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Documentary and news photographs by Alpgiray Kelem from Turkey, Ukraine and beyond, available to license.

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Curved lattice arch over a building entrance in Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Architecture, City Life, Flower. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Curved lattice arch over a building entrance in Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo

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Public toilets in Tokyo. Stone urinal behind a bamboo screen in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Architecture, Asakusa, City Life. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Public toilets in Tokyo. Stone urinal behind a bamboo screen in Asakusa, Tokyo

Editorial · Japan · 2026License

Tall lattice tower rising behind low-rise buildings on a side street in Japan, Japan 2026: Architecture, City Life, City Street. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Tall lattice tower rising behind low-rise buildings on a side street in Japan

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Two women climbing wide steps toward a tall lattice tower in Japan, Japan 2026: Architecture, City Life, Tokyo. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Two women climbing wide steps toward a tall lattice tower in Japan

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Senior man walking across an open gravel square below apartment blocks in Japan, Japan 2026: Bird, City Life, Tokyo. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Senior man walking across an open gravel square below apartment blocks in Japan

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Two women in floral kimonos by a riverside railing facing a tall broadcasting tower in Japan, Japan 2026: City Life, Japanese Culture, Kimono. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Two women in floral kimonos by a riverside railing facing a tall broadcasting tower in Japan

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Man in white shirt walking through a dark stone colonnade in Japan, Japan 2026: Architecture, City Life, Street. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Man in white shirt walking through a dark stone colonnade in Japan

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Old and new Japan. Broadcast tower rising between apartment blocks and tiered pagoda roofs, Japan 2026: Architecture, City Life, Cityscape. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Old and new Japan. Broadcast tower rising between apartment blocks and tiered pagoda roofs

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Young woman walking behind green hedges beside an engraved stone pillar in Japan, Japan 2026: Architecture, Tokyo, Afternoon. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Young woman walking behind green hedges beside an engraved stone pillar in Japan

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Leafy tree and planted bed in a rain-soaked courtyard in Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, Flower, Shinjuku Ward. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Leafy tree and planted bed in a rain-soaked courtyard in Nishi-Waseda, Shinjuku, Tokyo

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Woman walking toward a group gathered at a bronze statue in Nishi-Waseda, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, Shinjuku Ward, Statue. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Woman walking toward a group gathered at a bronze statue in Nishi-Waseda, Tokyo

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Ornate rounded building at an intersection in Waseda Tsurumakicho, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Architecture, City Life, Cityscape. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Ornate rounded building at an intersection in Waseda Tsurumakicho, Tokyo

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Tokyo nightlife. Narrow Hanazono Sanbangai alley lined with tiny bars in Golden Gai, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, Japanese Culture, Shinjuku Ward. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Tokyo nightlife. Narrow Hanazono Sanbangai alley lined with tiny bars in Golden Gai, Shinjuku, Tokyo

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Secondhand electronics. Computer shop entrance with bargain baskets in Soto-Kanda, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Akihabara, Chiyoda Ward, City Life. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Secondhand electronics. Computer shop entrance with bargain baskets in Soto-Kanda, Tokyo

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Tokyo bar culture. Notice-covered bar entrance in a narrow alley of Golden Gai, Shinjuku, Japan 2026: City Life, Japanese Culture, Shinjuku Ward. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Tokyo bar culture. Notice-covered bar entrance in a narrow alley of Golden Gai, Shinjuku

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Sticker culture. Street pole covered in stickers on a sidewalk in Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Chiyoda Ward, City Life, City Street. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Sticker culture. Street pole covered in stickers on a sidewalk in Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo

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Host club culture. Illuminated host and hostess club billboards on a corner building in Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, City Street, Japanese Culture. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Host club culture. Illuminated host and hostess club billboards on a corner building in Kabukicho, Tokyo

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Akihabara shopping. Capsule toy machines at a media store entrance in Soto-Kanda, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Akihabara, Chiyoda Ward, City Life. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Akihabara shopping. Capsule toy machines at a media store entrance in Soto-Kanda, Tokyo

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Anime goods shop. Man walking out of a store lined with capsule toy machines in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Akihabara, Chiyoda Ward, City Life. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Anime goods shop. Man walking out of a store lined with capsule toy machines in Akihabara, Tokyo

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Film photography. Glass display case stocked with rolls of camera film in Kanda-Hanaokacho, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Chiyoda Ward, Japanese Culture, Kanda. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Film photography. Glass display case stocked with rolls of camera film in Kanda-Hanaokacho, Tokyo

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Aging low-rise shop buildings below modern apartment blocks in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Architecture, Chiyoda Ward, City Life. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Aging low-rise shop buildings below modern apartment blocks in Kanda, Tokyo

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Electronics retail. Store facade covered with advertising billboards above a taxi rank in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Akihabara, Chiyoda Ward, City Life. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Electronics retail. Store facade covered with advertising billboards above a taxi rank in Chiyoda, Tokyo

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Pedestrians walking past a bookstore entrance in Kanda-Sakumacho, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Chiyoda Ward, City Life, Japanese Culture. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Pedestrians walking past a bookstore entrance in Kanda-Sakumacho, Chiyoda, Tokyo

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Spicy ramen. Customers at the entrance of a miso ramen shop in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Chiyoda Ward, City Life, Food and Drink. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Spicy ramen. Customers at the entrance of a miso ramen shop in Kanda, Tokyo

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