A hole on a wall with some dirt and an empty ciggy case. (No NINJA inside.)
On the way to the post office.
I just thought this shows the culture of "litter hiding" - I'm not sure why, even though I am a Japanese, but there seems to be a manner of "litter hiding" everywhere in here. I mean, if the litter you throw away is not visible, you feel okay, although it's nothing different from littering on your street ("poi-sute" in Japanese).
This shows Tokyo's obsession with cherry blossoms together with this or this.
Taken on June 1, 2005
Wednesday is a weekly holiday for many local stores in Tokyo. So my local off-license (liquar shop) was closed on 1 June 2005, but I was able to see their backyard full of cases and empty bottles. They are ready to be sent back to cleaning factories to be reused.
*I was sick in bed for a few days and was late for uploading this pic.
A street in Tokyo, Japan. On Sunday.
Taken on May 22, 2005
Dokudami (Houttuynia cordata) is seen anywhere in Tokyo and other cities in Japan. It's been popular as a medical herb, though I have never tried these roadside leaves in Tokyo due to pollutions etc.
Taken on May 29, 2005
Taken on May 29, 2005
The square on the top-left is "border sign" of the road and house/building, I think.
The G sign (yellow one) is for "gas pipe here".
And this "StepAce" thing is the same as that "STEPPOWER" thing. (Another view here.)
An old sign board of a real-property office. "Apart" is a shortened form of "apartment".
Other two sides of this sign:
On the left, there are some pieces of paper stuck on a nicely designed sign. And on the paper ten letters/characters are written (and the one in the middle, to which I didn't pay attention when I took this pic).
What is strange is the way the ten letters/characters are shown:
Usually we would writte:
タイムサービス
実施中
or
タイム
サービス
実施中
But here, they put it this way:
タイ ムサ
ービ ス実 施中
Ooh! The space! The limit!
And タイムサービス is literaly "time service", and it is one famous Japanglish, which means "happy hour" or something.
Click on the photo to read an interesting discussion about Japanese social behaviours.
