Every December since we have lived in Tokyo our building manager comes to my door with a gift from the property management company and every year it has been coffee. So every year Rick takes it to the office and gives it to his assistant. So this year I was surprised when there was a small bag from Living Motif on the top of a box. I tore it open and found a darling Santa ornament made with felted balls. Hurray, they finally got it right! P.S. They gave us coffee, too. American=coffee drinker
Late last week I noticed that the international grocery store down the street had received their shipment of real Christmas trees. There were several lined up outside the florist shop in the parking lot. Â Today when I walked by there were only about three left. This totally shocks me and I’d really like to know who buys them. They are beautiful but you have to look at the price tag and understand that 47,250 Yen=$560.80! This is for a tree that is going to die and lose all of it’s needles in a few short weeks. Crazy!
After several days of focusing on the Relief Society Christmas Activity that was last night I was ready to get out and about. I woke up to a torrential rain storm and decided I was destined to another day in the house. About mid-morning the storm was gone and there were clear blue skies. I walked through the park and took more photos of the leaves. The storm blew most of them off the trees so I saw a lot of this:
And since the autumn photos are getting a bit old I thought I’d post something for Christmas. There is a KFC in a shopping center near my house. Outside the door there is a life sized Colonel Sanders. Normally he is just in his white suit, but at Christmas he becomes quite festive. (Personally, I think the life sized Colonel Sanders around the city are a bit creepy).
Tonight we went to a small basement theater in Shinjuku to watch a musical program by a daughter of friends and her friends. Marika was obviously the most talented performer there. Almost all of the musical numbers were in Japanese. Afterwards Rick and I decided to walk around Shinjuku before returning home. We ended up at Times Square and went up to the 11th floor of Takeshimaya to see what the Yuzawaya there is like. Yuzawaya is a craft and sewing chain here in Japan. I have not recovered since they closed the 8 story store, that had everything, in Kichijoji. The store we went to is adequate, but it still does not compare. Â Â I bought two packages of wool to try felting a leaf and center for a flower I want to make from a sweater that I felted. At the entrance to Takeshimaya there was an icey sculpture of a human figure and a Christmas tree. Closer inspection revealed that they are made out of empty water bottles. They were quite fabulous…
Today I saw something in Shirogane that is true to the season. Local neighborhoods often put up artificial flowers for each season. I have seen cherry blossoms, bamboo and wisteria in addition to the autumn leaves I saw today. Hooray for still celebrating Autumn!
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