We made a trip to The Salvation Army to drop off some things. The highway was jammed so we went through the back streets. I took these pictures from the car.
I will have to post them later. The system is down and won't let me post pictures!
Ah! Here we go...
Turning right.
A building being torn down.
A billboard. Do you recognize him?
Another nice thing to look at. This hides some construction. It looks like the wave spray in the Hokusai woodblock print.
A guy walking along text messaging walked into my picture. You can't see his phone. You can't really tell that he is wearing a summertime "suit". A lightweight kimono-type jacket and pants. He is walking in front of an advertisement for a mansion or apartment house that is being built behind the wall. Apartments of a certain size (number of bedrooms and amount of space) are called mansions here.
I saw this shop closer to home on the way back. A shop with English printed on the door. There wasn't enough space so the sign painter started a new line to finish the word. That happens a lot here in composition writing in English classes. I think this is the first time I have seen this kind of mistake on a sign.
July 25, 2006
On the Road Again--In Tokyo
Posted by Annie Donwerth Chikamatsu at 10:10 PM
Labels: billboards, city streets, construction, July in Japan, shops
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