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Photo: taiyofj ^[2]

A mural painting of the atomic bombings in Hiroshima and Nagasaki made commuters take a second look, while walking through Shibuya station, a busy train hub in central Tokyo. Some even took out their mobile phones to take a snap.

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Photo: pierdolapaciencia ^[4]

Painted by Japanese artist Taro Okamoto, his surreal art piece Asu no Shinwa (”Myth of Tomorrow”) is now placed near the Keio Inokashira line at the station.

TIME magazine ^[5] wrote an interesting piece on this mural and I couldn’t re-tell it in a better way.

I would like to add that there’s so much amazing art in Tokyo — it’s intense and inspiring. Just another spanner in works when you think the Japanese way is rigid and monotonous.