11/3/99

Hereafter I will show you snapshots saved up till today:

The illuminated Rainbow Bridge. (The photo was taken on my way back from Shinagawa station this evening.) An Italian restaurant newly opened a few days ago at the west entrance of Shinagawa station. (The photo was taken this evening) A cooking room of Italian restaurant on the first floor of Sony building at the east entrance of Shinagawa station, where a cock was baking bread. (The photo was taken a month ago.) Cooking of both restaurants can be observed by guests.

A Prince Takamatsu's big wooden gate built in Ego era near my home was kept untouched from the allied air raids. But it was taken to pieces and moved away somewhere in 1940s. Yesterday, I discovered it on Geidai street at Ueno park. Looking at the rebuilt gate, I was filled with nostalgic sweetness. A ticket office at the west entrance of Shinagawa station was replaced recently by a supermarket. The store exhibits many kinds of goods even though available space is limited. (continue to right.) It looks like this kind of stores in Manhattan, New York. but it seems to be more clean compared with them. It was crowded but there was no line of customers waiting their turn at cashiers.

When I crossed Ueno park last evening on my way back from the Geidai Art Museum, I saw many people with dogs gathered at a plaza of park. The owner told me this is a Russian dog came from Siberia. At a glance. I know it is a Siberian Husky. The owner said she trained it so well that it was easy for her to walk with it.

Many barracks or tents of homelesses made of blue vinyl seats and cardboards were seen through darkness under woods of a small hill inside the park. Mr. Piechi, Chairman of Volkswagen, was shocked by seeing many homelesses under the express way in Nagoya and made a comment that the recovery of Japanese economy was not yet to come, a newspaper reported. Under the circumstances the number of them may increase day by day. Furthermore, even the numbers of suicides may increase. I am rather irritated with the govenment's incapability.

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