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So that’s the whole lot of photos I took on this trip to Tokyo. Honestly, I wasn’t pleased with how half of them turned out; given the sights I saw this time, I should’ve brought a better camera. I’d be bringing a Sony NEX-5 or similar the next time, which—if everything goes well—should be in February, and hopefully partly for work, too.

As a sign-off to this series about Tokyo, here’s a photo of the loot won from a UFO catcher in just one hour… with a little help from a friendly store attendant, of course.

やった!!!

This should give you an idea how big the big one really is.

7:17pm, Marugo Tonkatsu (とんかつ丸五), Akihabara (秋葉原).

6:20pm. Yours truly trying to decide what to have. One of the rare times you’ll see me in a suit.

12:37pm, arriving in Harajuku (原宿).

2:04pm, Omotesandō (表参道). The architecture of this building, Bulgari Café Omotesandō, continues to fascinate me.

2:22pm. Technically a flawed shot, but I like the visual cacophony of the various elements in the shot: the reflection of the street, depicting the narrowness of the typical side alley, bleeding into the basement restaurant; the ubiquitous presence of motifs and icons; the politeness in the gesture of the woman; the hashi in the lower right corner of the photo; the two foreigners; the sushi chef. Tokyo in a nutshell.


2:24pm. A papier-mâché E.T. employed as a—what else?—mascot for La Fée Délice, a café along a side street off Omotesandō.

3:43pm. The KDDI Designing Studio (KDDIデザイニングスタジオ) building features a ramp that spirals from the ground floor to the fifth floor.

4:13pm, WIRED 360º, KDDI Designing Studio.

4:34pm. WIRED CAFE is one of the rare establishments that offer truly free Wi-Fi, which is harder to find than you think. Odd, considering how Tokyo is about as tech-y as a city can get.

12:56pm, The Tintin Shop Tokyo (タンタンショップ東京店), Omotesandō Dori (表参道口), Harajuku (原宿).

10:22am, the Tokyo Metro Line 4 Marunouchi Line (東京地下鉄丸ノ4号線丸ノ内線), the lifeline for this trip, connecting Shinjuku-gyoemmae Station (新宿御苑前駅) to everywhere else. Last year, it was the JR East Yamanote Line (JR東日本山手線).

12:16pm, Fukutoshin Line. Modernity meets tradition.

2:48pm, Ueno Station (上野駅).

3:26pm, clouds straight out of the opening credits of The Simpsons.

4:06pm, Ameyoko (アメ横).

The Ameyoko mascot. Told you they had a mascot for everything

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