Rokku Theater District, Asakusa (January 18, 2003). 35mm, Forte 400.
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What are the people looking at? do you remember?
This has been a great series of images!
anita-
thanks for commenting, and complimenting 🙂
they were watching a horse race on a television monitor. there is a large horse racing betting parlor (called WINS) in this area, and a lot of the side shops and whatnot show the same horse racing feed and folks gather to watch (hence the newspapers in hand)
What are the people looking at? do you remember?
This has been a great series of images!
anita-
thanks for commenting, and complimenting 🙂
they were watching a horse race on a television monitor. there is a large horse racing betting parlor (called WINS) in this area, and a lot of the side shops and whatnot show the same horse racing feed and folks gather to watch (hence the newspapers in hand)