election campaign 4

Yukio Hatoyama, the prime minister of the shadow cabinet made the last speech of the election campaign at Ikebukuro.

hybrid taxi

You can see the hybrid taxi (Toyota Prius) occasionally in Tokyo.

cicadas

You can hear the noisy sound of cicadas in this season of Tokyo.
This is a cast-off skin of cicada.

Shinkansen

You can see many kinds of Shinkansen in Tokyo Station.
Boys like Shinkansen very much!

Ekiben

In Tokyo Station, they sell many kinds of Ekiben (box lunch for railway travel).

election campaign 3

The bulletin boards for the election are set up here and there in the town.

election campaign 2

The hanging poster in the train says that the 45th election for the House of Representatives are held on 30th August.

election campaign

On the first day of the election campaign, prime minister Taro Aso is speaking in front of a big station.

the jury system starts

A kind of jury system starts in Japan.
Some people who don't agree with it hand out leaflets in front of the Tokyo court.

no bicycle in train

This poster in a railway station says that passenger can not bring a bicycle into trains.

life sized GUNDAM

The life sized GUNDAM appears for an event at Odaiba area in Tokyo.