In lots of ways Tokyo is more than just a collection of bureaucratically bordered cities, and is instead a group of really quite different areas all melded into one; an amalgam of various districts that have very diverse characters, and so attract equally distinct crowds.
Yet despite covering a large and varied chunk of the metropolis, east Tokyo arguably has an overriding and very perceptible feel all of its own. A grittier, sometimes grimmer vibe, that in many ways makes it feel — for want of a better description — more real. And this man’s face, for me at least, is the embodiment of it.
April says
This guy looks like someone I’d see on Canal Street in downtown New Orleans. Boy does his face tell a story.
Lee says
It does. A face full of stories.