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Mar 22 2022 16 Comments

Tokyo kimono, decay and corrugated metal

Tokyo is a city of contrasts, which this scene amply demonstrates, and yet despite the obvious differences, there also turned out to be some nice visual coincidences to connect them.

Tokyo kimono and corrugated metal

Categorized: Culture, Photography

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  1. ellen says

    3/22/2022 at 10:20 am

    Oh there is so much for me to enjoy with this one! 🙂

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    • Lee says

      3/22/2022 at 8:08 pm

      Thank you. Was definitely nice to turn the corner and see them heading in our direction.

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  2. Denise says

    3/22/2022 at 3:35 pm

    Thank you for sharing this. Their matching kimono are beautiful.

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    • Lee says

      3/22/2022 at 8:10 pm

      You are very welcome, and yeah, seeing someone in a kimono is always a treat no matter how many times you’ve seen one (or two).

      Reply
  3. Giovanni Piliarvu says

    3/22/2022 at 4:44 pm

    ohhhh…. I wish I were there to take this one! WAIT!! I was! (^ ^)

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    • Lee says

      3/22/2022 at 8:11 pm

      Haha, we timed that very nicely eh?

      Reply
  4. john says

    3/23/2022 at 11:39 am

    Through no fault of their designing
    instep along the windings
    of these metalled ways.

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    • Lee says

      3/23/2022 at 10:03 pm

      Very nicely done. Cheers. A lovely accompaniment to the photo.

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      • john says

        3/24/2022 at 11:16 am

        If your lens had stopped at the third cone on the right, I would have only had the echoes of the ‘old school Tokyo record shop’ from your last post, and “We are the Group F-1”.

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        • Lee says

          3/24/2022 at 6:54 pm

          The unexpected merits of a little bit of extra metal.

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  5. cdilla says

    3/24/2022 at 3:18 am

    I love their cheerful demeanour, visible even through their masks.
    I also enjoy the trails trying to track down your locations lead me along.
    Today I came across the wonderfully named Pony Cleaning establishment.
    And the even better review of it “The tie was lost normally. It is dangerous.”
    Which led me to the revelation it wasn’t a sento for diminutive equines at all. Oh well.

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    • Lee says

      3/24/2022 at 9:18 am

      Yeah, they were very clearly having a lovely day out.

      Ah, some of the more interesting business names are best left uninvestigated. A long line of ponies waiting patiently for their daily bath really would be something.

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      • john says

        3/24/2022 at 11:33 am

        or even a guy on a Honda cub/bicycle laden with pony preening paraphernalia.

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        • Lee says

          3/24/2022 at 6:55 pm

          That’s the kind of moment dreams are made of.

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  6. Scruffy says

    4/10/2022 at 10:03 am

    Do kimono clad gals always gad about in twos? These 2 remind me of another kimono ladies photo of yours from a few months back. They weren’t wearing masks that day.

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    • Lee says

      4/10/2022 at 10:25 pm

      It does seem to be a thing of late. A fun day out I guess, getting dressed up and all that. Masks are very much still the norm though. Likely going to be that way for a long time as well…

      Reply

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