He made sure that he wasn't being followed as he moved surreptitiously through the neon-lit capital.
On the Tokyo Tower, a steel structure that dominates the capital's skyline, a lit-up message says Ganbaro Nippon—"Keep it up, Japan"—a phrase that smacks of heads-down endurance, rather than the hope of better things to come.
For the most part, the streets of Kuwait's capital are clean and well-lit, with shiny new cars, financed by the oil wealth on which this emirate floats.
It is for this reason that feminist scholars are wise to tap into the emotional capital and familiarity of chick-lit and then subvert the form from within.
But this tragedy was being played out in one of the world's wealthiest countries, fewer than 200 miles from the neon-lit opulence of its capital, Tokyo.
Students have also protested in the capital, Nairobi, ahead of a candle-lit vigil demanding more protection from the al-Qaeda-linked Somali militants.
Regardless, the experience didn't end positively for either side, and it seems that Banters never found that new round of capital it needed to keep its fires lit.
On a rainy evening in a wildlife sanctuary on the outskirts of India's national capital, a dozen people waited near a large lit bulb among lush greenery.
A sea of spring cherry blossom; a cluster of ancient temples; a geisha gliding along a lantern-lit path... Kyoto, the ancient capital of Japan, has long been associated with traditional Japanese culture.
Little Rock doesn't exactly operate on the same wavelength as the frenetic, neon-lit metropolis that is Japan's capital city of Tokyo.
