Authentic Street Scene: Traditional Japanese Architecture in the City

An authentic street scene in a Japanese city, juxtaposing traditional architecture with an urban landscape. Narrow alley lined with machiya-style wooden shopfronts, sliding shoji doors, lattice windows, and red lanterns under curved tiled roofs. Wet stone pavement reflecting warm amber lantern light. In the distance, modern glass towers and neon signs rise above the row of shops, wires crisscrossing the sky. Pedestrians in casual clothes, a street vendor cooking ramen with steam rising, bicycles leaning against walls, a vending machine at the corner. Time is late afternoon turning to early evening; lighting is a soft golden hour glow with cool shadows. Color palette: earthy browns of wood, deep indigo and red from lanterns, contrasted with blues and grays of concrete and glass. Style: hyper-realistic, cinematic, ultra-detailed, 8k preferred; camera at eye level with a 35mm lens, shallow depth of field in the foreground and atmospheric perspective in the background.