tilt shift photography of red and blue Genesee neon signage

A friend took us to his favorite bar in Koenji, Tokyo, during it’s largest festival of the year. While there were over 500,000 people drinking in the streets and partying right outside the front door, this bar was empty, the owner sitting quietly behind the bar smoking cigarettes and listening to The Beatles. He welcomed us in, served us a beer and asked us what music we wanted to hear. We stayed for hours.