This is what most people don’t know about Japan. Homelessness was largely unknown in Japan until the economic bubble burst in the early 1990s and unemployment began to rise. – BBC
Tagged: Feature, homeless, Japan, photojournalism, social problem, tokyo
This is the second part of the Midnight Shooting: Roppongi to Shibuya blog entry. We started our walk around 1:00AM from Roppongi, and reached Shibuya at nearly 3:00AM. Below are images that you will likely be seeing in an early Saturday morning in Shibuya. This guy welcome us right at the foot of the pedestrian [...]
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Summer in Japan always starts with rainy days. Because it is also the season when the Japanese apricot (ume) ripens, the Japanese call it “tsuyu” (or “baiyu”) which literally means “plum rain”. The rainy season usually begins in early June and ends in mid July.
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