Cream Soda, Hello Kitty and the Moment of Truth
I have been very busy the past few days getting ready for my trips to Hong Kong and China. I have a 8am flight to Hong Kong. I am flying out of Haneda again. I love that they have opened up Haneda for some international flights. I prefer a 30 minute cab ride to a 2 hour bus ride any day.
Hello Kitty is everywhere. I heard Hooters even had a Valentines Day promotion with Hello Kitty. Strange combination.
I have been listening to the Metallica S&M album a lot lately. I love this album. It is a live concert of Metallica from 1999 being backed up by the 80 piece San Francisco Symphony.
Animals with bikes...
Interesting store windows...
What a polite way to let people know you are closing... "Hmmm, let's put a chair and some flowers in their way to suggest that not coming in now is the best option to maintain harmony."
Beijing is freezing this time of year so I ran out pick up a hat a pair of gloves.
...and I found slippers! It is very frustrating to have a shoe size of 11.5 when the biggest shoes in Japan at size 11. These happen to run a bit big so I am in business.
Construction is very interesting in Japan as you can't simply close things while you work on them, like this train station, so it is done in such a way to keep everything functioning.
Nice and warm with my very stylish Mont-Bell hat...
Have a look at the past 55 years of World Press Photos. There are some truly amazing, touching, iconic and sometimes heart breaking photos. Should the photographer have gotten involved in some of these instances or was it more important that they told the story to the world?
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