Yotsuya Fire Fighting Museum 消防博物館 Shinjuku Yotsuya 3-10 The other day I went for a meeting to Yotsuya-Sanchome 四ッ谷三丁目, a station in the red Marunouchi subway line. Right in the […]
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frog
Heading back home at night, a change in outlook 3×3: frog 蛙/カエル (kaeru) go back/go home 帰る (kaeru) transform/change 変える (kaeru)
de-centered
Not quite sculpture, not quite street furniture. A red circle, perhaps unintended as avant-garde. Next to Fukutomigawa park 福富川公園 and near Sunday Zoo.
k = ki = wood
What? Where?! 何？どこ？！ Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Quiz What used to be a typical view in Kiyosumi-Shirakawa, now increasingly rare. A wood/timber shop, and in front of Kiba Park 木場公園 of all places. […]
Nearby: Toyosu
Toyosu Toyosu 豊洲 is a retail, office and residential area 20 or so minutes by bus from Kiyosumi-Shirakawa in Tokyo bay. Accessible also by the Yurakucho 有楽町線 subway, and the […]
h = Fukagawa Clinic
Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Quiz What & where is this? Place discovered 3/17: Fukagawa Clinic in Miyoshi 2-15 Original Quiz image Updated 2016.3.18 AM, after it was discovered yesterday
emergency
“Earthquake; put out the fire” 地震火を消せ. In one of Hirano’s parks, material and pr supplies for emergencies. The 71st anniversary of the Tokyo firebombing raids 東京大空襲 was marked last weekend by […]
p = Miyoshi 3 park
Kiyosumi-Shirakawa Quiz: What and where?! Hint, not a butterfly! Place discovered 3/10 PM: Children’s park in Miyoshi 3-1-10 Updated 2016.3.10 PM, after place discovered here.
Art Beyond Cafés; “shotengai”
A vibrant mix is what makes Kiyosumi-Shirakawa always interesting. The 800m “shotengai” from the station till beyond the MOT Museum of Contemporary Art is the backbone to many branches of […]
a cat in the rain
One rainy day, I met a cat in the street just sitting still all wet in the rain. She was beautiful but looked a little sad. You will see many […]
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