Miyamasumitake Shrine: Wolves in Shibuya As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases. See my full disclosure here. Tokyo has many lesser-known places. You can walk along a street of modern buildings, and an old temple or shrine is nestled among them. It can be surprising when it happens, but it’s not unusual. One…
Shibuya Halloween 2017: A Photographic Prequel Halloween in Shibuya used to be a multi-day phenomenon. While the world looks forward to the big day, the initiated know that the energy in Shibuya once began building well before the big day. Before the crackdown, I and thousands of others would head to the famous crossing to…
Shibuya Halloween 2017: A Party That Grew Too Big Shibuya Halloween 2017 was an experience on an entirely different scale. While I didn’t go to the main event that year I went to the “prequel”. What’s that I hear you ask? Well the event goes for a whole week! I went on the 29th and…
Shibuya Halloween 2016: Photographing Japan’s Biggest Party Shibuya Halloween 2016 was one of the largest unofficial street parties in Tokyo’s history, drawing an estimated 70,000 costumed revelers to the Scramble Crossing. Unlike modern years with strict drinking bans and heavy policing, 2016 represented the peak of the event’s “wild” era, characterized by massive crowds, elaborate…