You Can'T Spell Tokyo Without K.O.: A Photo-Essay Dissecting The Japanese Epidemic Of Passing Out In Public

Every day, all across the city of Tokyo, a curious phenomenon unfolds: scores of blue- and white-collar citizens end up passed out -- sometimes in spectacular fashion and mind-boggling positions -- on the streets, on trains, in restaurants, in bushes, or anywhere else imaginable. Come nightfall, one might stumble upon a well-to-do Japanese salaryman lying crumpled and snoozing facedown on the sidewalk, apparently walloped by a haymaker of fatigue that sent him crashing down for the count. These brutal knockout punches sometimes involve intoxication, but alcohol alone fails to explain this widespread yet unintuitive phenomenon: making a public spectacle of oneself in a society like Japan's, where conformity and shame heavily regulate behavior. Rife with fascinating insights into Japanese culture, You Can't Spell Tokyo Without K.O. embarks on an eye-opening journey where social commentary and candid street photography explore the various societal factors -- some enviable, some alarming -- that contribute to this epidemic of passing out in public.

• | Author: Nicholas Floyd
• | Publisher: Double Snap
• | Publication Date: Feb 20, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 98 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0996173242
• | ISBN-13: 9780996173247