Everybody owns an umbrella in Tokyo. It seems mandatory. The shops are prepared for the umbrella-using-people. You simply stick your wet umbrella in a machine that in two seconds wrap the thing in plastic preventing the floor from getting wet. Neat.. but speaking off unnecessary waste of plastic??
Friday, 27 February 2009
Why does it always rain on me...?
Everybody owns an umbrella in Tokyo. It seems mandatory. The shops are prepared for the umbrella-using-people. You simply stick your wet umbrella in a machine that in two seconds wrap the thing in plastic preventing the floor from getting wet. Neat.. but speaking off unnecessary waste of plastic??
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Is that RoboCop ?
Me and Allan on the roof of Studio Ghibli Museum with a robot from the famous Japanese film director Hayao Miyazaki.
Saturday, 14 February 2009
A little bit taller and hotter...
It looks hot, it smells hot and it is hot in Tokyo - 20 degrees in feburary! Global warming ??
The way up to Tokyo Tower - did anyone say Eiffel??
Friday, 13 February 2009
Happy Japanese Valentine
Oh yes, in Japan they have also adopted the Valentine tradition. Allan is not very fond of this tradition and refused to buy me anything on the occation. What I expected of course.. but hey you can´t blame me for trying. To my great surprise the Japanese valentine is not quite as the one we know. Here it is the girl that buys a present for her boyfriend... to bad Allan. Know your policy..no gift for you.
Saturday, 7 February 2009
Traveling without moving..
Take the metro and travel through Tokyo without moving. 
Is this a center for ants ?? (View from Starbuks café in Shibuya)Wednesday, 4 February 2009
Neat and groomy
My very first impression of Japan can be described in two words: neat and groomy. Neat because the streets are so unbelievably clean. There is simply not a single piece of garbage to be seen for miles. Later I fund out that the Japanese are obsessed with sorting their garbage, which is a god thing since they produce a lot of it. They have a tendency of wrapping everything in paper and plastic at least twice.
The other word, groomy, fits because all the houses, gardens and trees are well-groomed. The trees are cut into specific shapes and the gardens are basically very strict and not a single stone is out of order. Me likes...
The other word, groomy, fits because all the houses, gardens and trees are well-groomed. The trees are cut into specific shapes and the gardens are basically very strict and not a single stone is out of order. Me likes...
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