Maybe, just maybe, this old lady knows something that many of us sadly don’t.
Photography
A fallen, modern-day Tokyo samurai?
A modern-day hero, felled on the 24-hour battlefield that is Shinjuku’s myriad of little bars.
A Tokyo mask to match the autumn sky
For some of us, simply trying to match the colours of our own clothes is a daily challenge, but for this fella, colour and design co-ordination even incorporates autumn cloud formations.
Looking out at a completely changed Tokyo
Tokyo seems to be constantly changing, but the transformation this old lady must have seen is almost unimaginable.
Tokyo east meets western
A crumbling and crooked old Tokyo restaurant
Crooked and crumbling old shops and restaurants are thankfully not a rarity in Tokyo, but as wonderfully ramshackle as some of them are, the one below definitely takes some beating.
In business for 60 years or so, it’s clearly comfortable in its discolourations and the almost comedic toll those decades have taken. The mesmerising combination of which made sitting down for a leisurely lunch all the more memorable.
Of course how much longer it will last is hard to say, but for now at least it’s still there. There to marvel at of course, but more than anything, there to just simply enjoy.
