MJ

MJ tribute near Nakano Station.
There's two walls that are designated for graffiti artists along the train tracks from Nakano to Koenji.
From the North exit.
Turn left.
Cross the street.
Go up the hill and past the bike park.
Keep going.

Artist:
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Nakano Backstreets

North side of JR Nakano station.
Just off to the side of Nakano Broadway shopping centre.
The back streets are old and dirty with lots of character.
Nice faded Godzilla poster lurks in the window of a rundown shop.
There's a bit of nightlife and seediness with the hostess bars doing trade at night.

2 for the price of 1

Colour original and black and white conversion with yellow filter.
Processed in Pentax K10D.

Walking back from Nakano to Koenji, besides the train tracks.

Nakano

Taken on platform 8 from Nakano station.
North side.

Alley

Small alleyway off Nakano Broadway.

Track Side

A stroll from Koenji to Nakano.
Only about 15-minutes from station to station on foot.
Tozai Line train to the left.
Sobu and Chou Line also runs past here.
This walk by the train tracks has some good rundown places and lots of tagging and graffiti.

Bike Park

Before I came to Tokyo, I didn't realise how many people used bikes in Japan.
With over 12million people living here(central Tokyo, only 23 wards), at least half have bikes. Most of them need bikes to get to work, or the train station.
Leave your bike unattended on the streets, and the chances are that the nice, old men who work for the goverment will take it away and impound it. You pay the hefty fine to get it back.
Some places, like here in Nakano, have a bike park. This one is 3-floors and costs 100-yen to leave your bike for the day.
Needless to say, they are making a killing on this.
I took these pics late at night when it was quite empty.
Go mid afternoon and you'll be struggling to find space to put your bike.

Nakano Train Station

From the North side of Nakano station.