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Just across the road from our lodgings in Hakuba was 蕎麦酒房膳, a place that specialized in classic, hand-made soba (本格手打ちそば). Great food and a lovely atmosphere, if you happen to make it to Hakuba someday, you should give it a try.
Shinya Tange (丹下眞也) of the Japanese band Outrage
Queue for Futomendo Ramen near Takadanobaba
Back when Futomendo was all the rage on Waseda Doori a line like this was inevitable. The poor tsukemen shop just a few doors down, meanwhile, couldn’t fill its seats.
Takeda Shingen Festival - Ricoh samurai (employees) line up for the customary commemorative photo
Japanese take more canned, commemorative photos (記念写真) than anyone. Perhaps they take more than all other cultures combined. Who knows?
Everyone tends to look very solemn in these kinen shashin, and the pictures tend to include so many people that you can’t really see who is in the photo anyway. Rather boring, right?
I suppose one way to liven things up is to have the participants dress as samurai.
Japanese females in Halloween costumes
Today’s photo is from the 2011 Ashland, Oregon Halloween Parade. I think these two girls are Japanese students at SOU this year. I’ll be posting (and have posted) many more photos from Halloween (we had great weather and there were some stellar costumes this year) on my other blog which you can find here.
Odawara Castle wall during cherry blossom season
I have been through the Odawara Station many times, but I have never made it to the castle itself. Today’s photo was taken by my better half when she met up with some other TIS moms for an outing while the sakura was blossoming (first week of April).