This is what I see every night from my living room window. Living in Tokyo may be the only time my “tent” literally faces the temple.
“And they pitched their tents round about the temple, every man having his tent with the door thereof towards the temple, that thereby they may remain in their tents and hear the words which king Benjamin should speak unto them…” Mosiah 2:6
It is my hope that I will always have my tent facing the temple even when I can’t see it from my window.
I often ride down a street in Roppongi Hills that is home all designer shops. I have actually noticed a trend at Giorgio Armani. They like to put sparkly things in their windows. Right now each window has a formal and each one has some form of sparkle on it. These are just two of them
This what was going on in Roppongi Hills:
Men on Scaffolding
They were doing this:
Can you see the lights on the tree trunk?
It is too early for Christmas lights!
It seems that most foreigners living in Japan find themselves feeling illiterate. You can’t speak to the locals and you can’t read. For me there are just enough things in English to keep me from going crazy. I can understand more Japanese than I can speak. One of the challenges of the city is that some of the streets are not marked with names and most of those that are look like this:
The white sign with the kanji tells the name of the street. The red and blue sign below it for Highway 1 also has the name of that street, Sakurada dori, in English and Japanese. The sign below that says, Akabanebasi in Japanese and English. I think it’s the name of the junction and not the street since the Akabanebashi subway station is there.
As you can see from this one corner getting around can be a bit challenging. When I first started riding my bike I would often find myself thinking, “I am not sure where I am and not sure how to get home.” My children would say I was lost. I am never lost! I can always figure out how to get home. So… I would just keep riding and eventually I would see this:
Tokyo Tower
Or this:
Mori Tower-Roppongi Hills
Or this:
Green Roof with Weathervane???
Or this:
And when I found one of these landmarks I would be able to find my way home. Tokyo and Mori Towers can be seen from quite a distance from different parts of the city and besides that I have been blessed with a great sense of direction.
I am impressed at how active senior citizens in Tokyo are. I see them out cleaning in front of their homes, walking, shopping, exercising, biking, cleaning up the park…Today they were in the park painting the pond. I love the women on the left who is framing the scene with her fingers.
Not yet, but some of the leaves in “my” park are starting to change colors.
Today I walked around Tokyo Midtown and saw exactly what I’ve been looking for as Christmas gifts for my three boys. My boys all have golf clubs and enjoy the sport. I think it would be even more fun for them if they had these golf club covers.
I especially like the butterflies on their noses.
I find the names of stores in Japan really interesting. The name of this store is Lucky Rifu (Life).
As I make my way around Tokyo I am intrigued by the old houses. My thought is always the same, “I wouldn’t want to be in there during an earthquake.”
I take camera with me daily and I am definitely in slump when it comes to finding interesting and new things to photograph. This is pathetic!! I live in Tokyo. Today I went to one of my favorite places in Tokyo.
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