Photos of the Day (yesterday)

Mochitsuki (making of Japanese rice cakes in a festival that happens twice per year). First the rice is steamed:

Then, massaging the rice gently

Then the sychronized mashing

Then an individual mashing that looks more like kneading because the rice is folded into itself

Daily Photos

Foods

 

Kabuki theater:

 Random shots of downtown:

 

 

Maids who hand out flyers in the electronics district

 Other people

 

Tourist sites

 

Street Performers (click it to see video)

Tokyo Tower

Today's Photos

Neighborhood (those are all two-way roads)

 

 

 

Tokyo Tower

I believe this says "Mega Beef Bowl" (that's what the english menu said)

I'm trying to think of a movie where he did not play the boss (his role as "Tom Lee Jones" in Love Story might be the only flaw in his record, although I have no idea what that character did unless he ordered the falling in love).

Klein Hall, eat your heart out

(Klein Hall is the Temple law school building in Philadelphia)

Departure and Arrival

If you get out your microscope, you can see a nice view of New York city from Newark airport.

View out my window: