{"id":2028,"date":"2025-02-16T12:50:34","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T03:50:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/?p=2028"},"modified":"2025-02-16T12:50:34","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T03:50:34","slug":"tokyos-shimokitawaza-area-at-night-from-january-2000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2025\/02\/16\/tokyos-shimokitawaza-area-at-night-from-january-2000\/","title":{"rendered":"Tokyo&#8217;s Shimokitawaza area at night from January 2000"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69d650f6d35fa&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"1024\" data-wp-class--hide=\"state.isContentHidden\" data-wp-class--show=\"state.isContentVisible\" data-wp-init=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\" data-wp-on-async--load=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" data-wp-on-async-window--resize=\"callbacks.setButtonStyles\" src=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Image-11edit-Shimokitazawa-663x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2029\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Image-11edit-Shimokitazawa-663x1024.jpg 663w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Image-11edit-Shimokitazawa-194x300.jpg 194w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Image-11edit-Shimokitazawa-768x1185.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Image-11edit-Shimokitazawa-995x1536.jpg 995w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Image-11edit-Shimokitazawa-1327x2048.jpg 1327w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Image-11edit-Shimokitazawa-1320x2037.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Image-11edit-Shimokitazawa-scaled.jpg 1659w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><button\n\t\t\tclass=\"lightbox-trigger\"\n\t\t\ttype=\"button\"\n\t\t\taria-haspopup=\"dialog\"\n\t\t\taria-label=\"Enlarge\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-init=\"callbacks.initTriggerButton\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-on-async--click=\"actions.showLightbox\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--right=\"state.imageButtonRight\"\n\t\t\tdata-wp-style--top=\"state.imageButtonTop\"\n\t\t>\n\t\t\t<svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"12\" height=\"12\" fill=\"none\" viewBox=\"0 0 12 12\">\n\t\t\t\t<path fill=\"#fff\" d=\"M2 0a2 2 0 0 0-2 2v2h1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 1 .5-.5h2V0H2Zm2 10.5H2a.5.5 0 0 1-.5-.5V8H0v2a2 2 0 0 0 2 2h2v-1.5ZM8 12v-1.5h2a.5.5 0 0 0 .5-.5V8H12v2a2 2 0 0 1-2 2H8Zm2-12a2 2 0 0 1 2 2v2h-1.5V2a.5.5 0 0 0-.5-.5H8V0h2Z\" \/>\n\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t<\/button><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Fujicolor 200 slide film photography taken with a Canon AE-1 Program camera. This is the Shimokitazawa Minami-guchi Shoutengai (Shimokitazawa Station south exit&#8217;s shopping street). The Shimokitazawa district is young and alive, and is an alternative to Harajuku. I took this photo for my college photography class at ASU West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fujicolor 200 slide film photography taken with a Canon AE-1 Program camera. This is the Shimokitazawa Minami-guchi Shoutengai (Shimokitazawa Station south exit&#8217;s shopping street). The Shimokitazawa district is young and alive, and is an alternative to Harajuku. I took this photo for my college photography class at ASU West.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[114],"class_list":["post-2028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-japan","tag-photography"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1095,"url":"https:\/\/stevethefish.net\/stuff\/index.php\/2023\/07\/17\/tokyo-night-photography-from-january-2000\/","url_meta":{"origin":2028,"position":0},"title":"Tokyo night photography from January 2000","date":"2023-07-17","format":false,"excerpt":"When I flew to Japan in January 2000 to propose to Mayu, I took a second camera loaded with slide film. 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