Photos by DJ

Candy, Carfts and Corners

Time for a little update and catch-up.  Aren't I always trying to catch-up?  I have three photos to share today from this week. 

 

This was taken near the Kanazawa Hakei station.  It's actually the corner of a building.  Hubby was able to position himself well and zoom in.

 

I don't have a model the right size for this, but I finished my first hat this week!  I used circular needles and this was actually quite easy.  I'm very happy with how it turned out. Not sure what my next project will be, but I'd like to try making socks--my knitting group assures me they're very easy.

 

A new pack of kit-kats!  We got these in Tokyo last week.  Espresso Coffee.  Haven't tried them yet, but our friends said they were very good.  We've actually not had a kit kat we haven't liked.

Shibuya

We went into to Tokyo yesterday for a fun-filled day.  Our stop this time was Shibyua and a new one for us.  Shibyua is like the "Times Square" of Tokyo and was a lot of fun despite the crowds.  We went during commute time though which was a big mistake, but at least we were in town early.  We have gotten used to the crowds here and so long as you don't have to squeeze your way on to the trains, it's not that bad.

 

Shibuya has a famous resident, Hachiko.  He's a bronze statue outside the station of an Akita and has quite a story behind him.  Apparently Richard Gere is doing a re-make of the story.  I didn't know he had such a passion for things Japanese, but this will be his second Japanese re-make.  Did you ever see Shall We Dance?  We actually saw the original in Italy long ago and prefer the Japanese version to the American, but it was still a good movie.

 

Getting off the commuter express from Yokohama to Shibuya.

 

Before

 

During, not so bad!

Kit Kats

I know I've posted before about the abundance of Kit Kat varieties we can get here in Japan.  This weekend, Dale found a new one, the 150th Anniversary of Yokohama edition.  We didn't know what flavor they were until after we tried, but that didn't stop us.  It was very good too!  We found out that they're caramel and salt.  Not exactly two flavors I'd put together, but the Japanese aren't afraid of putting any flavor out there.  A friend of mine recently posted about some interesting ones on her blog: Dollars to Yen.  This is actually great blog, by the way, she gets out and does a lot!

Note to Self. . .

 

If I arrive at our little train station and there are more than the dozen or so people waiting, and the train already arrives full, it's probably not a good idea to try to go into Tokyo.  I was crazy though and got on and it took me THREE hours to make it my destination, the Japan Hobby Show.

 

I suppose the good thing about arriving as late as I did, was that I didn't have to wait in the long admission lines.  So there was a plus.  The show was very nice.  ALL kinds of crafts and hand's on activities.  I got a few new ink pads, and in the end, I was glad I went for it.  Although, considering it only took me an hour to get back home, it was a rather crazy day.

2 May

I'm back with a photo of the day!  Although at this point, it might as well be called photo of the week.  I haven't been very good lately at snapping my daily shots.  It's just been a busy time and no time to shoot, not to mention just out right forgetting.  This is customer appreciation weekend at our base and they had some special guests for the event.  One of the groups that came is the Vans Bmx and Skateboard team.  Not really into that kind of thing, but it was still pretty cool.  We also caught some hats and a shirt so not too bad.  Hubby, being as tall as he is, had the camera and got some good shots, including this one--if I had the camera, we would have seen just the backs of people.

 

I used Topaz Adjust to alter the photo.