Photographs from a small group of islands
After a month or so of minimal site activity while I was in the motherland, I am now in Japan again, meaning Tokyo Times will return to its regular routine. So it’s back to walking all those labyrinth-like streets. Back to almost always carrying a camera. And back to photographing the city’s much-touted fashionable shops and frenetic pace of life.
Tokyo is often commended for its cleanliness; a compliment that on the whole is very much warranted. But, perhaps inevitably, certain spots are as grubby and thoroughly unwelcoming as those found in most of the world’s big cities.
Tokyo’s past, present and future all in one photo?
Tokyo’s hot and humid summer creates a myriad of natural colours. The grass is super green, and flowers brighten the parks and riverbanks. Yet as wonderfully vivid as they are, arguably none of them can hold a torch to the patterns of a traditional yukata.
Tokyo offers so many surprises that it’s sometimes tough to be taken aback. But, a salesman, sporting a horse’s head, plainly shocks some people.
