I've been fortunate enough to have visited Japan three times now. I went once for work and liked it so much I went back for my own vacation, we did two weeks between Tokyo and Kyoto with lots of day-trips. After that it was a second work trip. It really is an amazing place and the people are a huge part of that. And you can't beat sushi straight from the Motherland!
This is particular citizen of Tokyo was an example of the far end of the bell-curve and the vast majority of this part of their culture is isolated to a few blocks. Besides...has anyone out there ever been to the Halloween parade in Greenwich Village?
I spotted the subject from across the street. I didn't want to be obvious about taking a picture so I actually took this shot with the camera down at my waist as I was crossing. I was trying to make it look like I was making some settings changes but I don't think I was fooling anyone.