More wandering today, eight and a half miles of it, plus lots of hopping on and off mass transit. And when I say “mass” I mean it: Tokyo’s stations are Godzilla-like. They are also pristine, innovative, and chock full of little kids traveling alone.
More excellent veggie ramen today, this time ordered and paid for via a machine. Table settings include paper bibs to aid in slurp-induced spattering and small elastics for putting one’s hair back to more easily manipulate spoon and hashi (chopsticks).
Later I found shops with bins out front selling beautiful used kimono for about $4.50 each; walls of (empty) sake barrels; determined and effective leaf rakers; a shop frequented by Lady Gaga; owl cafés (with real owls!); pet shops selling $300,000 puppies; and crazy, crazy food. I’m definitely not in South Kona anymore.
Worst image of the day? Baby octopi on skewers.
Here are some photos. Enjoy.
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I love all the photos! So varied and so different. Quite a cultural difference I bet. Glad you are finding veggie ramen. It looks delicious. Did you buy a kimono?
On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 4:12 PM SchinyDays – What it looks like from my neck of the woods, wherever those woods may be wrote:
> schinygirl posted: “More wandering today, eight and a half miles of it, > plus lots of hopping on and off mass transit. And when I say “mass” I mean > it: Tokyo’s stations are Godzilla-like. They are also pristine, innovative, > and chock full of kids traveling alone. More excell” >
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The ramen is terrific. And it’s easy to take varied photos in a place like this. That said, you may be tired of temples, gardens, and Buddhas before too long.
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Oh, and no, no kimono purchase. I’m currently in reduction mode, not acquisition.
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I’m so impressed that you can navigate through Tokyo so easily–and still take all these great photos!
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Navigate, yes; easily, um, no! That said, I see local folks asking questions. I’m so happy you like the photos.
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