Category Archives: 东京

Demento

Posted on May 1, 2015 by d4vid

Saw this and instantly started singing the song.  

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Tsujiki

Posted on May 1, 2015 by d4vid

Lunch at the famed Tsujiki fish market.  Freshest. sushi. EVER.

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Talisker

Posted on May 1, 2015 by d4vid

William Gibson always said that the Japanese always excelled at lovingly replicating artifacts from the West — down to all the flawed, wabi-sabi details — but improving everything just a little. This dim, basement whiskey bar was perfectly Gibsonian.  

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Miniatures

Posted on May 1, 2015 by d4vid

First impressions of Tokyo were that everything looked like a miniature set.  Like the Tokyo establishing shot from Kill Bill Part I.  Or a tilt-shifted photograph. Only after several hours did I realize that it was an effect of the … Continue reading →

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