Sticker culture. Street pole covered in stickers on a sidewalk in Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo
Photo: Alpgiray Kelem · Japan · 2026-06-08 · Editorial use
Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan - June 8, 2026: A black street pole stands covered from top to bottom in layered stickers on a sidewalk in Kanda, Chiyoda, Tokyo. The stickers come in many languages and styles: an orange sign reads AVARIADA and AVERIADA with apologies in Catalan and Spanish, and others read Tuned in Tokyo, Wisconsin Boom Operator Brew City, Dead Cat Alley and Munich eSports. A metal band wraps around the middle of the pole, and newer stickers overlap older, torn ones. On the left, green and blue signs advertise a rental storage business with the phone number 0120-816-185. Behind the pole, a man stands on the sidewalk looking down, and a rider in a helmet sits on a white motorcycle at the curb. An elevated structure crosses the street in the background under an overcast sky.
- City Life
- City Street
- Street
- Advertisement
- Afternoon
- Bridge
- Capital Cities
- Chiyoda Ward
- Commercial Sign
- Covering
- Crash Helmet
- Curb
- East Asia
- Graffiti
- Headwear
- Honshu
- Imperfection
- Incidental People
- Japan
- Kanda
- Kanto Region
- Layered
- Looking Down
- Motorcycle
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