In 1994, a young man named Hiroshi Fukada wandered around Hanoi's Old Quarter with a camera in hand, taking over a hundred photos of Hanoians living everyday life.
Cyclos are popular in the streets of Hanoi
Female students in Ao dai
Family restaurants and trendy motorbikes of the 1990s
A confectionery shop
Bustling life of the sidewalks
Women’s fashion in the 1990s
A photo studio in a small alley in Hanoi’s old street
A young girl with an ‘angel face’
A barber shop
Men’s fashion in the early 1990s
High-angle view of a street corner
Mr. Fukada is now the Japanese ambassador to Vietnam and still holds the photos he snapped of Hanoians dear to his heart for more than 20 years.
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