Sakura 2012 in Yotsuya (April 12)

Sakura 2012 in Jiyugaoka (April 9)

Tokyo City View

Maison Hermes in Ginza (Renzo Piano)

Omote Sando Hills (Tadao Ando)
Ralph Lauren flagship store, Omote Sando


Omote Sando just before 11 am, June 14, 2011

March 20, 2011: After the Quake -- saving energy in Shibuya

Mark City to Inokashira line Shibuya Station
Large screens without digital images

March 19, 2011: one week after the quake

I visited my ophthalmologist in Yoyogi to get a new prescription for
eyeglasses.
Shinjuku Station underground shops--They are open but not as cheerful
as usual.
Shinjuku Nakamuraya with strawberry sweets for this season
Marui Department Store
Isetan: I visited the 7th floor to make a new pair of glasses and found a
nice Chanel frame. They sent it to Fukui for a special arrangement.
Basement food gallery, Isetan. Lots of food products and Lots of shoppers
just like usual weekends.
Shibuya -- Girls waiting for musicians start performance
Subway station
Back in Jiyugaoka: Hachinoya's spring sweets with sakura display
High-school students at a game center.
I spent one hour after the quake with Emiko over coffee and sweets on March 11.

Everything looks normal at least here at the Starbucks, Jiyugaoka, Tokyo

Walking in Asakusa, Sept. 12

Macha Icecream time!

At ANA Intercontinental Hotel with Margaret

Margaret, my former student at U-Mass, Amherst came to Tokyo.
We had breakfast toghther at ANA Intercontinental Hotel in Akasaka
where she stays during her business trip.

Toy Show at Roppongi Hills

Godzilla Patrolling Downtown Ginza

A Happy New Year from Ginza

Since January 2nd is the first day for sales, we went to Ginza to purchase
our happy-lucky bags for the year 2009.
At L'Aduree just opened in 2008 on the second floor of Mitsukoshi.
(Mother, Shitsuyo, My sister Yukimi)
Macaroons and Mont Blanc for desserts


Mom in front of the subway entrance
Happy lucky bags