With Tokyo being more than a bit maze-like, when trying to find something for the first time, a map is a mighty fine idea — a must even. And yet even such measures don’t always make things easy, meaning the knowledge of a native is sometimes necessary.
Which unfortunately could well create even more confusion.
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It has been an especially long and tiring journey, but it would seem that there is still at least a little way to go yet.
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Despite being a bit daft, the feline-based fad of cat carrying it seems has now been commandeered by canine lovers, making the duty of taking the dog for a walk,
a very different deal indeed.
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The sight of musicians presumably not wanting to annoy their neighbours with noise by practicing outside are a fairly common sight in Tokyo, especially so when it comes to wind instruments.
Little old ladies cranking out chords on keyboards on the other hand are, somewhat sadly, considerably less common.
The soothing sounds of which can be sampled here:
And, after taking these few photos, I left her to it, blissfully unaware of other people,
or indeed even the park’s, presence.
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The possibilities of swine flu mutating are extremely well documented, but at the same time I don’t recall reading about it being a risk to rabbits.
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Apart from the homes of their parents, and possibly even pachinko, the place most Japanese people will set out to visit over the New Year is the shrine. An event that, apart from a quick pray, invariably involves coughing up for a new collection of lucky charms.
And, more often than not, an omikuji (random fortune), which, after the fun of finding out if it’s a good or bad one,
can be securely fixed to something suitable and swiftly forgotten.
Thus allowing for arguably the most favoured part of most Japanese festivities, the food, which invariably comes from a fascinatingly varied selection of vendors, serving up equally varied victuals.
All the way from the savoury,
to the sweet.
Plus, for a bit of continuity, below are a couple of the same characters from last year, although one of them seemed decidedly dejected about the new decade.
And cooking with what appears to be his replacement, this still spritely old fella could well be tackling 2010 as a retiree.
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I trust that 2010 will bring all that you hope for, and happen even a bit more.
Happy New Year!
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