Impressions of Tokyo
Party time with Florence Garel and most of the orchestra at Andy's Fish restaurant, Shin Hinomoto.
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Party time for the orchestra at Andy's Fish restaurant, Shin Hinomoto.
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Fantastic monorail train snaking through a residential area high above a canal and footpath.
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Restaurants under a railway line at Shin Hinomoto.
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Outside Shinegawa Station at dusk.
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Tony Pappano practising his Mozart on the stage at NHK
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A sellection of highly creative sandwiches at Shinegawa Station.
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Evangelising Christian Fundamentalist in a nice outfit.
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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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Lunchbox cou nter in a foodshop within Shinegawa Station.
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Jehova's Witnesses have a great sense of humour.
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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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The morning commute at Shinegawa Station
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Nightime view of the Rainbow Bridge and the big roundabout at its western end.
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I like to shoot passers-by in the street. This was near Shibuya.
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The very inviting Barbie shop at Harajuku.
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Jehova's Witness at with a winning smile and nice shiny shoes. Near Shinegawa Station.
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Curious mushroom-like person in torrential rain at Shibuya.
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I was out for a run and dropped into this shop to buy a bottle of water. Do these guys think they are on a train? They seem to be reading picture-story books.
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The Haneda Airport link monorail train.
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Tokyo is a fantastic array of bridges of various kinds.
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Food in Japan is amazing. Here's a particularly lovely sashimi dish.
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Skating couple without skates. Shibuya.
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Martin Field of the Royal Opera House orchestra dances down a Shibuya sidewalk after playing Don Giovanni at NHK.
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Travellers enjoying the verdantly tropical delights of Sunny Court within Shinegawa Station.
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My delightful friend and colleague, the excellent hornplayer Mike Kidd.
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A fantastic little diner near Shinegawa Station speacialising in noodles and tempura.
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Roger Harvey and Brendan Thomas at Andy's Fish in Tokyo.
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A wonderful Japanese Hotel Breakfast.
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Unicyclist and Bicyclist caught in the headlights.
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Sunset with the Handeda Airport express monorail train.
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The Haneda ariport shuttle monorail hurtles along above roads, parks and shops and past thousands of bedroom windows.
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This is some crazy Pachinko palace - with the constant, frenzied, mindless jiggling of a doorgirl. The doorway seems to attract smokers - some of whom have nothing better to do than spatter themselves with paint and look vaguely intimidating.
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Footbridge. Note the strange electric monocycle underneath...
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A lovely "denchari". Superb urban transport in the form of a three-seater electric bicycle.
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Heavy rain at dusk next to Ueno Station.
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Railway crossing the Meguro River.
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Very small man drinks a half pint of questionable Guinness.
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The most specatular wild caterpillar I've ever seen. I think the small end is the front ...it was galloping towards me.
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A taxi garage underneath one of Tokyo's millions of raised roadways.
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