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

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Spicy ramen shop. Diners eating at a long wooden counter seen through the window in Kanda, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Chiyoda Ward, City Life, Food. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Spicy ramen shop. Diners eating at a long wooden counter seen through the window in Kanda, Tokyo

Editorial · Japan · 2026License

Host club culture. Pedestrians crossing below illuminated host club billboards in Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, City Street, Portrait. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Host club culture. Pedestrians crossing below illuminated host club billboards in Kabukicho, Tokyo

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Host club culture. Pedestrian crossing beneath illuminated host club billboards in Kabukicho, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, City Street, Portrait. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Host club culture. Pedestrian crossing beneath illuminated host club billboards in Kabukicho, Tokyo

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Anime-style game billboard on a store building in Akihabara, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Akihabara, Chiyoda Ward, City Life. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Anime-style game billboard on a store building in Akihabara, Tokyo

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Person walking past the vermilion main gate of Kanda Shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Architecture, Chiyoda Ward, Japanese Culture. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Person walking past the vermilion main gate of Kanda Shrine in Chiyoda, Tokyo

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Urban cycling. Bicycle with two covered child seats at a crosswalk in Yushima, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, City Street, Street. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Urban cycling. Bicycle with two covered child seats at a crosswalk in Yushima, Tokyo

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Wooded grounds with stone stairs and traditional tiled roofs in Yushima, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Architecture, Japanese Culture, Tokyo. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Wooded grounds with stone stairs and traditional tiled roofs in Yushima, Tokyo

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Rail commuting in Tokyo. Commuter train beside an ivy-covered river embankment in Yushima, Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, Cityscape, River. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Rail commuting in Tokyo. Commuter train beside an ivy-covered river embankment in Yushima, Bunkyo, Tokyo

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Shrine visit. Visitor before a large stone statue holding a mallet in Soto-Kanda, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Chiyoda Ward, City Life, Japanese Culture. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Shrine visit. Visitor before a large stone statue holding a mallet in Soto-Kanda, Tokyo

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Commuter train crossing an arched railway bridge over the Kanda River in Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Architecture, Chiyoda Ward, City Life. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Commuter train crossing an arched railway bridge over the Kanda River in Chiyoda, Tokyo

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Urban railways. Train tracks crossing a river between high-rises in Yushima, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Architecture, City Life, Cityscape. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Urban railways. Train tracks crossing a river between high-rises in Yushima, Tokyo

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Anime culture. Shop front with anime posters and capsule toy machine in Kanda-Sudacho, Tokyo, Japan 2026: Chiyoda Ward, City Life, City Street. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Anime culture. Shop front with anime posters and capsule toy machine in Kanda-Sudacho, Tokyo

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Man in white shirt carrying a jacket along a side street in Japan, Japan 2026: City Life, City Street, Street. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Man in white shirt carrying a jacket along a side street in Japan

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Man in hard hat looking at his wrist at a wet intersection in Japan (high angle view), Japan 2026: City Life, City Street, Street. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Man in hard hat looking at his wrist at a wet intersection in Japan (high angle view)

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Woman walking across a zebra crossing on a city street in Japan (high angle view), Japan 2026: City Life, City Street, Street. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Woman walking across a zebra crossing on a city street in Japan (high angle view)

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Quiet city. Woman walking past a stopped commuter train on a station platform in Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, Tokyo, Afternoon. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Quiet city. Woman walking past a stopped commuter train on a station platform in Tokyo

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Railway tracks between office buildings with Tokyo Tower in Minato, Tokyo (high angle view), Japan 2026: City Life, Cityscape, Minato Ward. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Railway tracks between office buildings with Tokyo Tower in Minato, Tokyo (high angle view)

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Pedestrians crossing a street outside a clothing store in Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, City Street, Shibuya Ward. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Pedestrians crossing a street outside a clothing store in Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo

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Worn wooden doors of a seasonal cuisine restaurant in Jingumae, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, City Street, Japanese Culture. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Worn wooden doors of a seasonal cuisine restaurant in Jingumae, Tokyo

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Corner flower shop with potted plants on a side street in Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, City Street, Flower. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Corner flower shop with potted plants on a side street in Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo

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Urahara fashion district. Pink neon corner shopfront with pedestrians in Harajuku, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, City Street, Shibuya Ward. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Urahara fashion district. Pink neon corner shopfront with pedestrians in Harajuku, Tokyo

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Crowd walking along a sidewalk under a packed pedestrian overpass in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, City Street, Shibuya Ward. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Crowd walking along a sidewalk under a packed pedestrian overpass in Shibuya, Tokyo

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Woman walking past a corner flower shop in Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, Flower, Shibuya Ward. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Woman walking past a corner flower shop in Jingumae, Shibuya, Tokyo

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Crowd of pedestrians under the Takeshita Street gate in Jingumae, Tokyo, Japan 2026: City Life, City Street, Flower. Photo by Alpgiray Kelem

Crowd of pedestrians under the Takeshita Street gate in Jingumae, Tokyo

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