Autumn Colours in Harajuku

On my way back from my opthalmologist, I found autumn finally
approacingto Harajuku. Here are photos with coloring trees on
the Omotesando Street.

Prada in daylights

Here are some photos of Prada and Cartier crystal buildings in daylights.
Tey are beautiful both days and nights. Look at interesting reflections
on both buildings.

Cool and trendy shops in Ura-Harajuku

Ura-Harajuku (Back-streets Harajuku) has many cool and trendy stores
for young people. "Hot" street styles are displayed here.

Setagaya Marathon

Setagaya Marathon took place this Sunday.

Runners are heading to the Komazawa Olympic Park.

Cafe in Jiyugaoka

Jiyugaoka has many nice coffee shops. Cafe Enseigned'angle is
one of them. Even on weekends when many visitors come to
Jiyugaoka for shopping & dining, this cafe provides a quiet and
serene space to enjoy coffee and sweets. It's nice to come in
with your friends or with your favorite book. They use Royal
Copenhagen porcelain which seem to take extra acid away to
make coffee taste milder.

Henry James, THE PORTRAIT OF A LADY

"He was certainly fastidious and critical; he was probably irritable. His sensibility had governed him -- possibly governed him too much; it had made him impatient of vulgar troubles and had led him to live by himself, in a sorted, sifted, arranged world, thinking about art and beauty and history. He had consulted his taste in everything -- his taste alone perhaps, as a sick man consciously incurable consults at last only his lawyer; that was what made him so different from every one else." (Vol. I, XXIV) This was how Isabel fell into the labyrinth of beauty and love cautiously schemed by Madame Merle and Gilbert Osmond. Reading James is like following the entangled web of densely layered languages. The text is so finely woven.