We were in Sumida City, having breakfast at a local diner and I saw this uncle at the next table to us having his breakfast meal as well.
Just an ordinary guy, eating the same stuff that we were eating, but there was this forlorn and hollow look as he stared into the nothingness that was in front of him. And I felt a connection to that look, that empty gaze, deep in thought, and I wondered for a moment, thinking also what he was thinking.