Golden Gai, Tokyo

Posted on by Geoffroy Schied

The best way to end a long day in Tokyo, head for Golden Gai in Shinjuku!

That’s exactly what we did after our day commute to Toyota for a concert with Mahler Chamber Orchestra and Mitsuko Uchida.

With only 6 narrow alleys, and around 200 micro bars, mostly seating a handful of customers. No need to say, our group split up pretty quickly, and we spent the rest of the time chasing each other, sampling local drinks, attempting to translate jokes.

MCO goes Golden Gai

Stage 1

28-rough

2-looking-for-a-bar

3-first-kiss
First…
4-kiss
…Kiss
5-dear-japan
Dear Japan,

6

7-adam
Adam
8-diving
Still manageable

Stage 2

10-micro-bar
Private

9-bons-pub

9-choices

14-encounters
Encounters
12-nibbles
Nibbles
11-hakashu
The forest one

15-matcha-kahlua

13-poupelle

17-americajapan
Adam’s jokes
16-joke-1
Common ground

18-connected

 

Stage 3

21-wandering
Back on the street
19-up-there
Let off the steam

 

20-alone
The lonely one
23-fireballs
Fireballs
26-browsing
The pick up
27-araku
Table charge issues
40-come-up
Tempting Rüdiger

 

30-ground-level
Not so funny after all
25-catching-up
Where we catch up
31-checking-out
We found them

39-public

 

35-host
The master
37-matty-and-friends
Matti and his new friends
34-the-gyoza-fix
Gyoza fix
32-joel
Joel
38-fenced
Fenced-in
33-up
Adam
36-mco-gather
Maggie and Joel

1-mco-golden-gai

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Published by Geoffroy Schied

I am a Munich based photographer, specializing in music and portrait photography. Since the mid 90’s I spend a big part of my life on tour, with orchestras performing all over the world. As a founding member of the Mahler Chamber Orchestra, sharing the stage with others allows me to get close, and my images offer unusual perspectives, in performance or backstage. I aspire to share intimate moments and bring you closer to artists as they journey towards their performances.