Browsing Junkgirl™ blog archives for June, 2009.
Came across this cafe while reading the online paper this morning. A rather weird name though – Brother Baba Budan. Maybe i can refer to it as BBB for short. Love the earthy interior tones. Don’t love the communal seatings. Some privacy, please.
Images are from Breakfast Out.
To visit the next time i go into the city.
(13 January 2009)
At Ueno Station
brunch was Soup Stock
a common sight in Tokyo
another common sight – guys with a white towel wrapped around their head
crossing the road from Ueno Station to get to the Yamashiroya Toy Shop on the right
a local eatery
Ameyayokocho or Ameyoko for short
walking around Ameyoko
kebabs
takoyaki stall
under the train tracks
a variety of fish roe
Japanese lottery
another kebab store
levels within a building
walked to Kappabashi-dori, about 30 minutes on foot.
最长的电影 by Jay Chou
A rather meaningful MV. On a side note, the guy sitting next to Jay in the car is Vincent Fang, the lyricist for most of Jay’s songs.
This would make a good palm to test out if a palm reader is really knowledgable or just going by the books.
(12 January 2009)
Inside a store selling preserved food
tasting
daruma-san
Inside a nuts and beans store
walking towards Kitain Temple, about 15-20 mins away
dango
surname of the residents
a shrine beside Kitain Temple
there was some sort of fair at the temple grounds
a variety of daruma-san
prayer arrows
the queue to get into the temple
a worker with his cart
sweets
coated bananas
dango
buttered potatoes
some sort of warm, barley-like alcoholic drink.
bonsai
spot the kimono
teppanyaki chicken
got some to cure the hunger
takoyaki
yakisoba
masks
another shot of the coated bananas. too s.w.e.e.t.
some sort of mini pancake with red-bean filling
some kind of omelette
heading back to the train station
on the corner
back on the shopping street
inside an arcade
have a break, grab a KitKat
more spot the kimonos
Just outside the station
inside the station
last look at the convenience store at the station before heading down to the platform
seated in the train
Back in Tokyo, about an hour later. Got off at Ikebukuro station. Yakiniku for dinner…
interior of the restaurant
exterior of the restaurant
‘i’m not shooting you’
Sunshine City – a large shopping in Ikebukuro
Brad Pitt for Softbank, at the train station platform
back in Shinjuku, looking straight at the station
on the right
on the left
inside the Shinjuku station
heading back to the apartment
a detour on the right
a ramen shop
Back onto the main road. The soba shop we frequented.
Lawson, not far from the apartment
6 degrees @ 21:11
choices
security at the entrance to the apartment
Called it a night
(12 January 2009)
Kawagoe – a town about 1 hour away from Tokyo
grabbing a bite at the station
waffles
bread with a variety of filling such as tuna, peanut butter, red bean paste etc.
It was ‘Coming of Age’ day and there were many donning traditional wear.
Tanuki-san
spotted more girls in kimonos
there was small shrine along the way, with some pebble walk
the cleansing area
Doing the pebble walk. It hurt at the the start and depending on the type of pebbles. Some were really sharp.
Japan is filled with many narrow streets
in the queue to ring the bell at a Shrine
the Japanese use their hands to direct the incense smoke towards them, for luck or protection maybe.
leaving the shrine
a shop filled with hobby model kits
filling up on fluids
Kawagoe is mainly visited for its traditional wooden buildings like this
some remaining Lucky Bags
a rain chain
a young lady dressed in kimono for the Coming of age day
the tower
some expensive vegetables. some of the fruits and vegetables in Japan have outrageous pricetags.
freshly made rice crackers on display
sweet potatoes
a short coffee break
Inside a pottery store
cleansing area outside a temple
Inside a candy store
kompeito – a type of Japanese candy
at the crackers store
Japan deserves the best packaging and presentation award
Location: Helen Hills Winery, Victoria, Australia
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to CNN, about the scandal, more than a year later.
First half
Second half
He is also a victim in the scandal. He was just careless. He’s grown up from the incident. Everything happens for a reason.
