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Freelance photographer and photowalk guide in Tokyo. Portfolio, book, prints and photowalk info here:

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Lee Chapman

2 years

With Japan now open to foreign tourists again, I’m happy to also fully reopen my Tokyo photowalk tours. Bespoke outings focused on the older, decidedly less well known parts of the city. Should this be of interest, more info and testimonials are here:

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1 year

Beautifully overgrown Tokyo businesses. Full set of 12 photos here:

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4 years

A slowly decaying Shinto shrine and its truly incredible torii:

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3 years

The fog:

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3 years

Sights and sounds from Japan’s most dystopian train station. More photos, full write-up and audio here:

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2 years

A photo series from an old, dilapidated and totally unique part of Tokyo’s subway system. Full set of 11 images here:

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8 months

The sad disappearance of a beautiful, almost half-century old yakitori shop. Write-up and bigger photographs here:

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4 years

A smoky Tokyo bar with a lamp like no other photographed at the end of 2017:

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4 years

A photo I’ve always been very happy with. An old man in an old Tokyo bar shot back in early 2017:

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8 months

An old and perfectly imperfect part of Tokyo’s subway system. Write-up and full set of 14 photographs here:

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1 year

A second series of before and after photos from lives lived and lost in forever changing Tokyo. Write-up and full set of 18 photographs here:

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2 years

The wonderfully vivid urban colours of an old and traditional Tokyo neighbourhood in the rain. Full set of 7 photos here:

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4 years

A large retro robot in a small Tokyo park:

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5 months

A series of broken and long-unused Japanese vending machines. Full set of 13 photographs here:

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6 months

Japan nobody. A photo series documenting the decline and decay due to the country’s shrinking population. Write-up and full set of 17 images here:

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1 year

Tokyo’s wonderfully faded old Coca-Cola signboards. Full set of 6 photos here:

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1 year

Tokyo tobacconists old and new. Full set of 11 photos here:

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9 months

A truly beautiful old Tokyo fruit and vegetable shop over time. Write-up here:

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10 months

Old and dated Japanese shops of the past still surviving in the present. Full set of 11 photographs here:

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11 months

The warm refuge of a half-century old Japanese coffee shop run by its elderly owner. Backstory and full set of 6 photos here:

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8 months

The end of a traditional, half-century old Tokyo sweet shop. Write-up and full set of 12 photographs here:

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6 months

Dated Japanese shops both open and otherwise. Write-up and full set of 11 photographs here:

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3 years

The life cycle of an old Tokyo house and its elderly owner. Full write-up here:

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1 year

A series of before and after photographs from lives lived and lost in Tokyo. Write-up and full set of 20 photographs here:

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1 year

The ordinary charm of old Japanese shops at night. Full set of 10 photos here:

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5 months

Tokyo life and death. Portraits from the Japanese capital of residents sadly no longer with us. Write-up and full set of 10 photograph here:

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10 months

The overgrown beauty of a dilapidated and long abandoned Japanese shopping arcade. Write-up and full set of 15 photographs here:

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3 years

After 64 years in business, this wonderful little Akihabara shop closed on December 20th. The fella who runs the place opposite said that the pandemic had been a factor, but at 93-years-old, the owner had simply decided it was time to retire and spend some time with her family.

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1 year

The fantastically old and dated hotels of a few faded Japanese coastal towns. Write-up and full set of 11 photographs here:

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10 months

A selection of my favourite Japan photographs from 2023. Write-up and full set of 31 Images here:

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1 year

Tokyo human, and non-human interaction. Full set of 12 photos here:

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8 months

The end of a truly unique and incredibly dated old Japanese coffee shop. Write-up and full set of 8 photographs here:

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7 months

A meander in the rain just south of Tokyo. Full set of 11 photographs here:

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9 months

The dated colours and wonderfully worn decor of an old Tokyo coffee shop. Write-up and full set of 7 photographs here:

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1 year

An old and incredibly dated Japanese coffee shop that is truly like no other. Write-up and full set of 7 photos here:

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4 years

Photos from 2017 of what must surely be Japan’s most dystopian waiting room. It’s 40 metres below the surface with no lifts or escalators — just 290 steps. A trek made by 25 or so daily passengers. The metal doors are due to the hurricane-like winds created by passing trains.

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2 years

A rare and suitably retro Japanese toast vending machine. Full write-up here:

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2 years

A new page on my portfolio site. The Old Shops:

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1 year

The fun and laughter of two 93-year-old Tokyo friends. Write-up and full set of 9 photos here:

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11 months

A huge and unique old Japanese government housing complex. Write-up with historical context and full set of 15 photographs here:

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7 years

Tsutsuishi: Japan’s most dystopian train station?

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10 months

An old and grubby little Tokyo bar that is truly like no other. Write-up and full set of 7 photos here:

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2 years

A 94-year-old and his little Tokyo sweet shop. Write-up and full set of 6 photos here:

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3 years

Tokyo Skytree surrounded by rainy season clouds:

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3 years

With the temperature heating up in Tokyo, is it time once again to boldly hit the city in the shortest of short shorts?

