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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