If you regularly take the Chūō Line from Shinjuku towards points west, you may have seen this face. It overlooks a playground at a school for little kids. I’ve wanted a picture of this place for years, so last October I walked from Nakano Station towards Shinjuku and found it.

I like to think there are many concrete gods in Tokyo, and they regard this wall here as their beloved pet…

(Nakano 6-chome, Tokyo 2015)