This is us, one cold and drizzly evening in Tokyo - Van, Aiza & me (off cam of course) - for the first time since our OG shoot in El Nido before the pandemic.

I thought we’d just wander around Ginza, but then came the challenge: “So… show us your Tokyo.” I smiled. Tomigaya or Daikanyama might’ve been options, but for a cinematic night shoot, Akihabara made more sense — just four stops away via Kanda. Compact, moody, neon-lit. Candid moments with cyberpunk undertones. Neo Tokyo.

I actually tried meeting Van & Aiza when they revisited the Philippines a few weeks prior but our schedules just didn’t jive: they were in Palawan; I was shooting in Boracay. Fast forward to Tokyo - where we would serendipitously meet again. (Oh, typical redsheep, right?) And to think this all started with Van doing a sketch of me on a… ahem van ride from Puerto Princesa to El Nido in 2018. Kampai to you both!

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A cinematic, moody, street-style night couple shoot with Van & Aiza, photographed on location in Ginza and Akihabara, Tokyo, March 2024. Captured by redsheepphotocinema using a Leica SL2. Color remastered July 2025.