Snapshot: Is the road cone too big or is the car too small?


Everything in Japan is small but some road cones are gigantic.
A parking lot somewhere in Kawagoe, Japan.

Snapshot: How to show off your earthquake-proof antenna tower


Saitama City, Saitama, Japan.

Snapshot: Modern sculpture or UFO?


Neither! This is a koban (police box) in Ueno Park, Tokyo. Koban is a term for small Japanese neighborhood police stations where officers can keep watch, respond to emergencies and give people directions or other information.

Snapshot: Every day, every hour, every minute, thousands of people


The Yamanote Line stops at stations in Tokyo every 2 to 3 minutes. Photo snapped on the Yamanote train platform at Shibuya station, Tokyo.

Snapshot: Shinjuku at night


A caleidoscope of neon lights somewhere in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

 
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