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The Surreal And Beautiful Photography Of Tokyo’s Levitating Girl

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Natsumi Hayashi is a Japanese artist known for her fixation with levitating. Two years, ago, the photographer began posting portraits online of herself floating in mid-air. The magical project – titled “Today’s Levitation” – is the subject of a playful survey of her year-long obsession with flying. Continue reading »

Thoughtful Design Of 30 Square Meter Apartment In Tokyo

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That isn’t easy to live in a 30 square meter apartment. Although Akis has managed to design her apartment in Tokyo so thoughtful that there is everything that she needs. Continue reading »

You Can Sleep Behind A Wall Of Books In This Hostel In Tokyo

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Photography by Kastuhiro AOKI ©R-STORE 2015

The Book and Bed Hostel in Tokyo is scheduled to open on November 5th, 2015, and is sure to be a hit with the book lovers of the world.
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Tokyo’s Giant Cat Billboard Is Big Enough To Pet

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A new billboard went up in Tokyo’s Shibuya Station. It’s of a giant black cat. It seems you can pet the giant cat. That, or stick your fingers in its nose. All your fingers. Continue reading »

Guy Walks His Pet Tortoise Around The Streets Of Tokyo

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Photograph by @secorisou

19 years ago, 62-year-old Mitani Hisao walked into a Tokyo pet shop and purchased a five-centimetre baby tortoise. Hisao calls him Bon-chan and the African spurred tortoise now weighs 70 kg (154 lbs) and has a shell that measures 75 cm (2 ft 5 in) in diameter.
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Silent Hill Promotional Event In Tokyo

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Junko Kimura/Getty Images

Models dressed as bandaged nurses take part in a promotional event for the film “Silent Hill” on June 22, 2006 in Tokyo, Japan. Continue reading »

Annual Cold-Endurance Festival in Tokyo

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A half-naked shrine parishioner using a wooden tub pours cold water onto himself during an annual cold-endurance festival at the Kanda Myojin Shinto shrine in Tokyo, Saturday, January 10, 2015. Pouring cold water on their bodies is believed to purify their souls. (Photo by Eugene Hoshiko/AP Photo)
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Dog Shopkeeper from Musashi-Koganei,Tokyo

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A friendly Shiba Inu in Musashi-Koganei, Tokyo greets customers at the Shimada Cigarette Shop, and he is becoming somewhat of a local celebrity. Continue reading »

Godzilla Invades Tokyo: Midtown Meets Godzilla

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Crewmember Tetsuo Hayashi airbrushes the final touches to a 6.6 meter replica of the famous Godzilla at Tokyo Midtown on July 15, 2014 in Tokyo, Japan. The “MIDTOWN Meets GODZILLA” project is in collaboration with the Japan release of the Hollywood film version of “Godzilla”. The Godzilla built on the lawns of Tokyo Midtown will host a light show everynight complete with mist, audio and fire rays. (Photo by Chris McGrath/Getty Images) Continue reading »

This Tokyo Illustrator Is a Wizard at Speed Sketches


These doodles of everyday situations are works by Hama-House and although simple, are actually pretty skilled too. Continue reading »

Tokyo Game Show 2012 Girls

The Tokyo Game Show kicked off at Makuhari Messe in Chiba on September 20, 2012 with 209 companies from all over the world exhibiting more than 1,000 games and devices. Organizers said social networking games are in the spotlight this year due to the popularity of smartphones and tablets. As always, the booth babes attracted a lot of media interest. Continue reading »

Tokyo Street Fashion

In Tokyo, there are so many different fashion styles, cultures, and subcultures that it’s hard for even the most devoted fashion freak to keep up. Fashion photos from the streets of Tokyo. Continue reading »

Tokyo Bloggers Gallery


Adrian Storey/Uchujin: “The city that invented the term ‘karoshi’ (death from over work) and a culture of alcohol abuse takes it’s toll on another salaryman” Continue reading »

Exhibition in Tokyo Turns Aquarium into Works of Art

A woman takes pictures of goldfish as she visits the ‘Art Aquarium’ exhibition at Nihonbashi Mitsui Hall in Tokyo on Tuesday, September 6. More than 1,000 goldfish are on display at the exhibition running until September 12, 2011. (Franck Robichon / EPA) Continue reading »

Absolute Tokyo




In photographs of Thomas Birke.

Tokyo Unlimited


Mark Hodges, photographer and blogger. Live and work in Tokyo. Continue reading »