What I talk about When I talk about running
June 24th, 2009Currently Reading…
Interestingly the author shuttles between Boston and Tokyo. And I find it easier to connect with these two.
Mount Mitake
June 21st, 2009Mount Mitake ( Mitakesan) is an hour and a half journey from Tokyo Station. It is a Forest covered hilly region. Full of Coniferous pine trees, like you see in Ooty. I found this place when surfing for Trek places around Tokyo.
Me and a colleague wandered around this place and ended up visiting a neighbouring Mt. Hinode instead of Mount Mitake. Thanks to all-Japanese sign boards around the place.
Back in Tokyo
June 12th, 2009Am back here at Tokyo again. This is within a month after my last visit. Four weeks of rest at India, was a much needed break.
When you are coming back to the same place, you know how to do things right. You know the amount of luggage to survive, you know where to eat and how to get around the places.
Weather seems to be lot better from the last visit. Hope I find new places to visit. This pic is taken in Hama-Rikyu Garden near Shimbashi. Don’t forget to experience the Tea ceremony in that Tea house in the middle of the pond.
By the way, there was one special incident in my stay during India visit this time. More about this in just a few days.
Fill the cup
May 12th, 2009I signed up for an initiative today. The program is called “Fill the cup”. An initiative of United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). I happened to read about this on the way back from Bangkok to Bangalore, in the in-flight magazine.
It’s startling to know that just 15$ can feed 10 children per week some where in Africa. My small donation of 2500 Rs ( 50$) a year, helps bring children to school, to improve their ability to learn, stay healthy and sets them on track for a bright future.
If you are interested and need an invitation leave your comments.
Everybody Loves Raymond
May 3rd, 2009The Golden week at Japan is giving us enough time to relax. What better way to kill your time than this Hilarious Family Sitcom. One of the best.
Tallest Building at Yokohama
April 27th, 2009We paid a visit to Japan’s tallest building at Yokohama. This building stands 300 mtrs tall. All it takes for the lift from 0 to 69th floor…just guess…45 seconds !!! ( The second fastest elevator on earth)
What a Glorious 360 deg view of the Tokyo City.
Quick Beauty
April 18th, 2009It’s two months and Hair cut time at Tokyo. Quickest and the cheapest. Quick Beauty is a hair-make chain. All in 10 minutes for 10 $. Go there n buy a ticket for 10$. Wait for your turn and Start the watch.
Curious incident of the Dog
April 7th, 2009Finding English titles at a book store in Japan is uncommon. The rack space share of English books Vs others, is so small that you’ll not figure out rack location, till you ask the front-desk. When you find that rack, that little space has got just handful of handpicked titles . So finding these two titles was not difficult at all. Bought them at Ueno station’s Book store.
Curious Incident of a Dog in the night time – By Mark Haddon [ Aju had mentioned this sometime back ]
The stuff of thought – By Steven Pinker [ Aju would like this. Lingustics n blah blah ]
Cherry Blossom
April 4th, 2009Probably no one welcomes spring like Japanese do. Ueno is the place to be at the spring break. Cherry Blossom ( I knew of only shoe polish) , brings half of Tokyo underneath these trees for a all day fun n pic-nic.
Love in Tokyo
April 2nd, 2009I posted this greeting card to my parents. They must be lot relieved now that I have found some one 
