyo’s quiet and peaceful suburbs.