This week I offer a handful of sketches, from scenes that linger in my memory — not because of their grandeur, but because of their simplicity. Step into these every day scenes in Kokura (Kyushu), Takamatsu (Shikoku), and Amagasaki (Honshu) with me.
The food pics are getting to me. The donut shop reminds me of seeing a Tofu donut kiosk and me becoming really fixated on trying one. It just sounded so good..like on the inside it’d be a lil creamy. Yum! They kept being sold out which only further enhanced my tofu donut desire. Finally, after four attempts my husband scored me one and it …was…meh. Dry. But hey Mr.accessible city guy…riddle me this: why are there so few benches in Japan? Like in Yoyogi park? Do only Americans get tired from walking?
It's a good riddle. I think in Yoyogi you're just expected to lay out on the grass, haha :-D
My mother once asked how a very old looking woman in Japan was powering her way up a huge flight of stone steps without looking like she had any problem or pain at all, and I said something like "she probably is hurting, but she just sucks it up and goes anyway." Maybe that kind of attitude is part of it?
Then again, Japan traditionally did have many places to sit. The sitting areas called 'engawa' I especially love. But it's not so common to see in new construction.
The food pics are getting to me. The donut shop reminds me of seeing a Tofu donut kiosk and me becoming really fixated on trying one. It just sounded so good..like on the inside it’d be a lil creamy. Yum! They kept being sold out which only further enhanced my tofu donut desire. Finally, after four attempts my husband scored me one and it …was…meh. Dry. But hey Mr.accessible city guy…riddle me this: why are there so few benches in Japan? Like in Yoyogi park? Do only Americans get tired from walking?
It's a good riddle. I think in Yoyogi you're just expected to lay out on the grass, haha :-D
My mother once asked how a very old looking woman in Japan was powering her way up a huge flight of stone steps without looking like she had any problem or pain at all, and I said something like "she probably is hurting, but she just sucks it up and goes anyway." Maybe that kind of attitude is part of it?
Then again, Japan traditionally did have many places to sit. The sitting areas called 'engawa' I especially love. But it's not so common to see in new construction.