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Oct 13 2011 2 Comments

The face of Tokyo’s grittier east side?

In lots of ways Tokyo is more than just a collection of bureaucratically bordered cities, and is instead a group of really quite different areas all melded into one; an amalgam of various districts that have very diverse characters, and so attract equally distinct crowds.

Yet despite covering a large and varied chunk of the metropolis, east Tokyo arguably has an overriding and very perceptible feel all of its own. A grittier, sometimes grimmer vibe, that in many ways makes it feel — for want of a better description — more real. And this man’s face, for me at least, is the embodiment of it.

Tokyo east side man

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  1. April says

    10/13/2011 at 9:36 pm

    This guy looks like someone I’d see on Canal Street in downtown New Orleans. Boy does his face tell a story.

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    • Lee says

      10/13/2011 at 10:28 pm

      It does. A face full of stories.

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