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1 year

Old school and iconic Japanese taxi colours matching their surroundings:

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2 years

Details of a horrible legal battle. Full write-up of a Japanese inheritance case and the prejudice of both individuals and the system itself:

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8 months

A wonderfully old and dated Tokyo restaurant. Write-up here:

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11 months

Quiet evening scenes in eastern Tokyo. Full set of 8 photographs here:

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1 year

The last remnants of an old Tokyo shopping street over the years. Write-up and full set of 8 photographs here:

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1 year

Photographs from a quiet and faded Japanese fishing town. Write-up and full set of 13 images here:

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2 years

Scenes from a faded Japanese hot spring resort. Write-up and full set of 19 photographs here:

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2 years

The tiny, shed-like Tokyo structure that has been one man’s home for 75 years. Write-up and full set of 12 photos here:

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2 years

The sad demise of a unique and wonderfully grimy little Tokyo bar. Write-up and full set of photos here:

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1 year

New photo series: Beautifully overgrown Tokyo businesses

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10 months

The beautiful details and broken beer vending machine of an old Japanese liquor store. Full set of 6 photographs here:

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2 years

Shinjuku scenes from the 21st century. Write-up and full set of 22 Photographs here:

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3 years

The distinct personalities of old and disused Japanese vending machines. Full series of 12 photos here:

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1 year

A photo series depicting a truly unique and dilapidated old Japanese shopping street. Full set of 10 photos here:

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2 years

The misty mountains and abandoned homes of Tokyo’s far west. Write-up and full set of 19 photos here:

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4 months

Scenes from the old Japanese resort town of Atami. Write-up and full set of 12 photographs here:

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9 months

The simple, decidedly ordinary appeal of suburban Tokyo. Write-up and full set of 12 photos here:

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3 months

A faded old Japanese Kodak shop and its owner. Write-up and bigger photographs here:

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2 years

The sad end of a unique Japanese bar down a dingy old tunnel. Background story and full set of 9 photographs here:

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1 year

The untold stories of packed Tokyo post boxes. Write-up and full set of 14 photos here:

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2 years

Colours, drinks and corrugated steel:

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1 year

An old and incredibly dilapidated little Tokyo drinking alleyway. Write-up and larger photos here:

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4 years

Before and after photos of an urban Tokyo garden and its elderly gardeners. Full write-up here:

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5 months

The bold and appealing colours of old Tokyo in the rain. Write-up and full set of 7 Photographs here:

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5 months

Scenes of old Tokyo and its elderly residents. Write-up and full set of 8 photographs here:

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1 year

A truly incredible collection of fully functioning retro Japanese vending machines. Full set of 14 photographs here:

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2 years

Beautifully faded:

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3 years

New photo series: The simple joy of very simply grilled Japanese food

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7 months

Photographs from Tokyo’s Ueno district at night. Full set of images here:

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11 months

Scenes from an evening walk in Tokyo’s western suburbs. Full set of 9 photographs here:

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8 months

The quiet simplicity of an old and dated Tokyo ramen restaurant. Write-up and full set of 5 photographs here:

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1 year

The sad demolition of two iconic Tokyo drinking alleyways and their environs. Write-up and full set of 24 photographs here:

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6 months

Older, lesser seen sides of Tokyo in the rain. Full set of 12 photographs here:

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4 months

Photographs from a long-abandoned Japanese village in the mountains. Write-up and full set of 16 images here:

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1 year

New photo series: Unique and abandoned cabins in the Japanese countryside

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3 years

Music:

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1 year

Hugs and stories on a photogenic little Tokyo drinking street. Write-up here:

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7 months

The disappearance of a wonderfully dilapidated old Tokyo tobacconist. Backstory and bigger photos here:

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7 months

A series of old school Tokyo barber shops. Full set of 11 photographs here:

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3 months

Old school Japanese taxi colours and coordination. Full set of 5 photographs here:

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11 months

Photographs documenting the end and celebrating the life of a fabulously rickety old Tokyo restaurant. Write-up and full set of 9 images here:

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4 years

Long-forgotten Tokyo bicycles. Full set of 10 photos here:

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1 year

An old Tokyo bar on borrowed time, over time. Full backstory here:

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3 years

Hall.

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9 months

Ueno colours and old school looks. Full set of 10 photographs here:

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1 year

The colours and dated details of a long untouched old Japanese hotel room. Full set of 5 photo here:

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1 year

Old and traditional Kyoto in the rain. Full set of 5 photos from Japan’s former capital here:

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11 months

Some of the faces and urban scenery of lesser-known Osaka. Full set of 9 photographs here:

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2 years

A long-established Tokyo barber shop in need of a long-overdue trim:

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5 months

A lovely old ramen restaurant and its octogenarian owner. Write-up and bigger photographs here:

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1 year

An old and almost completely overgrown Tokyo hotel photographed over the years. Write-up and full set of 10 photos here:

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3 years

Bar:

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1 year

Photographs of one set of Tokyo payphones and some of their users over the years. Write-up and full set of six photos here:

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1 year

Quiet and solitary scenes amidst the crowds and chaos of Shinjuku’s nightlife. Full set of 10 photos here:

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7 months

The clutter and grime of a tiny, half-century old Tokyo tonkatsu restaurant. Write-up and full set of 5 photographs here:

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