Ichikawa Otsune and Sawaya Juri as Donna Elvira and Donna Anna during the dress rehearsal for Don Giovanni.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
A Shinkansen "Bullet" superexpress train heads off to Osaka from Shinegawa Station.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Florence Garel and Ania Safonova during Don Giovanni sound check in Osaka.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Shop assistant in one of the millions of shops below Osaka Station.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Cheerful girls tackling gigantic bowls of noodle soup. Osaka Railway Station.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Some of these people are probably trombonists.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
A night view from halfway up the Tokyo Tower, looking southwards. Windows a bit smeary...
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Old man on the Yamanote Line.
Old man on the Yamanote Line.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Highly staged pedestrian dances. Shibuya.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Tony Pappano practising on the stage at NHK
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Ginger alley cat with air-conditioning unit.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Magician with glass ball and a sceptical audience. Ueno Park.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Masked woman on a Yamanote Line train.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Indian Restaurant at lunchtime - Shinegawa Station.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Konstantin Boyarsky and Andrew Stowell backstage at at NHK Theatre, Tokyo.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Illuminated umbrellas
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From Impressions of Tokyo
On-the-fly baptism during supper by the evangelical preacher, Martin Field, of the Unitarian Church of Our Lady of Tourette.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Outside Shinegawa Station at dusk.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
I've absolutely no idea why this lady with the sore leg was performing Raqs sharqi there in the car park.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Swept through Shinegawa Station by the throng of commuters, I turn, raise my arm as high as I can reach, try to hold my little camera steady while walking backwards and ...click.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
The Haneda Airport link monorail train.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Fantastic monorail train snaking through a residential area high above a canal and footpath.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Martin Field of the Royal Opera House orchestra dances down a Shibuya sidewalk after playing Don Giovanni at NHK.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Unicyclist and Bicyclist caught in the headlights.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Nightime view of the Rainbow Bridge and the big roundabout at its western end.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
The Haneda ariport shuttle monorail hurtles along above roads, parks and shops and past thousands of bedroom windows.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
A taxi garage underneath one of Tokyo's millions of raised roadways.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Belting rain, brollies and pink wellies - at Shibuya.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
Heavy rain at dusk next to Ueno Station.
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From Impressions of Tokyo
A delicately hand-tinted photograph with pale blue highlights and sepia shadows.
sepia with blue highlights
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From Mike Kidd portraits