Final version, kind of slipover with garter stitch bands in multicolour yarn

Edited to add: The 5th image shows the 18stitches x 32rows diagram. Knit the coloured stitches (in teal and beige respectively), slip the light gray stitches. Change colour every 2nd row.
The 6th image shows the diagram as it can be punched for a punchcard machine, 24stitches x 32 rows. I made it a bit wider, but the characteristics remain the same. Again, change colour every 2nd row.
Both pattern diagrams require slip stitch setting (Part/Slip).

Used the picture of the original “Tokyo” pattern as a guide and created a machine-knittable version in slip stitch technique.

My first try was the red-turquoise version in the second image, colour change every row. Found this version too busy-looking, it had not enough contrast, and with the colour change every row it was too complicated to work. So I modified the pattern and the colours until it looked better.

3rd image, final version: Green-turquoise remains the same as before (Wollmeise WD Okzident), but instead of the red I used a light, warm beige (Yeoman Sport in colour Vellum), which was also used for the “grid”. This grid pops up, building the foreground, and I preferred the lighter colour here.
Colour change every other row, which is easier to do with a knitting machine, and I separated the slipping block in the pattern with non-slipping stitches, which then created this “grid” instead of a solid block.

I also made a swatch with this pattern working it in tuck stitch instead of slip stitch. Unfortunately I made no photo of it. With this technique, the dark stitches inside the light grid popped out. I found that it interfered with the “grid-in-the-foreground” effect that I wanted, so I did not use it.
If anyone is interested, I can provide the stitch pattern for this version (18 stitches by 32 rows), so you can try it yourself in different combinations. If anyone is interested, I could also try to provide a 24-stitch version for owners of punchcard machines.