Food and daily necessities need to be bought, plus bills and the like still have to be paid, so the stroller assisted struggle goes on.
Archives for March 2015
Gritty, grimy Tokyo
With its neon and numerous big screens, Tokyo isn’t exactly lacking in colour. Not by any stretch of the imagination. But head down the city’s side streets, and those hues often have a very different feel; from the gritty spray of cans, to the grime of far less identifiable substances.
A Japanese crow, in flight
On a sombre anniversary in Japan, this photo, somehow, seemed fitting.
Eccentric Tokyo salesman
The purchase of sensible work shoes is never pleasant, but the pain can at least be partially eased when the seller is a fella who wouldn’t know sensible if it sidled up to him and said hello.
Zen and the art of Buddhist shadows
The traditional sight of a Buddhist temple, conventionally attired priest, and a suitably ostentatious time-piece.
An old shogi (Japanese chess) club
The concentration, calm and wonderfully old-school charm of a shogi, or Japanese chess club.