Cat stuff from Tokyo.
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
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I stepped out of Shibuya Station and joined a gathering crowd seeking shelter from what I thought was a heavy downpour. Then I noticed more and more people around me taking photographs, getting excited, and I realized it was not rain that was falling.
It was snow. Falling faster and heavier by the minute.
Thank you, Tokyo, for making my last night here unforgettable. I’ve waited three years for this.
The new year.
It’s been raining for days in Tokyo.
Passing through.
It took three trips for this to happen. Today, Tokyo saw her first day of snow for 2012.
I love Tokyo but my feet hate me for it. Having a ginger masala chai while I give them a break.
This is where it would have happened.
So that’s the whole lot of photos I took on this trip to Tokyo. Honestly, I wasn’t pleased with how half of them turned out; given the sights I saw this time, I should’ve brought a better camera. I’d be bringing a Sony NEX-5 or similar the next time, which—if everything goes well—should be in February, and hopefully partly for work, too.
As a sign-off to this series about Tokyo, here’s a photo of the loot won from a UFO catcher in just one hour… with a little help from a friendly store attendant, of course.
やった!!!
This should give you an idea how big the big one really is.
8:36pm, the new international terminal at Haneda Tokyo International Airport (羽田空港国際線).
8:59pm, the Edo Stage.
Looks like a giant… erm, nevermind…
9:02pm, the Edo Market (江戸小路), a shopping area above the departure area (ターミナルの中にあるショッピングアーケード).
10.02pm, arriving way too early.
10.06pm, BEER CLUB Verre Tokyo, airside area.
10:18pm. Waiting. We’re all waiting.
7:41pm, leaving Shinjuku. Leaving always feels like this, doesn’t it?
5:22pm, the last dinner. Santouka Ramen (らーめん山頭火) on the 7th floor of Tokyo Odakyu Department Store, Nishi-Shinjuku (東京都新宿区西新宿1-1-3 小田急新宿ミロード７階).
So, is the toroniku (な頬肉) better than that in Singapore? You bet.
7:17pm, Marugo Tonkatsu (とんかつ丸五), Akihabara (秋葉原).
6:20pm. Yours truly trying to decide what to have. One of the rare times you’ll see me in a suit.
12:37pm, arriving in Harajuku (原宿).
2:04pm, Omotesandō (表参道). The architecture of this building, Bulgari Café Omotesandō, continues to fascinate me.
2:22pm. Technically a flawed shot, but I like the visual cacophony of the various elements in the shot: the reflection of the street, depicting the narrowness of the typical side alley, bleeding into the basement restaurant; the ubiquitous presence of motifs and icons; the politeness in the gesture of the woman; the hashi in the lower right corner of the photo; the two foreigners; the sushi chef. Tokyo in a nutshell.
2:24pm. A papier-mâché E.T. employed as a—what else?—mascot for La Fée Délice, a café along a side street off Omotesandō.
3:43pm. The KDDI Designing Studio (KDDIデザイニングスタジオ) building features a ramp that spirals from the ground floor to the fifth floor.
4:13pm, WIRED 360º, KDDI Designing Studio.
4:34pm. WIRED CAFE is one of the rare establishments that offer truly free Wi-Fi, which is harder to find than you think. Odd, considering how Tokyo is about as tech-y as a city can get.
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34, male and very Cancerian. Often irascible, even if he is prescient to his emotions. Lives for the resonance of beautiful passages, cinematic magic and aural bliss. Dabbles in fiction writing, photography, sketching and daydreaming in his free time, even though he is paid to do just those in a professional capacity.
He is, in other words, quite a geek.
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