Walking from Hyakunincho to Kabukicho you find a tunnel where the artist MOT8 painted a mural combining scenes of traditional Japan with an international pop aesthetic that are an apt welcome into Shinjuku.

These pictures were taken in the wee hours of August 10, at 89 F, in front of the Biological Matrix Tokyo（東京生体マトリックス）mural, which among the samurais and mythological creatures has phrases like Another World Possible.

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