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Tokyo Towers

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Tokyo Tower from inside Nissin World Delicatessen

When we wanted to give a gift “from Oregon” when we were in Japan we would head over to the International Supermarket in Azabu known as Nissin World Delicatessen (address: 東京都港区東麻布2丁目34−2). The selection was good, but the prices were crazy. If I remember correctly, a bottle of Rogue beer that could be purchased at my local supermarket in Ashland for well under $2 would cost four or five times as much in Tokyo. But the very fact that something from Rogue Ales could be purchased in Tokyo was pretty cool.

From the third floor in Nissin World Delicatessen (日進ワールドデリカテッセン) you can see Tokyo Tower out the window.

Maman at night with holiday lights

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Today’s photo shows a different time of day and year compared to the recent post of the giant spider sculpture in Roppongi.

Tokyo Marathon 2013 results

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Tokyo Marathon 2010 in the rain (Iidabashi, Tokyo, Japan)

Today’s Tokyo Marathon 2013 had Kazuhiro Maeda as the top Japanese finisher. Four of the top five finishers were from Kenya with the winner being Dennis Kipruto Kimetto.

I remember, very well, a wet morning three years ago when I was there. Click here for more photos and video from that day.

Louise Bourgeois’ giant spider sculpture in Roppongi

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“Maman” by Louise Bourgeois next to the Mori Tower in Tokyo’s Roppongi

I believe there are eight Maman sculptures in the world. Tokyo has this one.

Fall colors in January?

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I have mentioned before how late autumn hits the Tokyo area. I’m used to fall colors in October. They don’t begin in Tokyo until November and don’t reach their peak until very late in the month or even early December.

I took today’s photo near the Imperial Palace (皇居) in January!

Asakusa’s kaminarimon

Asakusa's Sensoji - Tokyo, Japan - statue Tenryu in the Kaminarimon and a pigeon

Asakusa’s Sensoji – Tokyo, Japan – statue Tenryu in the Kaminarimon and a pigeon

Typically, Buddhist temples in Japan have a couple of scary-looking statues at the entrance such as the Nio. In the famous gate, kaminarimon (雷門), in Asakusa there are four statues instead of the usual two. This one of Tenryu is anything but scary, or at least that’s what the pigeons think.