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Harajuku
Over one million people pass through the Harajuku train station (faux Tudor building, lower left) over New Year's on their way to the Meiji Shrine in Yoyogi Park. -
Harajuku
Four dwarves spotted getting down on a ledge beneath a "hair & make" salon. -
Harajuku
Kermit and friend rocking the house beside the dwarves. -
Harajuku
There's no shortage of cool stickers plastered throughout the Tokyo metropolis (35+ million people and counting). -
Ikebukuro
Waiting for the 15:35 Seibu-Shinjuku Express at Ikebukuro train station on a Saturday afternoon. -
Takadanobaba
A sweet sticker in a sweet neighborhood. Home to a few universities, good cafes, rep cinemas, and good Korean restaurants. -
Takadanobabe
Oh, Canada. -
Takadanobaba
A pocket of calm in the middle of it all. -
Takadanobaba
Heed the elephant. -
Takadanobaba
Loads of different train lines cut througth Tokyo at every possible level and angle. -
Takadanobaba
A side street in the machi. Almost every city or town in Japan has a machi or "old town" that survived the post-WWII building boom, which gave rise to the countless drab function-over-form buildings in the country. -
Takadanobaba
Pigeons circling the BIGBOX (aptly named) department store outside the Takadanobaba train station.