Window washers cleaning the New Shimbashi Building ニュー新橋ビル, a name that can’t hide the old-fashioned, salary-man milieu of the interior. The basement housed one of my favorite after-work restaurants. See: My after-work restaurant in Shimbashi. This photo is also featured in the post, Tokyo – November in 30 pictures

The New Shimbashi building is the backdrop of the neighborhood Bon 盆 / Obon お盆 summer festival, which included a performance of the traditional Tokyo Ondo dance 東京音頭. Watch: