Cherry Blossom in Inokashira Kouen

It will be in full bloom soon.



Reserving space for 'Hanami' (cherry blossom watching). They need reason to get drunk.

Keio Train

Inokashira Line at Shibuya Station at 6:15AM.

Inside Train View

Nothing special but a view inside a Keio train.

Stuff for Audio Fanatics

Soldering wire for better sound. About $200 for 1kg. It seems another lead free soldering wire according to the spec.

LAN cable for audio purpose. Wth is audio purpose? About $1100 for 1.5m. Wtf? What kind of fraud is this?

Inokashira Kouen

Had a short walk in Inokashira Kouen (park) near my place.

Boating.

A lot of people walking in the park.

Water cleaning device, they say... I guess something is underneath. At least water doesn't not seem clean.

Rows of bikes. Very common scene.

Kobushi - tiny magnolia, about the size of baseball

Telephone booth. It's getting difficult to find one.

Ther're called "Pleasure Boat". Swan type seems very popular.

Cherry blossom

Russian Kids Playgound

Dog

Surely dogs dream.

Instant Coffee Refill

Comes with an empty jar. Good job Nestle. How stxxid.

Kinkyi Kids

lol

Wendy's

The top row says "Wendy's" and the bottom one says "Hamburger".

Korea Town

Had a medical checkup at a health center in Shin-okubo, the biggest Korea town in Tokyo. I ate at a restaurant and I was the only one who does not understand Korean. I also entered a store and heard all announcements in Korean. For sure this town has been taken over by Koreans.

Vending Machines

No ID required.

Hieneken

Sake bottle size big Heineken.

Cat

Sewer Cover

Sewer cover on Dogenzaka street. Somehow it reminds me of Haagen-Datz.

Goat

Can't stop laughing. So funny.

Mushroom

Interesting mushroom. Only 10 yen (9 cents). I wonder how one can make money.

Patocar

Police Car

Golden Eggs

Sea Cucumber

Sliced sea cucumbers in soy source + vineger (+ sugar?). Sea cucumber itself has almost no taste but I like its texture. Yes, it's raw.

Bacon

Whale bacon. It's usually colored in red. Very very fatty. My palm size.

Hatsuhinode

2009's first sunrise in Nagoya at 7:06 AM

Kagami Mochi

A Japanese tradiaional new year decoration. White things are two round rice cakes (mochi).

Nano Bug

iPod nano. I got it new and broken. Its battery never charged properly and it only played while it was connected to PC - how nice. I will release it soon and the destination will be Cupertino.

Fishing Restaurant

Went to a restaurant where you can fish fresh salt water fish with my family.

A view from our table

Rental rods and bait (shrimp)

Red Snappers

5 mins later.

Asu no Shinwa - Myth of Tomorrow

Taro Okamoto's largest mural painting (5.5m x 30m). It had been missing for a long time till it was found in Mexico 5 years ago. Now it is on a wall in Shibuya Station.

Tokyo Bay Aqua-Line

A view from the service area - Umi Hotaru (lit. sea firefly).

Illumination

Illumination in front of Kichijoji Station

A typical Japanese winter scene - winter illumination. The picture cannot render but it's way better.

Clay Beetles

Clay beetle casting kit.

My nephew's work.

It looks more like ...

PEPSI WHITE

It's not Pepsi at all.  Not yogurt either. It's a carbonated-bath-room-cleaner drink.

Health and Sports Day

Dougen-zaka Ave in Shibuya in the early morning on a national holiday. This holiday used to be October 10th (celebrating the opening day of 1964 Tokyo Olympics) but obviously it was changed while I was away in the US. I went to work and found the gate closed. Took a train to go back home but changed my mind on the first stop and headed for Yoyogi to watch 15th world senior female wrestling championship.

Meiji Jingu

Dropped by at the Yoyogi station but couldn't figure out where the national gymnasium is, plan changed. Entered Meiji Jingu (shrine).

Ran across a traditional wedding ceremony.

Surrounded by curious touritsts.

On the way back to Shibuya did I find the gym. It was right next to the shrine, just across a road. I was on time to watch some bouts. It turned out to be a nice day after all.