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circa 2012

Autumn Colors

Denenchofu, Tokyo, 

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Huntin’ Tadpoles Under Sakura

Small Town Tokyo: Kuhonbutsu

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A Spring Night's Walk Along the Tamagawa:

Kanagawa prefecture from the Tokyo side.

Small Town Tokyo: Tamagawa

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An Evening Feast of Oden and Yakitori Available Here:

Never underestimate the pleasure of having an evening meal at one of these small places. On the other hand, never overestimate it either.

Small Town Tokyo: Okusawa

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A Stop for Yakitori After Work

Small Town Tokyo: Gakugeidaigaku

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Lunch Break at the Park.

Tamagawadaikouen.

Small Town Tokyo: Tamagawa

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Kanpai!

Outside the Wine Bar in

Small Town Tokyo: Toritsudaigaku

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School's Out

Denenchoufu Station, Tokyo

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Handmade Gyoza for Dinner

Jiyugaoka, Tokyo

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Lost School Cap

Nakameguro, Tokyo

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Big brother was unable to get there in time to stop her from offering T-Rex a senbei cracker. Small Tokyo Tokyo: Somewhere near Yukigayaotsuka

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Autumn in the Bamboo Forest:

With a toilet strategically located for your convenience. No need to go behind a tree.

Small Town Tokyo: Himonya

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One Winter Night in Venice Jiyugaoka 

The fake Venice so popular with tourists who like taking photos of themselves on the bridge. A fellow I know who was born and raised in that town recalls everyone thinking that it was ridiculous and would be a failure. He was half wrong as it appears not to have been a failure.

Jiyugaoka, Tokyo

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Bulldozed Fantasies:

This old Showa era house nearby was a hidden gem. Barely visible through the trees that surrounded it, it was an old wooden structure of the type disappearing in Tokyo (largely due to earthquake and fire regulations) that reminded me of something out of Tonari no Totoro. It even had signs that Meguro ward recognized some of the trees there as worthy of preservation.

Alas, as Tonari no Totoro is a fantasy, the idea that Meguro would preserve those trees, let alone the house itself is too. The last I saw of it in November, it was a cleared dirt lot with a few scraggy trees not yet removed. My fantasy---as always an absurd fantasy---of somehow living in a house like that in Tokyo took a hit. Then, observing what the January 1 earthquake in Isahikawa did to such old wooden houses with heavy tile roofs, my fantasy disappeared forever.

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Return to Tokyo:

After Christmas in the mountains of Appalachia. Still recovering from the affects of jetlag and the sudden shock of going from a slow, quiet, and nature filled world with clean air to the opposite world of Tokyo. This, a blurred photo taken handheld somewhere in Tokyo after work 10 years or so ago, matches 時差ぼけ perfectly. 時差ぼけ>jisaboke>jetlag

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Home for Christmas

Merry Christmas

Small Town Tokyo: Denenchofu

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Christmas Comes to Tokyo:

Tree is already up.

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