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Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

For something slightly different, this is a collection of photos taken at Japanese train and subway stations. Images that date from just last week to over a decade ago. Also, most are from Tokyo, but a few were taken outside the capital.

That said, regardless of where they were shot, train travel is an integral part of life in Japan — especially city life. The busy and invariably stressful commute in particular an often unavoidable necessity. These, however, show a slightly different side of the public transport experience. Quieter, as well as less generic moments captured before, after and between journeys.

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

Scenes from Japanese train and subway stations

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  2. Some wonderful photographs to see again. The rock (which to myself is called Dwayne :-)), the now lost Shinjuku one, the deep underground brown seats, the cheeky one of course. But that first one is new (to me at least) and one of your best. Do you think the priest chose the carriage number because of it’s meaning?

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    • Thanks a lot. Some old faves of mine here. Always nice to show them again. And cheers. That first one was taken very recently. The result of a last minute decision to make a detour which made it all the better.

      Had to look up the significance of the number. A very interesting possibility. Let’s presume he did eh?

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  4. I recall enjoying some of these before. The ones with the bare concrete walls could have been taken in the 1950’s, especially if they were BW.

    Thanks for a different perspective on trains in Tokyo!

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    • Thanks a lot, and you are very welcome. It was good to put them all together. And yeah, those bare walls were quite something. A real rarity.

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  5. I always enjoy your work, but this could be my favorite yet. Captures so well the multifaceted faces of Japan, including that incongruous cheeky shot.

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    • Thank you very much. That’s really good to hear. It was good to put them all together to show a more varied view. And yes, a bit of cheekiness added in too!

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