Committing Horikiri

For Season one  please click here Meanwhile, Somewhere in Yokohama.

Déjà vu  

So, I am back again, back to the land of the rising sun, or the land of confusion as I call it. I am hoping I will be less confused this time around but judging by the early experiences my sense of bafflement and bemusion (or is it bafflesion and bemusement?) will be off the scales again and I will be making lots of errors along the way. 

Let’s start with my sense of déjà vu. My flat is exactly the same as the one I had last year. Exactly the same; same tiny size, same layout, same furniture, same washing machine, same pointless up a ladderbit that my knees won’t let me reach. The only difference is it is in a completely different part of Japan. Instead of being out of one side of Yokohama, I am on the other side of Tokyo. But lying in my bed, typing this, listening to the sweet sound of the air conditioning, you wouldn’t know it. When I open the front door, I am going to expect to see the streets of Mitsukyo, not the streets of Horikiri, it is a little bit discombobulating. 

Anyway, over the next five months, I hope to amuse you with my reflections of being a Welshman in Tokyo. The title refers to the area I am in and not my state of mind. To find the entries, check out the links on the right sidebar and click on the one you wish to read.

Posts
A note about me.
A note about the weather 
A note about statues 
A note about restaurants
A note about a mysterious puddle
A note about microwave jacket potatoes.
A note about prices.
Vending machines: an apology
A note about singing karaoke on my own
A note about Hamazushi
A note about ordering in the dark
A note about being old
A note about the quirkiness of Japan.
A note about the RWC in Japan.
The return of the Karaoke Quiz 
A note about my job (available on request)
Another note about the rugby world cup
A note about preparedness.
A note about curry 
A note about Ameyoko 
A note about T.M Lewis shirts
A note about life's little challenges (popular read)
A note about living in a palace (popular read)
A note about earthquakes
A note about Typhoon Hagibis (popular read)
A note about being spied on (top read)
A note about being empty-seated
A note about cool biz
A note about losing one's phone
A note about ducks
A note about the rain
A note about bikes 
A note about taxis
A note about Karaoke for 15
A note about Nikko (top read)
A note about toddlers (newish)
A note about how I might die (newish)
A note about raising heckles (newish)
Another note about Ramen (newish)
A note about where the blog has been (new)
A note about Coop Deli (new)
A note about British Adverts (new)
A note about feeling guilty (new)
A note about the Repair Shop (new)
A note about murder (new)

Photos
Asakusa
Yanaka and Ueno
Mizumoto Park 
Hamarikyu Gardens and Tokyo Tower
My walk to work
My walk home from work
A cormorant catching a carp
Nikko (new)
Autumnal Walk to Work (new)
Tokyo Municipal Building Observation Tower
A few photos from Horikiri
Autumn Colours and things Mostly Ueno and around
Narita, Sawara and Katori 
Buddhas, Statues and Street Art
A random selection of trees
Late autumn colours (new)
Shinobazu pond at night (new)
Drum Museum (new)



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To get us started here is some photos of food :-).

If you enjoyed this, you might enjoy my novel - Humans, Being.