As you can see there were also a lot of other people with the same idea.
These photos do not even go close to giving justice to the the sights.
8:24 PM |
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As you can see there were also a lot of other people with the same idea.
These photos do not even go close to giving justice to the the sights.
We went to the Tokyo tower over the weekend to look at the christmas lights, but as you can see it was a little cold (about zero degrees at 4 pm). So we took a few pictures and undertook to come back again some other time.
The lights were all themed with the season and included a great train for the children to run around in and then the reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh.
and the lights with the tower does get a little confusing.
The lights were all themed with the season and included a great train for the children to run around in and then the reindeer pulling Santa's sleigh.
and the lights with the tower does get a little confusing.
9:05 PM |
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I don’t think there is any need to elaborate on what this chain of stores sells.
I have now seen three of these Condomania stores in different locations around Tokyo and have been looking at them trying to determine exactly what they are all about. After all whats wrong with just visiting a chemist? As you can see they have a very distinctive sign that is very hard to miss and easy to identify.
With Christmas fast approaching and the Japanese keen to get into anything to do with celebrating the season many shops display Christmas related themes. However, this Christmas display, or more accurately where it was and the shop that it was in front of, left me a little unsettled.
As you can see it didn’t seem to bother any of the children in the area (or their parents).
Maybe they were not looking too closely at the window display behind their dear little precious ones and everything that it promised.
And I don’t think that this was exactly what it was meant to say.
I have now seen three of these Condomania stores in different locations around Tokyo and have been looking at them trying to determine exactly what they are all about. After all whats wrong with just visiting a chemist? As you can see they have a very distinctive sign that is very hard to miss and easy to identify.
On the weekend the weather was way too nice to stay inside, or even go shopping, so we went exploring some new areas around Tokyo. Looking at the map we looked for the most green we could find and ended up visiting the Shinjuku gyoen.
The Shinjuku gardens are one of the prime spots to visit during spring to witness the cherry blossoms. The gardens are also high up on people’s lists for watching the autumn leaves.
These gardens are over 100 years old and used to be an imperial garden. It is made up of three main areas (English landscape garden, French formal garden and Japanese traditional garden) along with wide open spaces for people to play.
Coming to the end of autumn there was still a number of colourful trees and a number of people taking photos of them. You can only imagine how many people come to these gardens to look at the autumn leaves at their peak.
Ands its also a great place to get some exercise.
The Shinjuku gardens are one of the prime spots to visit during spring to witness the cherry blossoms. The gardens are also high up on people’s lists for watching the autumn leaves.
These gardens are over 100 years old and used to be an imperial garden. It is made up of three main areas (English landscape garden, French formal garden and Japanese traditional garden) along with wide open spaces for people to play.
Coming to the end of autumn there was still a number of colourful trees and a number of people taking photos of them. You can only imagine how many people come to these gardens to look at the autumn leaves at their peak.
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Apparently it just the job for the newest person to meet people?
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It’s the first day of winter here in Tokyo with only 25 days to go until Santa visits so, like all good Australian’s, we had to undertake our December pilgrimage to the beach. The day turned out to be absolutely spectacular and I even ended up getting a little sunburned.
We weren’t the only people out enjoying the day and there were a number of large groups of runners out taking in the sun and enjoying the solitude that can only come with running.
This “beach” is located on the side of Tokyo bay and very close to the base of the Rainbow Bridge which comes to life after dark displaying a huge array of lights. The walls at the bottom of the bridge originally formed part of a fort that was constructed over 400 years ago to help defend Tokyo from attacks from the sea.
However, digging in the sand soon revealed that decades of pollution had accumulated in the sand making it sticky, black and very unpleasant. That may explain the sign, one errant naked flame here and the whole place would burn for months. As for swimming…
We weren’t the only people out enjoying the day and there were a number of large groups of runners out taking in the sun and enjoying the solitude that can only come with running.
This “beach” is located on the side of Tokyo bay and very close to the base of the Rainbow Bridge which comes to life after dark displaying a huge array of lights. The walls at the bottom of the bridge originally formed part of a fort that was constructed over 400 years ago to help defend Tokyo from attacks from the sea.
However, digging in the sand soon revealed that decades of pollution had accumulated in the sand making it sticky, black and very unpleasant. That may explain the sign, one errant naked flame here and the whole place would burn for months. As for swimming…
