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Late Night Delinquency
Middle of the Night Delinquency “I am seriously wigged out,” Tod wrote to a friend on IRC at 3:20 this morning.”Kristen and her friend MJ went out to the convenience store about an hour and 20 minutes ago (it is a 5 minute walk) and they are not back yet. There is no sign of…
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World Cup view
This was my view of last night’s exciting US-Germany game. Although the US lost, they played well. One shot on goal really might have been a goal, but it was ruled not. Even in the instant replays, it was hard to tell if it went in or not. Half the US team got yellow-carded for…
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Marunouchi beauty
The Marunouchi line is a subway, but it peeks above ground several times along its route. Here is a view of the track between Ochanomizu and Awajicho where the train crosses a bridge over the Kanda River. I love this tiny section of track. It takes about five seconds to traverse it, but the view…
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WC ticket, 1
My lucky husband got a ticket to tomorrow’s US-Germany World Cup game in Ulsan, Korea. What a great chance! He’s got a full day ahead of him with two flights, a reservation for a seat at a pub to watch the afternoon’s game (England-Brazil) being played in Japan, then a taxi to the stadium for…
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World Cup quarterfinals
Well, the World Cup is quickly drawing to a conclusion. After a flurry of qualification games, the “round of sixteen is over and we’re down to eight games remaining. I’m surprised at how much I’ve been paying attention. It’s sort of fun, even if I don’t understand the esoteric rules of big-league soccer. The quarterfinals…
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Incidental music
Japan is full of incidental music. Train stations on the Yamanote line have signature tunes, busy crosswalks play music, and all around the city at 5 o’clock, songs play on the public address system. I phoned the ward office to find out the name of the tune that’s played in our neighborhood. Mariko Harada was…
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50 man parade
50 men parading a mikoshi through Ginza.
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Soba gluttony
Gluttony isn’t so bad when it’s all based on soba. We tried a restaurant in Asagaya last night on the recommendaiton of a friend. We splurged on the 4,000 yen “all soba” course and were presented with eight courses, all involving buckwheat. Everything was astonishingly good and as each course arrived we declared it better…
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Bunkyo-ku merchants
Bunkyo-ku merchants have banded together to create a point card system. Pink banners with cartoon figures of bees declare “I (heart) Bunkyoker” let you know which shops give points. Last night, I filled up my first card. As a reward for spending 35,000 yen at the ward’s independent stores, I get 500 yen off an…
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Zousan.com wins
I can’t decide whether I’m thrilled or humiliated. In the past 13 days, the Zous website has had 824 visits. Mine got only 166.That explains the possible humiliation. On the other hand, I’m excited because zousan.com was mentioned on KininaruWeb, a Japanese site that shares links to interesting sites. The comment that accompanied the link…
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