IN THE CITY (14/71) - Photo with Essay

MAAch Ecute Manseibashi Is Located On The Site Of The Former Manseibashi Station

The Entrance Hall Of The Tokyo Building, Which Is Usually Crowded With Many People, Was Deserted

Otemachi, Like Marunouchi And Hibiya, Used To Be An Inlet Until The Edo Shogunate Was Established And The Reclamation Of Edo Bay Began

The Woman In The Sign Held Her Index Finger To Her Mouth, As If To Tell Visitors To Appreciate It Quietly

When I Hear The Word Gyoen, I Think Of Shinjuku Gyoen, But Meiji Jingu Gyoen Is A Different Garden

Masujiro Omura Could Never Have Imagined That His Visit To Yasukuni Shrine Would Become An International Issue

What Used To Be One Of The Largest Bookstores In Japan Has Somehow Turned Into A Store Specializing In Western Books

Most People May Not Pay Attention To The Fact That Street Performers Have Disappeared From Shinjuku Street

The Bridge That Gave The Area Its Name, Kyobashi, As Well As The River Over Which It Was Built, Are Now Gone

The Approach To Akasaka Hikawa Jinja Shrine Was So Serene That It Was Hard To Believe It Was In Akasaka

Khao San Road, Lined With Open-air Cafes And Restaurants, Was The Best Cheap Lodging District In Southeast Asia, Let Alone Thailand

The Area Inside The Fort Seems To Be An Old Town, With No Grid Of Streets, And It Is Not Clear Where The Streets Lead To

According To 2016 World Health Organization Statistics, The Male Smoking Rate In Thailand Is 41.4% And The Female Smoking Rate Is 2.3

Next To A Little Canal That I Don't Even Know The Name Of, A Man Was Sleeping Soundly

Artworks Placed All Over Central World Are Not Very Thai

A Strange Creature With Big Eyes Was Painted On The Roof Of The Pedestrian Bridge, And The Portrait Of The King Was Displayed At The End Of It

Looking Into One Place Where The Tin Panel Had Been Peeled Off, I Found A Plastic Basin And A Basket On The Floor With A Baby Playing With It

The Sight Of Tuk-tuks Driving Around On Crowded Streets, Outnumbering Regular Cars, Is One Of Bangkok's Most Famous Sights

Mahachai Station Is The Terminal Station, Where The Railroad Line Starts And Extends All The Way To Bangkok

I Wonder What The Operating Coefficient Is For The Mae Klong Line, Which Is Not A Dollar-box Line By Any Stretch Of The Imagination

Inside The Dimly Lit Mae Klong Train Station, There Was The Food Stall Serving Noodles

As Soon As The Train Drove Away, The People Who Had Been Sitting Still And Letting The Train Pass By Began To Move, And The Tracks Became A Market Again

In The Middle Of The Mae Klong Railway Market, There Is A Working Railway Track That Is Still In Use

There's Another Market Right Next To The Railway Market, Which Has Become A Tourist Attraction

The Railroad Tracks Near Mae Klong Station Are Still Used By Trains As I Recall, And Also Serve As A Market Where Fresh Food And Other Items Are Sold

The Tracks Are Covered, And Without Ballast Underfoot, It's No Different Than A Regular Market

There Is Also A Boat Landing On The Grounds Of Wat Arun, From Where You Can Take A Ferry To The Royal Palace In A Matter Of Minutes

The Stall With The Smoke Billowing Out Of It Reminded Me Of A Baked Potato Stall

Even Standing On The Bridge Over The Canal, The Only Boats That Pass By Every Once In A While Are The Ones Carrying Tourists

All The Bridges Over The Canal In The Village Were Too Narrow For Cars To Cross

The Small Village Of Bang Luang Was A Tourist Attraction That Sold A Retro Atmosphere

The Man In A Straw Hat Was Shopping In An Alley With Wires Coming And Going

It Was King Rama I Who Erected The Golden Pillar Called Lak Mueang, Dedicated To The Town's Patron Goddess

The Baskets Placed In The Middle Of The Aisles In The Khlong Toei Market Are Used By The Couriers Who Work In The Market To Carry Their Loads

The People Wearing Hats And Conspicuous Orange Vests Are Not Trash Cleaners, They Are Couriers

The Table Was Filled With Fresh Meat That Had Just Been Processed, But There Weren't Many Flies

In An Alley Where It Seemed As If Time Had Stopped, The Only Thing Moving Was The Hand Of A Woman Writing At A Table

The Cans, Which Were Confusingly Colored With Campbell's Soup Cans, Were Canned Milk From A Company Called Carnation

There Was A Popular Eatery At The End Of An Alley In Pom Prap Sattru Phai District, Which Is Not A Tourist Attraction.

Laundry Fluttered From A House That Stood Along The Saen Saep Canal, Hanging Out To Dry