The title tells you everything, but the photograph itself explains nothing.
A nurse with a fish on a Fender strap
Photography
The unmistakable misery of shopping?
Whether it’s stocking up for Christmas/New Year, or snagging a bargain afterwards, there’s one thing that truly unites the world over winter, and that’s shopping. But for a good number of those involved, there’s one thing they really don’t want to be doing on a day off, and that’s also shopping.
Shinjuku top hat, sharp looks
A Tokyo bike with a ludicrous amount of lights
Cyclists in Tokyo can be an absolute menace; both to themselves and other people. Two of the main offences being riding on the wrong side of the road, and recklessly not bothering with lights — sometimes even at the same time.
This fella, however, may well be guilty of the former, but he definitely can’t be accused of the latter.
The odd loneliness of a quiet Tokyo train
Tokyo’s trains are well known for their cramped conditions, with rush hours covering most of the morning and the best part of the evening. But now and again they are quiet. Particularly around the end of the year. And when they are — perhaps because we are so used to seeing them full — they are strangely sterile, almost lonely looking spaces.
