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Tomorrow (May 22), the tallest tower in the world, Tokyo Sky Tree, will finally open to the public. Built primarily to relay television and radio broadcasts, it stands at a very impressive 634 metres, and understandably dominates the east Tokyo skyline.

With the inclusion of a retail complex, restaurants and all manner of entertainment options, officials hope the tower will help rejuvenate the (relatively) poor part of the city it’s located in. And there’s certainly no denying the incredible interest it has generated, suggesting that the minute it opens, people will stop merely pointing at it, and instead make their way there en masse. But whether they hang around or simply retrace their steps, remains to be seen.

A little girl, ever so briefly lost in the lovely colours of spring.

An unusually quiet scene that yet somehow. In some ways. Sums up Tokyo.

At the weekend in particular, Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park offers the visitor such a vast array of sights and sounds that it’s hard to be genuinely surprised by anything anymore. An attribute that means musicians, cosplayers and entertainers of all descriptions are not only commonplace, but what one comes to expect. And yet despite this, zombies, on a Saturday afternoon, did raise the odd eyebrow or two.

A small band of marauding living dead who, despite the rather antisocial behaviour of begging for brains, did still have the decency to be impeccably dressed.