Japan This and That
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c98qdFQF7sw
At some of the places I visited you had to leave the shoes out.
They say Japan is a safe country and I did not mind leaving the shoes there until I saw this sign. And I started to get very worried about my shoes.
So sometimes they are lost, otherwise why would they have this warning/notice? I suppose they meant ‘stolen’ how could the shoes be lost if you leave them on a rack. And taken by mistake by someone else ?! Everyone should be able to recognize her/his shoes.
Lots of sake in Meiji Park in Tokyo
It is not what you think, it is a Hindu symbol.
Far-right ‘militants’ with the old Imperial flag and blasting patriotic music (I think so)
Nissan Leaf in a showroom in Tokyo, didn’t see any one on the streets. I read somewhere “So far this year, combined sales of the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid and Nissan Leaf electric car total less than 10,000 vehicles”. I think they referred to the US market, but I suppose the situation is the same everywhere.
I was in Kyoto in the bus going to the train station and I said why leave now, I have a one day bus pass so let’s take advantage of it and see more of the city. So I got off the bus at a random station and there …
I moved to Japan 10 years ago and never had a days trouble with the nationalists. They are noisy and annoying but that seems to be about it.
The photo you have of them looks to be somewhere around Roppongi, under that elevated highway. Is that right?
Correct, in Roppongi.