I feel strange today ( Read more... )

This morning I realized it's August 1st. Ah, Hanabi Taikai memories ( Read more... )

It's been a long time since I've been in Japan during summer (and also spring and fall). I miss it. Today on the way home from work I was struck with memories of how it felt to be in Tokyo for the first time--the excitement and the anxiety and the joy. Of the way light tilts through buildings in Shinagawa. Of how surprisingly different places look ( Read more... )

I'm enjoying getting home at a reasonable hour ( Read more... )

I was watching a Japanese movie yesterday (that actually turned out to be a very mature film concerning how to reconcile unrequited love and societal pressure to get married and have kids) and I saw this shot:


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