I went to the Imperial Hotel to have a breakfast of pancake and baked ham at its coffee shop after years. Until my thigh bone was crashed six years ago, I jogged frequently around the place in early holiday mornings. After the exercise, I dropped in the shop and ate pancakes with maple syrup and ham. Two pieces of five millimeter thick ham were baked perfectly so that fat was squeezed out. I think this is one of the most simple and inexpensive breakfast in Tokyo. The place was crowded with foreigners in old days but it had few customers this morning. When I passed by Nadaman, a Japanese restaurant, located at the basement of hotel after breakfast, I surprised to see a long waiting lines of customers in the corridor. In order to cover the decrease of foreign travelers due to the terrorism attack, the hotel might have made efforts to get Japanese customers as much as possible resulting in a long waiting line for Japanese breakfasts.

The Takarazuka theater was newly built at the opposite side of the hotel's coffee shop. Many young girls, who brought sleeping bags, made line to get tickets for today's performance.

When I made a morning walk down to the Shimbashi cross through Ginza street, I found many tall buildings were under construction. Even though such big investments are being made, Japan is still suffering from depression. I wonder what is wrong about Japanese economy.

The bottom right picture is the Shimbashi station of Yurikamome line which was newly built on the elevated bridge crossing the National Highway No. 15.

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