忘年会 (bounenkai: forget the year party)

I would be FUCKED in the office this morning where it not for my anti-hangover triple threat:
(1) amino acid lemon drink, 1 l.(2) extra strength Excedrin tablets(1) cup of black coffee, 350 ml.
This deadly jointed phalanx, fearsome, ordered, disciplined.Halving how many hated heathen hangover-hordes, hunted, hurting, hustled and hounded hell-for-leather back to the hinterlands.

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Tokyo is over.

More mountains from here on out.

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Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Yokohama

I feel like for Tokyo, sprawl has clearly defined boundaries. Does it continue to eat up more and more land like a deranged cookie monster, or has some mysterious Economic Law waved its right hand through these wondrous mountains, deigning them more valuable as forest than parking lot?
From what I could see, one side [...]

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Ambulatory Old People

Whoddathunk?

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Eldritch

I have some sort of rust fetish I think.

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Telescoping spines

I didn’t take this one actually, but the angle is good.

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What most of Japan looks like.

The dark side of the forest.

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Me and my tree.

I went to Takao Mountain last weekend for a bit of a climb. My calves still hurt, lol.
I got a little thrill as soon as I stepped off the pavement, because I realized that was the first time in six months I felt something other than pavement under my feet.

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She became self-conscious when watched.

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an indictment of the system of international law?

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Two genii loci.

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One genius locus.

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"Weekend Chocolate"

Chocolate store in Jiyu ga Oka. Would this take you a whole weekend to finish?

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Pentralium

Man, it becomes obvious when I start using my point-and-shoot camera, doesn’t it.

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Shinagawa Temple

I love these tiny, tiny torii, each one smaller than the last, seeming to so forcefully separate and demarcate the sacred space of this shrunken little shrine.
I felt bad about taking this picture, so I put some money in the offering box before I left.

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Construction site near the river

Every woman adores a Fascist,The boot in the face, the bruteBrute heart of a brute like you.
-Sylvia Plath, “Daddy”

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Scientolatry

Lamp shop in Jiyu ga Oka. Sells the darndest things, including this lovely little sprite who I assume teaches children what effects sexual arousal has in the human adult male.
These truths be self-evident.
In related news! My friend and coworker spun this compelling yarn from pure mountain spring water, Sweet ‘n’ Low, and the choicest [...]

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taste the rainbow

Sorry about the poor quality…point and shoot as I was biking home from work one cold and blustery evening. They have 4 giant, van-sized spotlights grids, arranged around the tower and covered in blue filters. The color changes all the time actually, usually on commemorative days. This time, it was blue to mark the start [...]

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