There is only one person in the country who has ¡°Tokyo Station photographer¡± printed on a business card ¡ª Naoki Sasaki.
However, the 53-year-old is not employed by East Japan Railway Co. as a photographer. Instead, Sasaki fell in love with trains during elementary school and has now been photographing the 100-year-old terminal and the trains it services for more than 40 years.
¡°I wanted to do something that no one had done before. Tokyo Station is not just a terminal ¡ª it¡¯s a tourism landmark,¡± Sasaki tells The Japan Times. ¡°Nevertheless, there are still plenty of things people don¡¯t know about it. I could stare at the station all day and find every single detail fascinating.¡±
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