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

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

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Tokyo, Japan - June 9, 2026: A tall white lattice tower rises into a hazy, overcast sky behind the low-rise buildings of a side street in Japan. Dense bundles of overhead power and telecommunication lines cross the frame diagonally, strung from a concrete utility pole in the center. In the middle ground, a green external fire escape staircase climbs the side of a brown concrete building topped by a white globe. To the left stand a white apartment block with balconies and a spiral staircase on its roof, and leaves from a street tree. In the lower left corner, a red triangular stop sign reading tomare and a one-way sign that exempts bicycles stand at the street corner. A beige plastered building with a metal railing on its roof fills the right foreground.

• Architecture
• City Life
• City Street
• Street
• Afternoon
• Apartment
• Balcony
• Branch
• Cable
• Communications Tower
• Concrete
• East Asia
• Electricity Pylon
• Fire Escape
• Fog
• Japan
• Japanese Culture
• Japanese Language
• Japanese Script
• Low Angle View
• One Way
• Overcast
• Plaster
• Power Line