Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Around 2:00 pm, 1 April 2006.
Tokyo, Japan
9 April 2006
Cherry street and passage
Cherry street and passage
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
See the larger version.
Around 2:00 pm, 1 April 2006.
Tokyo, Japan
A bird on the water
A bird on the water
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
This is what the woman was pointing at.
Around 2:00 pm, 1 April 2006.
Tokyo, Japan
Local people who came out for cherry blossom
Local people who came out for cherry blossom
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Around 2:00 pm, 1 April 2006.
Tokyo, Japan
boxes and materials
boxes and materials
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Found on a street (pavement, actually) beside a grocery store.
2 April 2006
sweetness and light
sweetness and light
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Spiraea thunbergii.
They smell very sweet, actually.
someone's lost key
someone's lost key
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A kind person has put it on the barbed wire so that the key wouldn't be gone and the person lost it can find it easily.
Almost dead sign
Almost dead sign
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
A "DANGER" sign. Click on the picture and see the notes.
Very common "purple on green"
Very common "purple on green"
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Lamium amplexicaule.
This can be seen almost anywhere. The flowers are tiny, like five or six millimeter long.
More pictures on this page (in Japanese) and this page (in English) and this page (ditto).
The common name in English is henbit deadnettle and Giraffe Head
In Japan, this flower/weed is called Hotoke-no-za (in Japanese, ホトケノザ or 仏の座), which means "Buddha's Place" because the leaves look like what Buddha is sitting on.
29 March 2006
blue
blue
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Veronica persica.
The flower is very small: five or six millimeters. Can be seen almost everywhere (as long as the land is not covered with concrete) in Tokyo and many parts of Japan.
And this colour of blue is called 瑠璃 (read "ru-ri) in Japanese, which seems to be related with "lapis lazuli".
* Tokyoknock has a superb photo of the same flower:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tokyoknock/115312945/
28 March 2006
Spot the difference (left and right)
Spot the difference (left and right)
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Cherry blossoms usually have five sepals and five petals (as the right one).
And I didn't pick these off the tree. Birds did. They want the honey inside. I just found several of them on the grass, and picked them up, when I noticed the one with four sepals (the one the left).
Tree, blossoms and lines (background: blue-sky;)
Tree, blossoms and lines (background: blue-sky;)
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Yesterday="background:gray-sky;"
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nofrills/118062605/
Noble Queen
Noble Queen
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
Maybe I should have bought this for my mother (not for me, of course).
View large and look at the letters (fonts) carefully. Really funny.
The phrase "noble queen" itself is not engrish, but the way they use it here is totally engrish.
A very scientific milk pan
A very scientific milk pan
Originally uploaded by nofrills.
... Yeah, I seem to know that somehow.
The milk pan comes in three colours (orange, light green and yellow) and I think I know why they printed this message on the bottom surface of the pan: they just wanted something. (In that case, most of Japanese manufacturers choose English, or engrish, rather than Japanese.)
BTW, what I like most is the spelling: "colour" not "color". But this message is not my work.
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