Locations: Tokyo
Miyagi : Tokyo : Osaka : Hiroshima
Our city, Tokyo, is a mosaic of people and places. Shinjuku is flooded with white-collar office workers on weekdays, but on weekends and holidays it is bursting with shoppers at its department stores and shopping complexes. Parts of the area blocked off from traffic are filled with families on shopping trips and street performers gathering crowds. At Tsukiji is a mammoth wholesale fish market. From very early in the morning, it is throbbing with the sounds of fresh tuna being auctioned and fishmongers hawking every imaginable variety of seafood. Shimokitazawa is a place where we go after school or on holidays for fun. It’s full of young people and rich-looking persons. It’s a warren of narrow cluttered streets where you can find interesting fashions and a certain feeling of calm. A complex of urban centers, each with a different character, Tokyo is a city of many faces. We look forward to photographing this city with you, high school students from quite a different city, as we enjoy getting to know one another.
top: Wako High School Photography Club
bottom left: Club activities (1) - Taking photographs
bottom right: Club activities (2) - Discussing about the Focus on Japan project
| The skyline looking at Shinjuku from Shinjuku Gyoen park | Shinjuku: The JR Station South Exit Intersection | Shinjuku: Bus stop | Young people at Yoyogi Koen park | |||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The Kaminari Gate of Sensoji Temple at Asakusa | Tsukiji: The tuna up for auction | An elderly woman in Shibuya | The “scramble” intersection at Shibuya | |||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Young people on motorbikes in the under-the-tracks area of Shibuya. | Subway mall at Omotesando | Tree-lined avenue at Omotesando | Taking a break in Omotesando | |||||
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Eye-catching signs at Shimokitazawa | Secondhand clothes shop in Shimokitazawa | Street musician performing in Shimokitazawa | ||||||
 |
 |
 |