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Oct 05 2018 14 Comments

Tokyo colours, crowds and the comatose

tokyo colours, crowds and the comatose

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. john says

    10/5/2018 at 9:59 am

    The phone? Mid conversation or awaiting a wake up alarm ?

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    • Lee says

      10/5/2018 at 7:51 pm

      If it was for a wake up alarm, I suspect he slept through it!

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  2. DavidT says

    10/5/2018 at 10:10 am

    Isolate the guy and he could be at home. Lying down comfortable. Fast asleep. Phone by his side. But…….

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    • Lee says

      10/5/2018 at 7:52 pm

      Yeah, despite the people, noise and the cold hard surface, he really does look at home, doesn’t he?

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  3. cdilla says

    10/5/2018 at 3:53 pm

    Another fine multi-layered slice of Tokyo life you have captured here in your photograph. Even a fairly rare reflective selfie πŸ™‚
    It’s the guys head I’m worried about, looks so exposed. His phone not so much. Partly because it’s Japan, and partly because Betty Boop is keeping a keen eye on it πŸ™‚

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    • Lee says

      10/5/2018 at 7:54 pm

      Thanks. Yes, couldn’t avoid that one. Probably about as near to a selfie as I want to get!

      It doesn’t look the safest place to sleep, does it? But with Betty Boop on hand, he seemed to be doing ok. Amazing how everyone just completely ignored him. When I stopped to take the photo, however, people sadly didn’t ignore me…

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      • john says

        10/5/2018 at 8:12 pm

        It must be the shoes!

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        • Lee says

          10/5/2018 at 8:59 pm

          Haha, quite possibly. My favourite footwear!

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  4. john says

    10/5/2018 at 7:43 pm

    He’s all like a misplaced train commuter. ‘Limited Express (has gone?)’ for a wake up call?
    Betty Boop security – awesome!

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    • Lee says

      10/5/2018 at 7:57 pm

      I suspect his missed train was the previous night’s last one, and then before the first ones started again, he was out cold — quite literally.

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  5. Ex-expat says

    10/6/2018 at 4:16 am

    Were he here, he’d soon be minus his cellphone, and perhaps some disturbed person would try to roll him off the platform and into an oncoming train.

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    • Lee says

      10/6/2018 at 10:16 am

      Yeah, of course people regularly ending up like this isn’t exactly a positive side of Japanese society, but at the same time, the fact that they can do so safely, most definitely is a positive. A huge one.

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  6. GenjiG says

    10/8/2018 at 3:12 pm

    At least, this being Japan, his phone won’t be stolen πŸ™‚

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    • Lee says

      10/8/2018 at 8:57 pm

      That’s so very true. Simply left in peace to sleep his evening off.

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