Birma wrote:Nice to be reminded of that album Henry - so many fabulous street scenes captured. I especially like the two young friends off to school from 2003, and the sleeping on the train sequence.
Thanks, Andy. I have to say that photographing people here in Japan is getting a bit more difficult than in years past, I think. Like many places Japanese are starting to be more sensitive about it. The other things, and probably the bigger things, is that Japanese like most people everywhere these days often have their heads buried in a smartphone all the time.

I suppose this fad that has lasted for a few years will someday die out, but at present everywhere you go, even walking on the streets, so many people have them. I still don't even have a smartphone. The other thing which has become common in Japan for the last decade is so many people wearing face masks when they are in public. Especially women. With a face mask so much is covered so you can't see facial expressions, etc.
Birma wrote:
If you didn't have the dates on the photos then I would really struggle to know which are older and which are newer, so your processing is keeping them all up to date

About 2 years ago I decided to start putting the year on each photo in my albums. It is helpful for me so that I can remember too!