Hokkaido, Japan’s largest and northernmost prefecture, is well known for its beautiful scenery. But the island also has a fair amount of heavy industry, which unsurprisingly isn’t quite as easy on the eyes.
Quizzical Tokyo looks
What?
Tokyo: The wait
A Tokyo pensioner’s daily struggle
Food and daily necessities need to be bought, plus bills and the like still have to be paid, so the stroller assisted struggle goes on.
Gritty, grimy Tokyo
With its neon and numerous big screens, Tokyo isn’t exactly lacking in colour. Not by any stretch of the imagination. But head down the city’s side streets, and those hues often have a very different feel; from the gritty spray of cans, to the grime of far less identifiable substances.
A Japanese crow, in flight
On a sombre anniversary in Japan, this photo, somehow, seemed fitting.