Photos of IN THE CITY (17/72)

It Is Still Not Clear Whether Place Names With ‘町' In Tokyo Are Read As 'machi' Or 'chou'

Foreign Tourists Queued Up To Cross The Bridge Over The Pond In Kiyosumi Garden

Suddenly A Stroller Emerges From An Apparel Store

I Can't Help But Feel That All Cities Look Alike When They Are Redeveloped

Books Were Piled On The Back Of A Bicycle Parked In Front Of A Bookstore

The Sun Shone Through The Trees And The Sake Barrels Seemed To Come Alive In The Sunlight

Alleys Run Stealthily Between The Buildings Lining Ginza To Keep Out Of Sight

People Walking In A Hurry, Blurred In The Frame

There Are No Vestiges Of The Former Foreign Settlement In Akashicho

The Blue Sky Overhead Gave Us A Clear View Of The Kachidokibashi Bridge, Which Spans The Lower Reaches Of The Tsukuda Bridge

The Gate Of The Daitokuin Mausoleum, Which Was The Mausoleum Of The Second Shogun Tokugawa Hidetada, Now Serves As The Entrance To The Prince Park Tower Tokyo

The High Walls, Bright Red And Without A Single Window, Are An Eye-catching Feature In The Cityscape

The Traffic Light On The Main Street Did Not Change To Green, And The Three Women Watched The Traffic Go By In A Lethargic Manner

Ueno Park Is Home To A Number Of Art Galleries And Museums, But The Purpose Of Most People Visiting Here Today Was Not Art Appreciation

Under The Semi-circular JR Guard Is Dimly Lit Even In The Daytime Because There Are No Electric Lights Installed Under It

The Yellow Sign Was Posted That Read NO MUSIC, NO LIFE

I Don't Know If He Was About To Go On A Trip Or Had Just Returned From One, But He Looked Happy

Japan's First Subway, The Ginza Line, Has Many Old, Narrow Stations

The Etiquette Of Dismounting And Dismounting Has Been Around For A Surprisingly Long Time, And It Is Said That Those Who Broke It Were Punished With A Caning

The Stairway To Success At Atago Shrine Is Famous For Its Steepness, But The Stairway At Ichigaya Kamegaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine Is No Less Steep

National Foundation Day Commemorates The Day Emperor Jinmu, Considered The First Emperor, Is Said To Have Ascended To The Throne In 660 B.C.

Yanagibashi Bridge Is A Small, Inconspicuous Bridge, But It Is A Sturdy Steel-frame Bridge Built As Part Of The Reconstruction Project After The Great Kanto Earthquake

Personally, I Like This Kind Of Retro Architecture, But It Is Becoming Less And Less Common As Time Goes By

Watching The Cooks Working In The Kitchen Was Like Watching A Scene From A Movie Through A Screen

The Efforts Of The Sign, Which Was Shining Brightly In The Dark Road And Appealing To The Presence As Much As Possible, Were Meaningless To The Woman Who Passed Below It

Oazo Is An Esperanto Word Meaning 'oasis' Or 'place Of Rest'

It Takes A Bit Of Courage To Step Into A Bar For The First Time Because You Can't Tell What's Inside Just From The Sign

Watching The Escalator Moving Quietly With No One Speaking, I Felt Like I Was Watching A Silent Movie

Her Upper Body Was Quite Forward, But Her Vital Legs Were Lagging Behind Her Upper Body

Some Were Silhouetted In A Speckle Of Sun And Shade, Others Shone Like Spotlights

The Bright Sun Shining Down On The Drinking District Seemed Somehow Out Of Place

The Sight Of New Stores Springing Up And Old Ones Disappearing Is A Reminder Of The Impermanence Of All Things

The View From The Observation Deck Of The Bunkyo Civic Center Gives You A Sense Of The Outstanding Height Of The Skytree

Because He Remained Anonymous, It Was Not Known That The Yasuda Auditorium Was Donated By Zenjiro Yasuda Before His Death

The Sheer Number Of Arches Indicates That The Designer Of The Hongo Campus Must Have Had An Extraordinary Attachment To The Shape Of The Arch

Fujimi-Zaka Slope

Figures On Approach Way

The Plaque On The Furo-mon Was Made By The Tokugawa Iesato, Who Would Have Been The 16th Shogun Had It Not Been For The Meiji Restoration

Businessman And Yamanote Line

Windows Of Bar