It really does feel like the phone both is on the extinction list, and it’s quite rare to see them around town anymore. If you do spot one, it will usually be in a station, or in front of a convenience store, like the one picture here (Lawson on Kamiyama street).
In this mobile world, why still have them? Believe it or not, some people can still find use in a public phone, whether it’s when you need to make a call after your phone battery died, or as a tourist in town without access to a mobile phone.
Other moments in Tokyo
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Conversations, World Affairs, Culture
"I'm from Libya," he said. I don't know what to say. It's as if he'd told me he'd just come from his father's funeral.
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The first specialty coffee shop in Ikebukuro and Junkudo (bookstore) resonate.
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film, edit
Editing is interpreting.
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The Riddle of Steel.
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Commutes, Cities, Underground
The man stands motionless in a crush of white-shirted salarymen, as they swarm past him, toward the single escalator.
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Reve, japan, Centre commercial piscine
Rêve de centre commercial-piscine
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Urban Nature, birds
Sparrow Noise
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City walks
Birthday walk home
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Dead Letter, Addiction
"Dear Cigarettes"
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