20
08/09
23:49
Here’s something you don’t see everyday. An empty Hachiko crossing in Shibuya. Took this photo quite a while back when I roamed Harajuku early one Sunday morning. Even at that early weekend hour, getting a seat at Starbucks overlooking this popular junction required a short wait.
18
08/09
09:22
Keio’s annual open campus. This year, I find myself helping out. At the orientation hall right now. Most of our visitors are high school students. I’ve not seen so many young faces in a long time. ^^. I see many girls in uniforms. Not so much guys.
17
08/09
18:54
It’s been a while since I last had some Kyusyu Jangara Ramen. Most of the time when I’m having this particular ramen, it’s at their main shop in otaku mecca, Akihabara. I was introduced to it by a friend who brought me there many suns and moons ago when I first arrived in Tokyo to begin my studies. This particular shop, is in Harajuku.
16
08/09
14:49
While browsing through my photo library, I came upon some photos I took of my Yamato battleship. It’s of 1/700 scale from Tamiya’s waterline series. Waterline models have a flat base. I like the waterline series. Very easy to display the ships because of it’s flat hull. If you’re into ships, you would know that the waterline refers to where the hull meets the water surface.
There’s something about Yamato that mesmerizes me. I even visited the drydock in Kure where she was constructed.
13
08/09
09:55
Climbing Mt. Fuji was, in a word, veryveryverytough. The view from the top though, simply spectacular. I’ve been meaning to make the climb ever since I came to Japan. Been meaning to do it for 5 years now. So why now? I went on the 8th night, a day after I submitted my doctoral dissertation. It felt like the perfect time, a now-or-never situation. And so, I went.