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Carpets of sakura petals on the Tama today.

 

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like the last one

 

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Wife at work, she's laying out her shamisen accompaniment for playing with two others (piano and something else).

 

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Funny , the first thing I look at and wonder , where's the wedding ring. My wife can't get her's off now unless it's cut off.

 

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There's a story there, but that's for another time. I don't wear mine, either.

 

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Hey--look at those trees over there...!

 

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A photograph of a beautiful mermaid taken in Hakone-Yumoto.

 

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Haha, clearly that boulder was all yours!

 

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Shitamachi this morning.

 

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You rode all the way to Sumiyoshi? You're usually out by the Tama River.

 

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You rode all the way to Sumiyoshi? You're usually out by the Tama River.

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Wow, did you extract the EXIF data?

It's my regular Sunday commute. I add a few kilometres on the way home: Tamagawa - Sumidagawa - Arakawa.

 

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Wow, did you extract the EXIF data?

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No, I just looked at the pharmacy sign.

That's a significant commute. At least two hours one way I would guess?

 

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I can't, and I asked my wife, but she couldn't make out the two white (horizontal) signs down a bit farther. (only a guess or two)

Anyone?

 

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Yeah, that's easy. Trying to make out what Frank tried to blow up--sumiyoshi something other, I guess.



And today's turnaround point:

 

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Hey--look at those trees over there...!

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Got to ask yourself, was it worth it.

 

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I ride 300 yards around the block and need to rest for a week after , LOL. I have a 3 wheel old man's bike.

 

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Dinner last nite:

 

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Dinner last nite:

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That calls for some local sake.

Homegrown shiso?

 

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Homegrown shiso?

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We grew some once or twice long ago, not these days. It's not in the pic, but I did have a beer--sake is just a Shogatsu thing for us.

One or two comments over this was about prices. The tray on the right used to be ¥780, today was ¥980. And shrink-flation for the ikura--same price for a smaller pack.

 

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Yaezakura is one of my favourite kinds of cherry blossoms, along with Shidarezakura.

 

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A week or two ago I had the brilliant idea to collect names of the different kinds of cherry trees. Before I got started (thankfully) I discovered that in both english and japanese there are long wikipedia entries, also on cultivars and other aspects. No links, but easy to go to if you want to look.

 

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johnnyG said:

A week or two ago I had the brilliant idea to collect names of the different kinds of cherry trees. Before I got started (thankfully) I discovered that in both english and japanese there are long wikipedia entries, also on cultivars and other aspects. No links, but easy to go to if you want to look.

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That's a good idea for a JREF article. No need to leave the entire field to Wikipedia.

 

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There are two temples in our neighbourhood: one is famous for ajisai (hydrangea), the other for tsutsuji (azaleas). Azaleas usually start blooming in May when we get a lot of local tourists during Golden Week. It's quite early this year.