Sometimes you think "how can I illustrate Japan's contradictions in one image?" And someone goes and opens a shop selling (among other things) samurai armor, next to a shop selling (exclusively) surf equipment -between Asakusa and Ueno with the closest beach being 33 miles away, in Kamakura. So you just let the mike drop.
(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr).
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