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Dreaming Demons: Kawasaki Moon

Kawasaki-Ku the forgotten part of Tokyo. But oh do we love forgotten things. The Kawasaki Station area is actually well developed and quite fancy and pretty bussy too. But as soon you walk a couple af blocks to the North the neighbourhoods starts to change.

Further up North in Kawasaki feels sometimes a bit gnarly it’s dilapidated structures and decayed buildings talk different. Still the people are friendly, no visitors from abroad found here. Getting a can of cold coffee at a Konbini store wakes up the cashier and he’s curious where we are from and thinks we are German. Very close! We are Dutch I answer and he smiles, gives us our change and asks why Kawasaki? We love the Industrial atmosphere I answer. He is surprised, he nods, have a nice day. Same to you I say. And as we move on further to the harbour side the industry looms in the distance. It starts to rain too. We pass old workshops and although it’s a Sunday some seem to be busy working while others have no sign of life. Large industrial complexes doom up near the waterfront.
The sun goes down and the rain is getting stronger I take some last pictures. 
We are walking for about four hours now, we pass a buss stop but the surroundings are completely desolate, really nobody to be seen. Pretty gloomy around here I say and I check the timetable. Lucky Sunday I guess and in about five minutes a dimmed bus appears from over the bridge. And hey there we go back to Kawasaki Station.

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