Farhiz:
Tokyo. Itadakimasu, giving thanks for the food we receive, the Japanese way.
Farhiz:
Tokyo. Good sound. Good food. Cold beer (and a Hotdog).
Farhiz:
Tokyo. Chefs, sous chefs and cooks.
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Shinjuku, Tokyo. This is not the Hinano we know.
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Shinjuku, Tokyo. At some point I thought of getting a haircut.
Farhiz:
Tokyo. After my iPhone had a sudden panic attack and needed to be calmed at the Apple Store in Omotesando it was my turn for a much needed cup of coffee.
Farhiz:
Tokyo. Chefs, sous chefs and cooks.
Farhiz:
Tokyo. Chefs, sous chefs and cooks.
Farhiz:
Shinjuku, Tokyo. The lanes of Kabukicho are lined with izakayas and cafés.
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Shinjuku, Tokyo. We hung about on the divider for a few traffic lights trying our luck panning a car or a cab. Mostly without success.
Farhiz:
Tokyo.
Farhiz:
Tokyo.
Farhiz:
Tokyo. A muscle car on Tokyo streets.
Farhiz:
Tokyo. Neon.
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Tokyo. Diners.
Farhiz:
Tokyo. Diners.
Farhiz:
Shinjuku, Tokyo.
Farhiz:
Shinjuku. It’s a sin not to take a few shots of the reflections on Tokyo taxis.
Farhiz:
Idesu ka. Shinjuku, Tokyo.
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Tokyo.
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Shinjuku, Tokyo. We waited to take the next train to Shibuya.
Farhiz:
Tokyo. Diners.
Farhiz:
Tokyo. Chefs, sous chefs and cooks.
Farhiz:
Shibuya, Tokyo. You're welcome and your peace of mind is guaranteed.
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Shibuya, Tokyo. C a crazy reflection and then it’s just a matter of time before something or someone walks into the frame.
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Shibuya. Closing shop, taking down the noren curtain.
Farhiz:
Tokiwaso Manga Museum. The communal kitchen where Hiroo Terada made stir-fried cabbage for the other manga artists. The sink doubled as a laundry for washing clothes since Tokiwaso didn't have a bathroom.
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Tokiwaso Manga Museum. A bowl of Matsuba ramen noodles and rice reproduced as it would have been in the 1950s and 60s.
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Tokiwaso Manga Museum. The communal kitchen walls have been artificially aged to reproduce the atmosphere of the period in the 1950s and 60s when the artists lived here.
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Tokiwaso Manga Museum. This is Yokota Tokuo's room where TV commercials and news clips from the period in the 1950s and 60s play on the television. Outside the window is a painting reproduction of the view then.
