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Aug 02 2012 18 Comments

Tokyo cigarettes and alcohol

Tokyo isn’t all about fashion and putting on appearances — sometimes it’s simply just a case of some booze and getting by.

Tokyo street drinker

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. Martin says

    8/2/2012 at 9:46 am

    Life’s basic essentials.

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    • Lee says

      8/7/2012 at 1:20 am

      They certainly both sustained me for a while, although I ditched the former a good few years ago.

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  2. Hans ter Horst says

    8/2/2012 at 3:22 pm

    Japan cracking down so hard on drugs while the Japanese government has the monopoly on tobacco and pushing nicotine addictions always makes me smile.Still, I would buy the beer so I cannot say anything. 🙂

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    • Lee says

      8/7/2012 at 1:22 am

      Yeah, the hypocrisy is staggering. It really is no wonder that smoking is far more accepted in Japan.

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  3. winnie says

    8/2/2012 at 9:29 pm

    Most of Japanese love beer and cigarettes! They always smoke and drink their beer before having their meal and after meal.
    Standing between the Poster/message and the Cigarettes vending machine, the man really chose a nice place to drink his beer. 🙂 Interesting !!

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    • Lee says

      8/7/2012 at 1:23 am

      They do, although the person in the photo is a woman!

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      • winnie says

        8/9/2012 at 11:17 am

        Sorry, I had mistaken.

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        • Lee says

          8/9/2012 at 5:39 pm

          That’s ok. A very easy mistake to make.

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  4. Jeffrey says

    8/3/2012 at 12:43 am

    Post-Modern Marlboro Man?

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    • Lee says

      8/7/2012 at 1:28 am

      Haha! That would be something. A bold new move for tough times.

      Reply
  5. BertoGarcia (@bermaxo) says

    8/3/2012 at 3:31 pm

    Por aqui las medidas contra el tabaco estan siendo asumimas muy bien
    ya no se permite fumar en los lugares publicos interiores,me gusta el Blog
    y las fotografias Saludos desde Canarias

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  6. Linette says

    8/4/2012 at 1:49 pm

    Wow. You nailed that one. Great shot.

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    • Lee says

      8/7/2012 at 1:29 am

      Cheers, she was a very interesting subject.

      Reply
  7. genkichannz says

    8/4/2012 at 4:18 pm

    Obaasan deshoo?

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    • Lee says

      8/7/2012 at 1:30 am

      Yes.

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  8. Dan Ryan says

    8/10/2012 at 1:22 pm

    I know her.

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  9. Dan Ryan says

    8/10/2012 at 1:24 pm

    A couple more shots of our lovely lady. Not as good as Lee’s, though.

    http://brisbanegraphicartsmuseum.com/smallstories/?p=1765

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  10. AffandiLee says

    8/28/2012 at 6:57 pm

    well, you can find cigarettes vending machine like almost everywhere. i still remember clearly that in some alley in Osaka, there are 2 drink vending machines, and 2 cigarettes vending machines.

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