Shigeru Yamazaki's photobook journeys into two different Tokyos. In the first chapter he presents photographs taken between 1974 and 1977, a period of rapid economic growth, in the traditional shitamachi districts: populated by less affluent workers, they are vibrant with life, ingenuity and honesty, all reflected in restrained black-and-white pictures. In the second chapter he jumps into the present with images taken between 2015 and 2020; the contrast is not as stark as it seems, though modern Tokyo appears a more individualised, expressive place. In the afterword Yamazaki writes that photography is both a record and a copy, and that he has been searching for everyday scenes in which the difference between times can be felt, nostalgic for older generations and new for younger ones.