Photographs from a small group of islands
When it comes to presents, a spectacularly unsuitable sweater or some sadly predictable socks may well be far from perfect, but it’s the thought, by all accounts, that counts.
Christmas decorations on the other hand, especially those that aren’t done very well or are downright depressing, could well be deemed as very different.
There are various kinds of dolls in Japan, from the decidedly dodgy, to the much more decorative, and now it seems there are also the disturbing.
Or, at the very least, effigies that are strangely,
and, it has to be said,
somewhat sinisterly,
unsettling.
There’s arguably nothing quite like the simple pleasure of taking pictures of other people taking pictures of other people.
With his red-rimmed eyes and off-colour complexion, this slightly sinister Santa looks like he’d have little kids perched on his lumpy lap and peppered with inappropriate pats before they could even holler out a hesitant hello.
With its glut of glitz and glamour, Ginza is effectively, but not quite exclusively, the playground of the well-dressed and well-off.
