Lots of Tokyo’s older homes and businesses may well be disappearing, but thankfully many still remain, and for as long as they do, they’ll continue to provide fabulously contrasting scenes such as this one.
Looking for lost Japan?
Little Tokyo bar books and a bare belly
Before beers were served and meat grilled, the late afternoon light allowed just enough time for a book and a baring of the midriff.
Tokyo train station reflections
Target practice?
A crumbling Tokyo alleyway from a different time
Preparations for the Olympics that weren’t put Tokyo’s construction industry into overdrive, but even in normal years, the city is in a constant state of flux — its need to modernise seemingly insatiable. Yet due to the capital’s size, and its wonderfully sprawling nature, there are still little enclaves that are forever stuck in what feels like a completely different time.
