Wednesday, 29 December 2010

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.

Sunday, 19 December 2010

ellipse


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

Sunday, 12 December 2010

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

Thursday, 9 December 2010

blocking pigeons

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

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

a break on a slope

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

Saturday, 4 December 2010

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).

Friday, 3 December 2010

storm

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