Sometimes I think, My dream of Tokyo is being forced to choose between glowing Dr Pepper cans… Tokyo is thirsty work. (Pictures taken in Nakano, Tokyo on April 3rd, 2012.)
All posts in category Nakano, Tokyo
My Dream Of Tokyo—A small refreshment
Posted by Dan Ryan on May 25, 2012
http://brisbanegraphicartsmuseum.com/smallstories/2012/05/25/my-dream-of-tokyoa-small-refreshment/
In Color And Monochrome—A small cheap trick
In a pachinko joint in Nakano, Tokyo, I just happened to get a picture of this guy while he was relaxing at his machine. Normally I abhor pachinko joints because of the incredible noise and the cigarette smoke, which is typically too thick and oppressive even for a smoker like me. But I was on [...]
Posted by Dan Ryan on May 17, 2012
http://brisbanegraphicartsmuseum.com/smallstories/2012/05/17/in-color-and-monochromea-small-cheap-trick/
The Nakano Bicycle Defender Revealed—A small secret identity
This, ladies and gentlemen, is the Nakano Bicycle Defender. And all I tried to do was give him a baseball cap. But I fucked that up. For a belated Children’s Day, I wanted to give the neighbor boy a brand new Barry Bonds “715 Home Runs” commemorative baseball cap that I happened to have with [...]
Posted by Dan Ryan on May 6, 2012
http://brisbanegraphicartsmuseum.com/smallstories/2012/05/06/the-nakano-bicycle-defender-revealeda-small-secret-identity/
Life In Tokyo—A small video dispatch
Okay, I admit it: I can be a whiny bastard. But sometimes I think my whining is justified. I’ve been bitching and moaning, mostly on Twitter, about the noise from a construction sight next to my apartment building in Nakano, Tokyo. The men working on this job sight are building what appears to be a [...]
Posted by Dan Ryan on May 4, 2012
http://brisbanegraphicartsmuseum.com/smallstories/2012/05/04/life-in-tokyoa-small-video-dispatch/
Ladies Of The Tokyo Evening—A small ‘not what you think’
A group of women, friends obviously, out late on the Tozai Line in Tokyo. They were a pretty bunch, but I wondered why they were on the subway at eleven o’clock on a Thursday night. I’m sure Golden Week had something to do with it. My excuse was I was coming home from a lively [...]
Posted by Dan Ryan on May 4, 2012
http://brisbanegraphicartsmuseum.com/smallstories/2012/05/04/ladies-of-the-tokyo-eveninga-small-not-what-you-think/
It Was The Weirdest Thing—A small encounter with pretty Japanese girls
Tokyo will always surprise you, and often delight you… I was prowling around Nakano Broadway, a toy and pop-culture shopping complex in Tokyo, when I walked by this storefront I had not seen the week before. I looked inside. A man was there, and he appeared to be looking at some kind of sculpture. [...]
Posted by Dan Ryan on April 27, 2012
http://brisbanegraphicartsmuseum.com/smallstories/2012/04/27/it-was-the-weirdest-thinga-small-encounter-with-pretty-japanese-girls/
Izakaya Bubble Boy And Nakano Bicycle Defender—A small 2-D adventure
In Asakusa two days ago, I just paused long enough to take the picture. The boy behind the plastic filled my head with memories of that horrible TV movie from the ‘70s starring John Travolta. I didn’t realize until I’d seen the image on my computer that the women, like the boy, were watching me [...]
Posted by Dan Ryan on April 22, 2012
http://brisbanegraphicartsmuseum.com/smallstories/2012/04/22/izakaya-bubble-boy-and-nakano-bicycle-defendera-small-2-d-adventure/
Upon Being In Tokyo—A small humor
When I see one man alone without fear in our country, I do not think he is lost. I think he may have medicine. I see someone who might speak for all the white people who are coming.” –Kicking Bird (Graham Greene), “Dances With Wolves” I probably should not speak for anyone at this point. [...]
Posted by Dan Ryan on April 22, 2012
http://brisbanegraphicartsmuseum.com/smallstories/2012/04/22/upon-being-in-tokyoa-small-humor/
He Was Just…There—A small piece of work
I don’t know what the man was doing. He was just there in a small back street in Nakano, Tokyo, doing something that looked important. But what impressed me were his calm, and his obvious self-directedness. His office was the backpack tucked up against the electric streetlight pole, his desk was the paperwork in his [...]
Posted by Dan Ryan on April 20, 2012
http://brisbanegraphicartsmuseum.com/smallstories/2012/04/20/he-was-justtherea-small-piece-of-work/
SmallStories Feeds You- My Dream Of Tokyo—A small refreshment May 26, 2012
- In A Ghostly Place—A small encampment May 22, 2012
- In Color And Monochrome—A small cheap trick May 18, 2012
