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Category: Tokyo life

September 30, 2018September 30, 2018 Clark Parker

Shinjuku Koban (Police Box) 四谷警察署 追分交番

April 22, 2016September 29, 2018 Clark Parker

Things random, Vol. 1 ランダムに選択すること Vol.1

April 9, 2016May 11, 2017 Clark Parker

Nikko is Nippon 日本の光。日光。

March 4, 2016May 22, 2019 Clark Parker

Tokyo salarymen (and women) in the rain (Hibiya)

February 19, 2016June 4, 2019 Clark Parker

I love Yanaka 谷中好きです！

January 30, 2016December 20, 2017 Clark Parker

Rainy day in April: Uguisudani

October 4, 2015December 7, 2018 Clark Parker

Mt. Fuji, the neon pachinko experience パチンコふじ

July 12, 2015October 9, 2015 Clark Parker

White tent

February 14, 2015May 12, 2019 Clark Parker

Japan in sun and darkness

January 25, 2015May 12, 2019 Clark Parker

A room with a view: Tokyo Tower

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Earthquake intensity scale (earthquakes in Japan)
Hypnotized by Pythagora's switch
Scenes from: An Autumn Afternoon (1962) 秋刀魚の味
Thus Another Day in 1959 Tokyo
Putting the wheels on my first errand: はじめてのおつかい Hajimete no otsukai

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