Azabu Juban Koban
Each neighborhood in Tokyo has a koban. The neighborhood koban’s are small police stations. This is where you can ask for directions, borrow a bike pump to add air to your tires, turn in items that you find, complain about your neighbors or report a crime. That last one is quite rare here.
Today I am off to “Oz.”
This bookshop is not too far from my house. They have a fair selection of foreign books and DVDs. They have large Starbuck’s with a lot of indoor and outdoor seating. It is a very popular place. I love their hours!
7:00-28:00!!!!
They really do stay open until 4:00am!
It still surprises me to see traditional Japanese houses tucked in next to the new modern highrises. This house is at the intersection of two six lane roads.
This temple is across the road from tall apartment building. It is very small but one of my favorites here in Tokyo and it is just down the street.
In the Harajuku and Shibuya areas of Tokyo there are several stalls that sell fresh crepes. Each location has a window with plastic replicas of each crepe they sell. A few years ago when Alex and Kristina were visiting they wanted to get one, but were reluctant to order them since they don’t speak Japanese. What they didn’t know is that because a lot of tourists frequent the area and that the young people who work in the crepe stalls are students, English works fine. I agreed to order for them and said, “One strawberry and one chocolate.” We still laugh about it!
Space saver
Today I am thankful I don’t live here. It would be my luck that I would be assigned a bicycle parking on the top and would have to lift it up and down everyday. On the other hand it would be great exercise for my arms. My building is small enough that we only have one level of parking and I refuse to park in my assigned spot. I like parking on the end and will probably have to move to my assigned spot if the two empty apartments are ever rented.
I am often surprised at all the amazing tiny shops that are tucked in among the residential areas of the city. Just two doors down from my building is acrylic. Her website is in English. The shop is just a tiny place, but the artist Masako keeps it stocked with all of her really interesting creations. My favorites are her bags, but she also has cool jewelry. The shop itself is one of my favorite buildings.
Rick and I
Today I went with Alyssa and the girls to the Edo Tokyo Museum and Asakusa.
Kabuki display
Asakusa Shopping Street
Yes, there are Denny’s in Tokyo, they serve Japanese food. We opted for Tempura. Yum!
Alyssa, Emsley, and Chelsea have been with us in Tokyo this week. They arrived from Shanghai last week and it has been so much fun having them with us. We met them when we lived in London. David was such a good “grown-up friend” to Alex. We are sad that he couldn’t come with his girls. After going to Tokyo Disney on Friday they decided that they just had to go back to Tokyo Disney Sea on Monday. The Disney Sea Park is unique to Tokyo. I decided to go along on this adventure. I have been to Tokyo Disney, but not to Tokyo Disney Sea. It was a fun day and because of Fastpass we were able to get on the most popular rides without waiting too long.
One of the popular things for Japanese youth to do is wear Disney headbands or clip on ears in the park. We decided to participate and all got ears. We wore them all day and got some interesting looks and a few “Kawai” comments (cute).
Emsley, Alyssa, Chelsea and I
Shadow picture with Emsley's toes
It has been fun week. Next adventure…OZ.
There is a store in Shibuya called Loft and the entire lower level is stationary. It is probably the most amazing stationary shop I’ve been in here. That’s where I found these:
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