the city today

Here are some pics from around Tokyo today. S and I rode all over the place in search of Tokyo Wonder Site in Suidobashi, which turned out to be a practice and studio space for artists and not an exhibition as I thought (the exhibitions are in Shibuya...). We peered in the window and were gestured to enter, so we took off our shoes and entered, and stood awkwardly interrupting a performance dance practice. or maybe we became part of it; I don't know.

Here're some of the things along the way:


The sobu line along the edge of a canal.


Here's this guy. I don't know who he is, but I used to see his picture all over the place. He looks like he's either telling me to get a job, or I'm a kidnapper and he's telling me that he'll stop at nothing to get his son back. Either way, he should probably be in handcuffs before he stares someone to death.


Almost every restaurant in Japan has fake plastic food displays. Generally they look good enough to eat, but this hamburg steak appears to be covered in lentil diarrhea.


This is Tokyo Wonder Site in Suidobashi.


We also rode to Ueno where a bonsai tree competition was going on. The trees were really beautiful and we were compelled to buy one. This is it (and a partial view from our balcony). It's two years old, and we have detailed instructions for it's care into the next decade. Apparently these trees require a bigger commitment than raising a family or having a pack of dogs.

So, there's our day off. Now I'm too tired to do anything except bitch about our slow borrowed internet. But I have a stack of comics to post, so come back!~