Tokyo people
By Laura Lulli
7 September 2008
It may look stereotypical... but then again, what do you expect from a gaijin?
This collection of captures pretty much tells the story of how I perceived Tokyo people during my trip there.
Striving to distinguish themselves from the mass, like the cosplay zoku (whom either pose for the tourists, or cover their face to avoid being photographed).
Living their life in a perfect (or so it seems) balance between modernity and tradition, like the business men praying for a good business deal in a shinto temple, or the girl in a kimono posing for her boyfriend so graciously that she could have been in a ukyo-e.
Or just living, full stop, in Tokyo like everywhere else, going to work or eating something in the street, or doing whatever they like best.
Sayonara Tokyo! I hope I'll be there again soon.
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