This Photographer Finds a New and Fascinating Way to Capture Tokyo

by N/A, 9 years ago | 2 min read

The only time you've seen Tokyo look like this is in the movies. Photographer Masashi Wakui is that good.

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Even if you've never been to Tokyo, you probably know from movies that the capital city is best enjoyed at night.

And if there's anyone who knows this full well, it's Japanese photographer Masashi Wakui.

The self-taught photographer captures the city's ambient, neon-laden alleyways in ways we only see in cinema.

Wakui focuses his lens primarily on Shibuya, Shinjyuku and other popular districts, accentuating the almost surreal nature of their dense urban topographies.

The medley of lights and narrow alleyways is enough to evoke all your favorite memories of movies shot in the iconic city.

For starters; "Kill Bill: Volume 1," "The Grudge," "Lost In Translation," and "Blade Runner," just to name a few.

The saturation of Wakui's shots are so enhanced, and the perspectives so mysterious, it almost gives them a dreamlike quality.

As for during the daytime, well, Tokyo may not have quite the same intoxicating sheen as it does at night...

But then again, no city looks quite as incredible at night as Japan's nocturnal capital does.

And few make it look as good as Masashi Wakui does.

Be sure to check out the rest of the talented photographer's work on his Flickr and Tumblr pages.