Hidden Alleys in Tokyo✨

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1. Not that well hidden with all those neons

2. I love this picture in so many ways haha. Very good shot

3. Is it safe to walk around these areas at night as a woman alone? It’d be heavenly to just walk around there undisturbed.

4. A Neon paradise

5. Almost looks like a scene from a chill wave 24/7 music livestream

6. For those who want to compare to daylight & explore the area, here it is on [Google StreetView](https://www.google.com/maps/@35.6597152,139.6977628,3a,75y,173.68h,103.81t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1s2gtSnrnPQy1ck6xtHmB68Q!2e0!5s20210501T000000!7i16384!8i8192).

7. Tons of these izakaya drinking bar allys in Tokyo. Under train tacks, by parks, behind financial towers, in between shopping centers and department stores, etc. You name it they are almost everywhere.

   Some are even leftover as a legacy of WW2. After America devestated Japan with bombs there was nothing except piles rubble. The resourceful Japanese people out of desperation and the human drive for survival cobbled together small shops, bars, restaurants from rubble, rocks and tree branches to sell anything they could. Drinks, noodles, rice, black market goods. They used any space they could find and defend for themselves and made enough scratch to skate by and live. Years, decades and generations later their kids, grandkids and great grandkids are able to reap the hard work of generations prior and enjoy a modern first world life and you get to enjoy some of the remanents of places born out of desperation and sacrafice.

8. What year was this taken?

9. I think you might not quite understand what “hidden” means.

10. I miss my home town 🥹

11. Looks like the golden Gai area?

12. This is in Shibuya near the station. Not hidden at all but the night shot and the edited colors make it look really nice.

13. lol not hidden as its in one of the most trafficed streets in tokyo

14. Looks super nice with the editing, but this is a common walkway in Shibuya near Taco Bell.

15. Hey fellas, do you thinks it was taken with phone or with DSLR?

16. Is it Colour Satured Alley?

17. I enjoyed going bar hopping down streets like this!?! Went to a few each evening on my first trip to Tokyo and though I had hangovers every morning ummm it was well worth it 🙂