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

Photo: Alpgiray Kelem · Japan · 2026-06-09 · Editorial use

Tokyo, Japan - June 9, 2026: A white-haired man in a white shirt and blue jeans walks across an open gravel square in a Japanese city. Behind him, a person stands on the grass beside a hedge, and another person holds a small orange dog on a leash, while pigeons feed on the lawn. Beyond the hedge stands a single-storey building with a tiled roof and a sign reading, in Japanese, antiques, swords, sword guards, crafts, calligraphy and paintings. A white high-rise apartment block with rows of balconies rises behind it, next to a red low-rise building and a utility pole with overhead wires. In the foreground, a young tree grows in a concrete planter beside wooden posts, and an overhanging branch frames the top of the scene under an overcast sky.