The exhibit, at the Museum of Photography in Ebisu, was very well worth the time and effort to get there. Some of the photos were simply excellent samples of skilled photography while others were harrowing in their presentation of human suffering and death. The photo seen here on the book cover, by Spencer Platt, won Photo of the Year. It shows affluent-looking Lebanese refugees returning to their homes amidst debris of the attacks.
We only spent the day in Tokyo, divided between Shinjuku - where we did some shopping at the bike shops and the liquor/foreign food shops - and Ebisu, where we had a good Mexican lunch (complete with a couple of Margaritas) before visiting the museum.
A lull in the crowds outside the "quiet side" of Shinjuku station:
Tokyo is usually overwhelmingly crowded, and though a fabulous megalopolis, if I'm going to be going to Tokyo I prefer to go on Saturdays, since I need my Sunday to recover from the hectic pace and human masses encountered there!
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I wonder how recently it was that you would have relished a trip out into a crowded metropolis and not worrying about time to recover. :) I agree with you it takes time to recover after a visit to the city - the tension alone must kill people earlier in their lives.
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