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Photographer captures the bewitching, neon beauty of Tokyo on a dark rainy night

If you've never seen Tokyo at night, then Scottish graphic designer Liam Wong implores you to visit Japan immediately. Working in the video games industry for Ubisoft in Canada, Liam travels the world through his work and loves to photograph the things he discovers along the way, sharing them on Instagram.

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All images by and courtesy of Liam Wong

All images by and courtesy of Liam Wong

This stunning visual feast was taken during a recent trip to Tokyo. He explained: "One night it rained and the city came to life. I got lost in the beauty of Tokyo at night. I was fascinated by how the city lit up and I just kept taking picture after picture. It was like being inside Gaspar Noé’s film Enter The Void, or living in the cyberpunk world that Syd Mead had created in Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner."

After posting the pictures online, Liam's following on Instagram increased overnight: "I wish I could say I have extensive techniques or that there is a deeper meaning or that I waited hours for the perfect shot, but I just walked around at night taking pictures of the city. Capturing what was in front of me and sharing it with my followers. If you ever have the opportunity to visit Japan, you absolutely must go, it is beautiful."

If you love this series of shots and you're as crazy about Japan as I am, then follow Liam on Instagram where over 12,000 followers already enjoy seeing his latest work.

Pedestrians with umbrellas cross wet Tokyo streets at night, illuminated by neon blue and pink lights reflected in rain-soaked pavement and striped crosswalks
Silhouetted crowds holding umbrellas beneath vibrant neon signs and billboards illuminating a rainy Tokyo street at night
A neon-lit street in Tokyo at night filled with colourful Japanese signs, street lamps and silhouetted pedestrians walking through the rain-wet urban landscape
Pedestrians walk beneath neon lanterns and signs in a rainy Tokyo alleyway at night, bathed in green and red light
Neon-lit Tokyo alleyway at night with pink and blue signage, a bicycle parked on the wet street, and glowing shop fronts casting colourful light through the darkness
A taxi driver sits in a wet, neon-lit Tokyo street at night, with coloured city lights reflecting off the vehicle's dark surface
Neon-lit Tokyo storefront with red and turquoise signage at night, a figure in red jacket standing outside the glowing shop entrance
A neon-lit Tokyo street at night with a police car parked beneath towering signs glowing in cyan, magenta and yellow, reflecting off wet pavement
Neon-lit Tokyo street at night with vibrant pink, green and blue signs illuminating wet pavements and crowds of pedestrians beneath towering buildings
Overhead view of a rain-slicked Tokyo street at night with glowing spherical street lamps casting warm light on wet pavement and neon-lit storefronts below
Neon-lit Tokyo alleyway at night with glowing green, yellow and pink signs hanging above the wet street, captured by photographer Liam Wong
Neon-lit Tokyo alleyway at night with pink and blue lights illuminating parked vehicles and wet pavement during rainfall
Tokyo's neon-lit streets at night filled with illuminated signs, billboards and crowds of people in heavy rain
Vibrant pink neon sign with Chinese characters glowing above a dark storefront entrance in Tokyo at night
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