Tokyo, Japan

The Groping Epidemic

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan
Tuesday, January 15th, 2008

Zojoji Temple

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan
Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Tabemasu / Nomimasu

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan
Sunday, December 9th, 2007

Ginza

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan
Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Harajuku

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan
Monday, November 5th, 2007

Ameya Yokocho

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan
Saturday, September 29th, 2007

Akihabara Electric Town

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan
Sunday, September 9th, 2007

Shinjuku

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan
Thursday, August 30th, 2007

A Stabbing in Akasaka

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan
Friday, August 10th, 2007

Kabukicho

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan
Friday, May 18th, 2007

Shimokitazawa

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan
Friday, April 27th, 2007

Shibuya

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Overpass, Underrated

author: Chris Jongkind : Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, August 9th, 2006

Tokyo Rail

author: Chris Jongkind : Tokyo, Japan
Sunday, June 4th, 2006

Plastic Eggs

author: jeeff : Tokyo, Japan
Friday, March 31st, 2006

J Vehicles

author: jeeff : Tokyo, Japan
Monday, March 27th, 2006

Practical Japanese

author: Chris Jongkind : Tokyo, Japan
Sunday, February 12th, 2006

Tokyo Architecture

author: Chris Jongkind : Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, January 11th, 2006

Tokyo Neon

author: Chris Jongkind : Tokyo, Japan
Thursday, January 5th, 2006

Poo on Art

author: Selig : Tokyo, Japan
Friday, December 23rd, 2005

City and Country

author: ian : Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, December 14th, 2005

Neck Face in Shibuya Tokyo

author: Sarah Clement : Tokyo, Japan
Monday, November 14th, 2005

Tokyo, 1978

author: ian : Tokyo, Japan
Sunday, November 6th, 2005

Tokyo After Twelve

author: Selig : Tokyo, Japan
Wednesday, September 7th, 2005

The Last Train out of Town

author: jeeff : Tokyo, Japan
Tuesday, August 9th, 2005

Tokyo Trains

author: jeeff : Tokyo, Japan
Friday, July 15th, 2005

Crow Vs. Goose

author: jeeff : Tokyo, Japan
Thursday, June 9th, 2005

Big Architecture

author: jeeff : Tokyo, Japan
Sunday, June 5th, 2005

Tokyo Tower

author: jeeff : Tokyo, Japan
Friday, June 3rd, 2005

Tokyo Skyline

author: jeeff : Tokyo, Japan
Sunday, May 29th, 2005

The Groping Epidemic

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan

Because of the high density of people who occupy Tokyo Metro trains during rush hour, there had been a staggering amount of sexual harrassment cases reported to the police in recent years. One of the Metro's responses to this growing groping epidemic this was to create "Women Only" cars on some of the city's more heavily travelled lines during peak hours.

Zojoji Temple

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan

Zojoji Temple is a Buddhist temple in Minato-ku ward, right in the heart of Tokyo. It served as the Buddhist temple of the Tokugawa family during the Edo period (Tokugawa Ieyasu was the first shogun, or general, of the Tokugawa shogunate, or dictatorship, which ruled Edo before it became Tokyo after the Meiji Restoration of 1868, when insular Japan opened up to the Western world). The cute little statues are known as Jizo statues, each representing a miscarried or aborted children. Young couples come and may homage to the mizuko (soul) of their unborn children.

Tabemasu / Nomimasu

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan

To eat and to drink, Tokyo-style.

Ginza

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan

Harajuku

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan

Ameya Yokocho

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan

Translated as "Candy Store Alley", Ameyayokocko used to be the spot for black market goods during WWII. Now the market, located across from Ueno Station, has over 500 vendors selling everything from fish to Iranian calling cards.

Akihabara Electric Town

author: serlingrod : Tokyo, Japan

Akihabara is known internationally as one of the largest shopping areas on Earth for electronics, namely computers and other high-tech gadgets. The shopping district is so large that much of the fringe is actually part of the neighboring region of Soto-Kanda. I'm not much of a techie and I'm somewhat old-school, so my favorite spot was Super Potato, a store specializing in 8-bit Nintendo.