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Apr 30 2014 19 Comments

Pole dancers, robots and illuminated tanks

The Robot Restaurant in Shinjuku’s Kabukicho red light district is an experience like no other. An audio and visual extravaganza so mindbogglingly bonkers it’s almost impossible to describe. As such, images, and even video, don’t really do the experience justice.

So sadly these photographs only offer a mere hint of what the performance entails. And, like the title suggests, there are pole dancers.

Tokyo robot restaurant pole dancer

Tokyo robot restaurant pole dancer

Illuminated tanks.

Tokyo robot restaurant

An equally luminous aeroplane.

Tokyo robot restaurant

The odd form of rather tamer transportation.

Tokyo robot restaurant

And oh yeah, the occasional robot.

Tokyo robot restaurant

Categorized: Photography

Apr 28 2014 7 Comments

Tokyo standing bar beers

Japanese standing bars like the one below tend to differ from their far more common, chair-based cousins, in that they force complete strangers to drink together.

But just like weddings, work parties and other formal affairs, the conversations still don’t really flow until the booze does.

Tokyo standing bar

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

Apr 25 2014 29 Comments

Massive anime head madness

A quick search suggests that this particular style is called Animegao. And those who indulge in it are apparently dollers. But regardless of how correct that may or may not be, what is for definite is that it makes for a wonderfully odd sight.

Japanese anime head cosplay animegao

Categorized: Photography

Apr 23 2014 5 Comments

Dodging the shadows

Dodging the shadows — for now…

dodging the shadows

Categorized: Photography

Apr 22 2014 10 Comments

The true horror of mannequin head scarecrows

Their weatherbeaten faces and staring eyes always make these mannequin scarecrows unsettling, but the rather startling addition of a severed head really sets this one apart.

very scary Japanese mannequin head scarecrow

Categorized: Photography

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