eki-naka 3

There are many souvenir shops in Tokyo station.
In this season, a lot of passengers wait in line.
This yellow board says, "Here is the tail (of the line)."

homecoming

It's a season for homecoming.
Almost all the tickets for Shinkansen are sold out.

ellipse

Almost all the buildings in Tokyo has normal rectangular shape. Shinagawa Intercity Building is exceptional.

青森(Aomori)

On the fourth December, Shinkansen has arrived at Aomori, the north end of Honsyu island.
Now, the travel agencies in Tokyo are busy selling Aomori tour.

p.s. You can see one of the commercial films at

http://www.jreast.co.jp/myfirstaomori/cm/doramacm/kaigyo_30s.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xo74iT0fwrg

blocking pigeons

This wire was strained to block pigeons perching.
But why they dislike pigeons?

a break on a slope

These two chairs with long and short legs are at the half of a long slope.

eki-naka 2

There are several shops on the platform in this railway station. From left to right, a bakery, a flower shop, a buffet (for soup) and another buffet (for curry with rice).

storm

The storm in this morning blew off almost all the leaves on this tree.

colorful season 2

Autumn leaves are so beautiful. Even fallen leaves on roadside burn brightly like broken pieces of a colorful china.

Christmas illumination

We can see the Christmas illuminations here and there.

colorful season

Autumn is the most colorful season. Greens turn yellow or red.

Susuki grass

The flowers of Susuki grass (Miscanthus sinensis) are shaking in the evening sunlight at Tama New Town.

collecting nuts

Children are collecting nuts under the trees.

APEC 2010

There are many policemen in the stations because of the APEC 2010.

rail

This fence by the railway is made of iron rail.

modern shrine

This is a super modern Shinto shrine which is made of concrete.

The second photo shows it from behind.

Chile

We all know the rescued Chile miners, though few of us know here is the enbassy of Chile.

You can see the flag of Chile on the upper right building.

eki-naka

Am I in a department store? No. I am in a railway station.
Shopping district in railway station is called "eki-naka", which means "inside (naka) of railway station (eki)".

moss

This old tree wears beautiful green moss.

noodle shop

A businessman is going to take his late breakfast at the noodle shop on the platform.

Tokaido Shinkansen

A Tokaido Shinkansen train passes through night Tokyo.

way-side speech

Some members of the Diet are angry at the release of the Chinese captain.

25:30

This supermarket is open from 10:00 a.m. to 25:30 a.m. (which means 01:30 a.m.)

Typha

There are some Typha plants in the nature reserve at the west of Tokyo.

rainbow

A rainbow appears over the children in Ueno Park.

only one

McDonald's should make more Big Macs.

green pond

The color of this pond has changed to green with the high temperature in these days.

new bridge

A new bridge is under construction at the entrance of Tokyo Port.

wind power generator

This huge windmill for wind power generation decorated with characters by TEZUKA Osamu, a famous manga artist.

helicopter

The Tokyo Fire Department helicopter just took off at Tokyo Heliport.

cicadas

We can see five or six kinds of cicadas in Tokyo. Abura-zemi, left, is one of the most major kind, and Minmin-zemi, right, is another major one.

front view

(This photo was taken in July, 2010.)
The operator of Tokaido line train watches Yamanote line (left), Shinkansen line (right) and Tokyo monorail line (upper right).

Argyreus hyperbius

(This photo was taken in July, 2010.)
A beautiful butterfly (Argyreus hyperbius) is on the watch for the coming up photographer.

p.s. This kind of butterfly has come to Tokyo only few years ago because of global warming.

tall condominium

(This photo was taken in July, 2010.)
Some people live in tall condominiums on the island in Tokyo bay.

dangerous living

(This photo was taken in July, 2010.)
One of the homeless people has a dangerous living.

little bird

(This photo was taken in July, 2010.)
One of the little birds, the decoration by the river, notices my camera.

garbage ship

(This photo was taken in July, 2010.)
Some garbage was carried by ship.

QR Code

(This photo was taken in June, 2010.)
This building has QR Code. QR Code is a kind of barcode, readable by mobile phones with camera.

bulletin board

(This photo was taken in June, 2010.)
A huge bulletin board for the candidates has been set.

aoba

(This photo was taken in April, 2010.)
Trees of sakura (cherry blossom) come in the season of aoba (green leaves).