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.
Retro Tokyo fashion?
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Awkward and odd Tokyo conversations
Tokyo perpetually throws up contrasts, including equally contrasting people. What is unusual, however, are said people openly conversing on the street. A situation so clearly awkward that it becomes immediately obvious why it isn’t more common.
Coin locker kimono
A traditional kimono. Modern coin lockers. And a brief moment of calm amidst the confusion of Shinjuku Station.
Wide-eyed cats in a Tokyo window
“Chibi-chan, quick quick, a foreigner!â€
“A what? A foreigner? Let me see. Where? Where?â€
“Hurry up. There he is. Down there. Look at him.â€
“Oh yeah. Don’t see many of them round here. Isn’t he strange looking? What’s he doing?â€
“No idea. But up to no good I reckon. Keep your eyes on him.â€
“I will, I will.â€
The Japanese male and female divide?
In many ways things have changed, but for older generations of Japanese, the lives of men and women are/were very different — both in regards roles and responsibilities. A gap that sometimes isn’t all that obvious, but then at other times seems like an almost insurmountable gulf.
