30 October 2009

Honda Super Cub スーパーカブ50


I just thought it looked cool, but this bike actually has an interesting history.

20 October 2009

Street Cat 街の猫

Nazo 意味不明

Kanda Myōjin 神田明神


My last stop on this walk before reaching the station at Akihabara to start my trip home, Kanda Myōjin. I've wanted to go here since first arriving in Japan more than a year ago, only because it makes a brief appearance in one of the stories I discuss in my dissertation.

Destination Akihabara 間もなく、秋葉


That's my final destination for this walk, there in the distance--Akihabara, Mecca of geekdom.

I took this photo from the middle of Hijiri Bridge, near the Ochanomizu station. I noticed a few people on the bridge with their cameras ready, waiting for something, and it dawned on me that I had seen reproductions of the landscape before me on more than one occasion. It was at this point that a train emerged from the tunnel, and the other people on the bridge started snapping away with their cameras. Ah--the Marunouchi train.

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19 October 2009

Book Town Kanda 本の街、神田神保町


Outside one of the numerous used bookstores in Jinbōchō.

Yasukuni Shrine 靖国神社






Yasukuni Shrine. My route across Tokyo took my past this infamous temple, and having never been there before, I had to stop and check it out. Interesting, to say the least. I'm glad I took the time to walk around the grounds a bit for the sake of the cultural edification it provided.