Series: Japan Trip 2025
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Urban Abstracts
Before the blog moves on from Tokyo, I wanted to share some images that are a of a more abstract flavor. It’s fun to exploit buildings with lots of glass, like in the image above, where the left half of the image is filled with reflections of the right half. At this point, four months
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Checkered
Taito City, Tokyo, Japan. October 2025.
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Pattern of Abuse
Sumida, Tokyo, Japan. October 2025.
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Dilapidation, Tokyo-Style
Tokyo is truly massive. It would take ten more visits and some real dedication before I became at all suspicious of having walked 0.01% of its streets, so there is nothing definitive or comprehensive about any impressions of the city I might have. That disclaimer aside, like any city there are nice areas and not-so-nice
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Among the Skyscrapers
Lots of my friends have never been to Tokyo, so naturally they ask me what I thought. A week in Tokyo hardly makes me an expert, but is long enough to have formed some lasting impressions. One general comment is that Tokyo is not a tall city. Tokyo feels more like a five- or six-story
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End of the Road
Shinjuku City, Tokyo, Japan. October 2025.
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Rainfall after Nightfall
Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan. October 2025.
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Golden Turd
It didn’t take long for my daughter and I to notice the weird giant yellow thing across the river near our hotel in Asakusa. “What is that?” I asked. She looked on her phone for a minute and then laughed. “Oh,” she said, “it’s the ‘Asahi Flame’, but the locals call it ‘The Golden Turd’”.
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Sumida Reflections
Back in Tokyo after spending the day down in Kamakura (discussed in this post) I had nothing on my agenda for the evening, so I went for a walk along the Sumida River. I mostly used my fast 85mm, in part because it had a deep lens hood and it was raining. Besides that handy
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Scarlet Trusswork
Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan. October 2025.