Truly, Tokyo is the kind of place where you would never expect to see graffiti, especially in my neighborhood. Graffiti just doesn’t fit with the Japanese culture. So I was really astonished to see this. This building used to be part of the French Embassy. They have just completed a new building and this one has a sign (in English, surprisingly) that says it is going to be converted into condos. This is really quite cool.
February 21, 2010 at 6:31 am
Is graffiti defined as graffiti if it’s cool?
February 25, 2010 at 1:39 pm
The man crouched down looks like the work of a really famous graffiti artist named Banksy. You can google him.
February 25, 2010 at 5:25 pm
I looked at the graffiti photograph and it looks like it might be signed. I’m going back tomorrow to check.