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Nov 08 2013 6 Comments

The ordinary oddness of Tokyo

Just like everywhere else in the world, day-to-day life in Tokyo can be very mundane. There’s the regular commutes. The utter tedium of shopping. Not to mention the countless hours spent earning enough money to go shopping in the first place. But at the same time, Tokyo also has a wonderful ability to break away from the normal or expected, regularly conjuring up the slightly odd amongst the very ordinary.

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Categorized: Photography

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  1. Martin says

    11/8/2013 at 9:36 am

    You really captured an interesting group. I wonder if there is a theater on the other side of that door.

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    • Lee says

      11/8/2013 at 10:44 am

      They were. Not at all what I was expecting.

      Nah, it’s a bar. A small one at that. So not sure what was going on.

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  2. Catherine says

    11/8/2013 at 10:27 am

    so mess, I wonder how can live there

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    • Lee says

      11/8/2013 at 5:25 pm

      They aren’t homes, they are all bars. Not that many residential areas are any less messy…

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  3. Jay says

    11/10/2013 at 6:25 am

    So, did you walk on by like nothing happened or turn back, smiling, knowing you had the shot? ;p

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    • Lee says

      11/10/2013 at 10:54 am

      We actually shared smiles and a few words of greeting after I took the shot. Nice friendly people.

      But yeah, I did smile to myself after, realising I’d got something interesting!

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