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Oct 31 2023 10 Comments

Late summer days in Shinjuku

Last week I posted some recent, late summer night scenes shot in and around Shinjuku’s Kabukicho red light district, so as a companion series of sorts, here is a set of daytime photos from the same area and time period. Moments that just like those previous pictures, are quiet interludes amidst the crowds and general hullabaloo of the area. With their variety, colours and contrasts, they are also suitably reflective of this consistently fascinating part of the city, along with a couple of frames that offer more than just a hint of its famous, round the clock hedonism.

Late summer days in Shinjuku

Late summer days in Shinjuku

Late summer days in Shinjuku

Late summer days in Shinjuku

Late summer days in Shinjuku

Late summer days in Shinjuku

Late summer days in Shinjuku

Late summer days in Shinjuku

Late summer days in Shinjuku

Late summer days in Shinjuku

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. Sean says

    10/31/2023 at 8:57 am

    This is such a gritty set. I love it! 🙂

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    • Lee says

      10/31/2023 at 9:02 pm

      Cheers. Thankfully Shinjuku still retains a fait bit of that.

      Reply
  2. Richard says

    10/31/2023 at 8:23 pm

    Great companion shots to the nighttime ones, thanks!

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    • Lee says

      10/31/2023 at 9:04 pm

      You are welcome, and thanks a lot. Nice to add these ones.

      Reply
  3. Paul says

    10/31/2023 at 10:38 pm

    I’d like people to be able to get drunk and sleep in the streets of my country (France) without being robbed or assaulted in my country.
    Nice shots, thank you very much.

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    • Lee says

      11/1/2023 at 8:17 am

      Thanks a lot. Japan certainly has its problems, but thankfully personal safety is rarely one of them. And like you said, that’s sadly not the case in many countries…

      Reply
  4. john says

    11/1/2023 at 8:36 am

    An interesting variety of poses, postures and outfits, and at least one very cool looking cat.

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    • Lee says

      11/1/2023 at 9:05 pm

      Yeah, almost always something and/or somebody of interest on a walk round Shinjuku. Definitely a place I never tire of.

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  5. cdilla says

    11/1/2023 at 4:18 pm

    It’s a different world when the veil of night and neao has been drawn back. A bit like an off season seaside town.
    I like tha lady with her shopping on her back. A mama-san restocking her bar perhaps. And my “cool cat” vote goes to the guy on the Yamaha, though the one between the flowers and the rainbow is charming.

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    • Lee says

      11/1/2023 at 9:10 pm

      That’s a very good description of it. The night time colours are nice and all that, but I much prefer it in the far less forgiving light of day.

      Good call on the lady. I hadn’t thought of that, but definitely makes sense. And the rainbow man was suitably cool when he spotted me. A brief, dismissive look and he was straight back into his phone call.

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