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歌舞伎町
If you are looking for karaoke (カラオケ), all-you-can-eat yakiniku (焼肉食べ放題), a drink (居酒屋), or something a little seedier, you are sure to find it in Kabukicho. In fact, you can probably find what you are looking for at a dozen or more different establishments in Kabukicho. Today’s photo is of the approach to Kabukicho from the Shinjuku Station.
日枝神社の猿神像
When I first saw this statue I thought it was a legendary kappa. However, on closer inspection, I found it to be a monkey wearing a Shinto priest’s hat. A little research turned up the fact that sarugami, also known as masaru, is the patron god of the Hie shrines all over Japan. I took today’s photo at the one in Tokyo.
Shigenobu Okuma Statue stands among the Ginkgo Trees (銀杏) during autumn on the Waseda University campus in Tokyo
The fall colors have come and gone on my home campus in Southern Oregon, but they are still going strong in Tokyo.
Japanese Little League Baseball in Tokyo
Just outside the Tokyo Dome I found these kids playing baseball (yakyu). Maybe this is an unusual sight to see in the middle of one of the world’s biggest cities. But Tokyo is no ordinary city. Perhaps the strangest thing is when this scene took place–not in summer, fall, or even spring. This kid was laying down a bunt while the runner on second sprinted for third in the middle of February.
Mt. Fuji sunset from inside the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building
Sensoji's five-story pagoda
One strange thing about the Japanese language is that characters (kanji) usually have multiple readings. Take the kanji for Senso-Ji for example. This famous temple is located in Asakusa (浅草) so when you see the kanji 浅草寺 you think this place must be called Asakusa Tera or Asakusa Dera (tera, 寺, means temple). Actually, it is read Sensoji so not a single character retains its “normal” reading.