This post has been in my drafts folder for ages…! (Well, since November, really) The Tokyo Jidai Matsuri is an annual parade that depicts key events in Tokyo history through the ages (jidai means “era” or “period”). It’s one of those festivals that you might think has been around for a loooong time, but, actually, [...]
And they’re off! Here’s a short clip of the start of the 2011 Tokyo Marathon. You can see everyone’s favourite governor (ha ha ha) waving to the throng of runners as the race kicks off. Before you applaud me on dragging myself over to my old neighbourhood (Shinjuku) before 9 AM on a Sunday, note [...]
Haru ichiban (春一番), first winds of spring, was an unusually warm one in Tokyo this year. I was in Yurakucho around noon yesterday and shot a few clips with the iPhone app 8mm Vintage Camera as I passed by the station . You can see that there are quite a few people without coats enjoying [...]
There was quite a buzz on Saturday when it snowed here, but, in reality, nothing stuck to the ground in central Tokyo and it was, for me, rather disappointing. Tonight, however, what started as a cold rain turned slowly to snow as the hours passed until it was really snowing by around 10:30 or 11:00 [...]
Well, actually, it’s more like “abandon your bike because you can’t be bothered paying to have it removed via the city garbage collectors” or “you’ve left it somewhere after one too many chūhais and have no idea where” and this is what happens in Tokyo: You can hardly blame people because it’s actually possible to travel [...]
If you live long enough in Japan, you might begin to think about “nature” in a different way (what “nature” represents in Canada is markedly different and, perhaps, a topic for another blog post). There is no escaping “seasons” here or the declaration one is bound to hear from Japanese people on occasion: “Japan has [...]
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