Hello Tokyo!

A Sunday morning walk around the Nihonbashi district in search of coffee

My friend Lucy Lumen asked me what the highlight of my Japan trip was for an upcoming edition of her Substack. What can I say? I’m a man of simple pleasures. Walking around the streets of Japan’s towns and cities taking photos was my favourite thing for sure. In this post I’m sharing a few photos from a Sunday morning walk around the Nihonbashi district of Tokyo.

We stayed near TCAT - Tokyo City Air Terminal. It’s an old bus station that’s seen better days, but it had a retro charm to it. I love these Toyota Crown taxis, I wonder if there will be any left in 10 years?

Walking around the city, I was truck by how many bridges there are in Tokyo. I really love this photo, I only realised that I forgot to put this in my latest video when putting together this post.

I’m pretty sure this means keep out! It was a cool Spring morning but it was lovely walking around in the sunshine.

I loved walking over the bridges but the traffic noise was pretty loud. I took a few photos on this bridge.

We missed most of the cherry blossoms in Tokyo, but there were still plenty of flowers.

Apparently umbrella theft is a think in super-polite Japan. Not sure what happened to these two.

Tokyo Film Photography Walk video

These are just some of the photos that I feature in my latest YouTube video: Tokyo Film Photography Walk. I hope you enjoy it! Under each photo in the video I list the camera and which film I used.

“35mm Japan” zine

Don’t miss out on my latest film photography zine “35mm Japan”. Over a third of the copies have been sold, so get in quick! I ship them all over the world - the first 40 orders get a limited edition point and shoot sticker. Find out more and buy a print copy of the zine on my website.

Digital zines

You can also access a PDF version of my “35mm Japan” zine with every paid subscription here on Substack!

I’ve just added a second PDF zine for subscribers “Pantastic! Adventures in Fauxpan Volume 1”. This was a community collab zine from 2020 all shot on film. More zines will be added for subscribers in coming weeks.

New Darkroom store

If you’re not into zines, perhaps you’re into prints? Check out my new Darkroom site with Japan prints!

That’s it for this time, see you soon!

Matt