CollectiveMC HOTEL Tokyo (with envelop)

Photographs: Olivier van Breugel & Simone Mudde

Publisher: NotAnother Publisher

18 pages

Year: 2013

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At three o’clock in the morning after singing in the karaoke bar, the subways in Tokyo are finished running. You are resigned to take a taxi, but as this is ridiculously expensive many Japanese have come up with an alternative. They go to the nearby Mc Donald’s. Instead of a meal, cups of soda or cheap coffee are being ordered. Everyone is seeking a comfortable place to take a nap until the first Metro starts up. For a week we got up at half past three in the morning to witness this phenomenon. The cities of the world are starting to look more and more alike – you can find the exact same stores and chains everywhere. What took us by surprise about this place is that a universal format such as McDonald’s can be temporarily transformed into a hotel.

Illustrated softcover, 22 x 15 cm, color photographs. Book in very good condition. The wrapping bags show traces of use. Wrapped in a hamburger wrapper, in a brown bag with a paper receipt stapled on to the bag.