1. A man waves a colourful fluro baton at pedestrians across a small intersection. Please, go this way, be careful, we are doing some construction work. He nods his head in a slight bow. And so it goes for the entire night.
2. Rain begins to fall and the baskets outside department stores (takashimaya, daimaru, isetan) begin to fill with umbrellas.
3. They sell handkerchiefs at takashimaya. And on the basement floor they sell all kinds of wonderful food, from packaged bento lunch boxes to new york cheesecake.
4. Staying on level 2, only 2 stories up. There is no G floor.
5. In the summer the residents keep potplants in front of their houses. They bloom, particularly the hydrangeas, all blues and indigoes. The soil doesn’t seem very acidic.
6. Vending machines along every street corner. I don’t have a taspo and therefore cannot by tobacco. However I can buy drinks like Royal milk tea and Calpis Soda.
7. Smoking inside a cafe.
8. Tower records. Where you can be shocked that cd’s cost $50 each. But where you can also listen to them for free on the instore computer system.
9. AV stands for adult video. There are many levels of AV in this building. And it is split into many sections. From mature, to schoolgirl, to gravure, to …
10. Vans mounted with PR systems blast out political propaganda, there is no escape, if only we could vote in the election. I would vote for the party for ‘greater happiness’.
