4:20 on a Sunday

Photo dump time! Enjoy.

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Spring 2008: ….gyoza!

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Spring 2008: Priceless Garlic gyoza making grandma!

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Spring 2008: Octopus ball and kimchi cheese gyoza!

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Spring 2008: Garlic gyoza!

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Spring 2008: Mayonnaise and Habanero gyoza!

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Spring 2008: Ginormous gyoza

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Spring 2008: Gyoza Stadium!

Taken at Ikebukuro Sunshine City, land of merriment and Turkish icecream.
Not just even Gyoza Stadium, but…Gyoza Battle!!!!

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Spring 2008: NOA building…innocence lost.

Next in the long line of supremely unfortunate Tokyo office monstrosities. This building is mortifying. That tall arch in the center? Only entrance into the building. That hammer-like window? Asymmetrically located, oh and also THE ONLY WINDOW FOR FOUR STORIES. That stained red brick? Makes it look like a WWII gas chamber.
Listen, being a salaryman [...]

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Spring 2008: The unluckiest building in Tokyo

Would you pay money for that penthouse apartment?

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Spring 2008: One of my favorite views in Tokyo

This is taken from the second floor window of a French restaurant I like in Azabu Juuban. I forget the name, but I go there often if I have the time. The middle part of the square is called Patio Juuban, and during the day there’s a fantastic open air market. I took my dad [...]

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Spring 2008: My first night in the new apartment!

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Kooky picture of the Tower at night

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Spring 2008: Sakura at Roppongi Itchome Station

Whoops. 3 of 2.

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Spring 2008: Sakura at Roppongi Itchome Station

2 of 2.

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Spring 2008: Sakura at Roppongi Itchome Station

1 of 2.

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Spring 2008: “The Japanese Dionysus”

I really can’t stand the “informational” signs most Japanese monuments, shrines, holy items etc. have to explain their significance to the observer. Usually they give a name, lots of dates, and some quizzically-oversimplified description, with none of the context required to appreciate the object being described.
This is apparently “the Japanese Dionysus,” and since it was [...]

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Spring 2008: Plum blossoms in Hamamatsucho

This was taken when my parents and sister came to visit a few months ago. They missed the sakura blossoms but the plum ones came early, and they were spectacular. More flower pics to follow!

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Why have I not posted for a month?

Well, there’s been a lot of stuff going on lately
It’s clear and bright today in Tokyo, and I’m sitting in my office basking in the palpable warmth of wireless internet to which I actually have the WEP. That’s the problem with my new apartment: lots of wireless networks in range, all encrypted. I [...]

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Another view of the balcony: tomato and sunflower plants

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My balcony

The balcony is a sort of L-shape, rotated 90 degrees up and mirrored. The “bottom” of the L is pretty fat though, so there’s a lot of room to move around.

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A better view of my herbs

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View from inside

From here you can see five of the seven pots in my garden. From the left, sunflower, tomato, peppermint, fennel, and orange mint. If you keep going left, there are two more hanging pots with another fennel and common sage.

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The best view so far

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My closet and my books

I finally have enough closet space…Also, I keep the wine and the whiskey on the top shelf next to the books.
The blue plastic things have a lot of hooks from which I hang my wet laundry.

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View from the bookcase

Here’s the focal point of the room. Two sliding glass doors cover my closet and my bookshelves, left and right respectively. The architect apparently really, really want me to buy a flatscreen. The center portion of the shelving could do with a few more of those colored boxes. I haven’t exactly decided how I’m going [...]

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Main room

My main room, distinguished by floor/reading lamp, ugly curtains which I bought for 100 yen and will hopefully change soon, white vinyl couch of dubious origin (found it in my building and getsed it before the large-trash men got to it) and sliding windows out onto the balcony.
You may have seen the washer, but whither [...]

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My Ikea bed cover.

Ikea captains my faltering design sense across unending surging seas of bad fashion decisions.
Although it does add a lot of color to the room
Black bookcase houses tomes which I am currently perusing. Also of note: red laundry hamper, kept as out of sight as possible.

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Throwing up ambiguous gang signs: the view from the kitchen

My flooring is real purdy like.

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Opposite sink and stove

Somewhat less organized  opposite side of the kitchen. I need more shelving to house my electric pot, rice cooker, microwave oven,  and various sundries. Note my expensive, locally-roasted coffee
I love that my fridge is sky blue. I think it’s kind of weird to keep the washing machine in the kitchen, but whatevs. Also, [...]

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