JAPAN 2004/09 personal / daily life / misc.  
     
     
Kyoto:    
     
 
O-san house    
     
 
sento (public bath) - closed   another sento - open (evening is bathing time)
     
 
every construction site guarded   blue collars (flare trousers)
     
 
the average japanese car the non-average
     
 
cornershop (didn't even have water) prefer the vending machines
     
 
going by 'mama-chari'   rust (yes, it's a humid climate)
     
 
the expensive..   ..and the cheap food
     
 
shopping for toothpaste   ..and for fruit
     
 
golfing in crowded Japan   public phone
     
 
rice fields between houses (instead of houses between rice fields)   the whole electric supply is above ground
     
 
downtown Kyoto, lunchtime   downtown Kyoto
   
 
viev to the east from 'bon bon' cafe - Gaijins stick around there   downtown Kyoto
     
     
Osaka:    
     
 
Festivalgate, Osaka, near Tennoji Station   'The Bridge', nice Club! (yes, we performed there)
     
     
Biwako Lake:    
     
 
      these flowers announce autumn
     
     
Tokyo:    
     
 
'New Koyo' backpackers' Hotel   (neon light charme)
     
 
blinking policeman   left-hand traffic
     
 
things we don't understand part #2268 (Kyoto)   things we don't understand part #1389 (and it was NOT the language)
     
 
public transport...   ...will bring you home
     
 
    vanity (symptomatic at 'Roppongi Hills')
     
 
a home for everyone   ...
     
 
    we look after you, child
     
     
Toontown...    
     
 
welcome to toontown!   the guardian... (Anpanman!)
     
 
...the way to and...   ...the borders of toontown
     
 
     
   
(...sometimes i just can't follow it)