tokyohometown

natasha's diary Last night I attended a gathering of supposedly wide-awake singles in Ikebukuro (my favorite Tokyo place name--...

natasha's diary To Kamakura to stroll  and sit and lean against trees and drink tea and read Basho in French (not bad, though a bi...

The pipefitter's art natasha's diary Ari tells me that on a street in an unreconstructed part of the city (Nezu, actually), t...

Boats for hire to have a party at night out on the river natasha's diary The cello can make me cry. Not the music played necessar...

Window-washer's delight in the Ginza natasha's diary Job of the Week: JR has hired a sweet young thing to travel from station...

At the checkout counter of our supermarket

natasha's diary I have discovered that first thing in the morning, before anything, a drop of first-class Balsamic vinegar wakens t...

natasha's diary After the typhoon, a heavenly day. Clouds are a gift of nature. Perpetually clear blue skies would be as boring as ...

natasha's diary Some Tokyo graffiti...

Dentist office on second floor. natasha nakamura's diary So back to Tokyo. Can't be blamed for wanting to come home, ...

Last chance to buy something to read. Newsstand on train platform. natasha nakamura's diary Paris is a fine city, of cours...

Posters in the subway

natsha nakamura's diary Interesting new magazine called Nikkei Woman , which talks about how women should buy insurance, how to ge...

natasha nakamura's diary Thursday, sitar concert by Ayumu Suetsugu in the living quarters for bachelor British diplomat...

Consultation natasha nakamura's diary Hey, this isn't New York. How about a bath on the top of our office building, open to ...

Sidewalk fortune teller

natasha nakamura's diary A friendly call from Hiyoshi. He seems bored. I know more about how to move around Tokyo than he does. Af...

Graduation, at last! natasha nakamura's diary I've pretty much decided to buy a car. I don't really need one as T...

Rolls-Royce of scooters

natasha nakamura's diary Lunch for 100 yen--less than $1--is the easiest thing in the world. Any convenience store will have ...

Lamp over door of noodle shop

natasha nakamura's diary I find it a challenge to live in a small space, as I am used to living in (slightly) larger spaces. But the p...

Sidewalk sculpture

natasha nakamura's diary This year I was deluged with Christmas cards from Paris and New York, mostly from people only vaguely remembe...

One of the 180 used-book stores in Jimbocho. One store specializes in books in Latin and Greek.