By day, Shimbashi is nothing special. At night, however, salarymen from the surrounding areas flock here for quick meals and cheap beer. Small bars pop up everywhere, and fast food joints do a roaring trade. The air is thick with cigarette smoke, and a feeling of desperation, as hundreds of salarymen try to forget their day in the office and down one final beer before last train.
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Shimbashi
The salaryman's playground
Community writer
Fast cars
The main strip: salarymen and neon lights
Trains rushing through
No stars above Shimbashi
Little bars pop up everywhere after dark
Grabbing some quick food
So many options!
Lonely salaryman
Everyone's got somewhere to go
Even the side streets are neon
This steam engine seemed strangely out of place
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