Hans Ter Horst says 10/2/2014 at 2:53 pm Looks like Ueno to me, love that area around the JR station, I always wonder how those tiny shops make their money. Great story-telling photography! Reply
Lee says 10/2/2014 at 7:20 pm Cheers! Yes, Ueno it is. Me too. A regular haunt of mine. On a sunny day, til about 12:30-1-ish, the walk from Okachimachi Station up Ameyokocho is wonderful. Busy, chock full of characters, and everyone lit up beautifully. Just wonderful! Reply
Tyler says 10/3/2014 at 3:23 am Reminds me a bit of under the rail tracks in Sanomiya/Kobe. Tons of little shops, still got an awesome bag and coat from them, 7 years going Reply
Lee says 10/3/2014 at 7:56 am For me there’s something about such areas I really like. They always seem to have a certain grittiness and a connection to the past. Not sure you’d have quite the same luck in Ueno. I could be wrong, but I’m not entirely convinced that most of the stuff on sale is the real deal… Reply
Once An Expat says 10/4/2014 at 9:34 pm Personally, she has the look of a predator on the prowl…. for a bag or something… Reply
Lee says 10/5/2014 at 10:30 am A woman on a mission. And whatever that mission was, she’ll have no doubt had success in Ueno. Not many things that aren’t sold there. Reply
Hans Ter Horst says
Looks like Ueno to me, love that area around the JR station, I always wonder how those tiny shops make their money. Great story-telling photography!
Lee says
Cheers!
Yes, Ueno it is. Me too. A regular haunt of mine. On a sunny day, til about 12:30-1-ish, the walk from Okachimachi Station up Ameyokocho is wonderful. Busy, chock full of characters, and everyone lit up beautifully. Just wonderful!
Tyler says
Reminds me a bit of under the rail tracks in Sanomiya/Kobe. Tons of little shops, still got an awesome bag and coat from them, 7 years going
Lee says
For me there’s something about such areas I really like. They always seem to have a certain grittiness and a connection to the past.
Not sure you’d have quite the same luck in Ueno. I could be wrong, but I’m not entirely convinced that most of the stuff on sale is the real deal…
F.Y. says
Epic Cheek Bones
Lee says
Yes, quite a striking looking woman.
Once An Expat says
Personally, she has the look of a predator on the prowl…. for a bag or something…
Lee says
A woman on a mission. And whatever that mission was, she’ll have no doubt had success in Ueno. Not many things that aren’t sold there.