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Jun 17 2019 9 Comments

Timeless Tokyo drinks and expressions

The interiors of more than a few Tokyo bars are truly timeless, and in this particular case, the blurring of the decades was nicely aided by some wonderfully old school headwear.

Timeless Tokyo drinks and expressions

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. Harry says

    6/17/2019 at 12:11 pm

    I recognize this bar! Great atmosphere and hat! 🙂

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    • Lee says

      6/17/2019 at 7:11 pm

      Haha, I do enjoy photographing it, and perhaps more importantly, the people who drink there.

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  2. Ken C says

    6/18/2019 at 9:09 pm

    Congratulations on getting into the Grauniad (only Brits will know what I mean). I’m in Tokyo tonight, having been up in Joban yesterday.

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    • Lee says

      6/19/2019 at 8:54 am

      Thank you! Excellent. Hope you had a good night here. Nice and dry for you too.

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  3. john says

    6/18/2019 at 9:40 pm

    Nothing special, and then the similar expressions and the folded arms and the dark blacks and
    Tiishatsu, taoru, eakontorooru, booshi booshi booshi!
    Maybe too much TSMMR.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeWJjvDXd08
    If you are in the middle it looks like you are in for a long night; or several polite requests to your drinking neighbours. Maybe the hat gives a certain ‘gravitas’.
    Too late for the Grauniad Joban week.

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    • Lee says

      6/19/2019 at 8:56 am

      Blimey, that was a morning blast of colour and noise I wasn’t quite ready for. Definitely woke me up!

      Yeah, all very awkward, especially so if you are in possession of a weak bladder…

      It is, alas. Maybe next week!

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      • john says

        6/20/2019 at 7:26 am

        and likes a few drinks too!
        My eyes were following the whites to the hat and I got waylaid by ‘aircontrollo’ – it doesn’t happen often.
        I’ll bear in mind your early morning ‘update time’ in future ;o)

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        • Lee says

          6/20/2019 at 9:28 am

          Haha, thanks!

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  4. Linus says

    6/27/2019 at 7:25 pm

    Great picture. I took a picture of the exact same bar on my last trip to Tokyo in april, and it turned out to be the favorite picture of the trip.

    Seems like a very popular place too. Went there two times but it was full both times.

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