My 6 month visit/check up was yesterday.
It's always so nice to visit here, this street,
in any season, but Christmas season is always interesting!
This was my last visit, for awhile.
I will leave Japan next year.
I can't even say how much I will miss the people who have become my friends,
and places I've known here...
I will keep "Meladramas" up and running,
just from another location!
I made my 6 month check-up/visit,
on Omotesando-Dori.
At 10am it was already 90F/32c.
There is a long wait, but I had a few errands to do;
first, the Apple Store, to get my ear pods replaced, yay!
Although hot, there was a good breeze.
I noticed silver-y thunderclouds perched in the near distance,
at a store I bought a popsicle.
They made a great backdrop for the bldg's abstract awning...
After finishing my appt., ready to trek back to the station,
to my happy surprise there was a make-shift farmer's market, set up.
If I weren't so knackered by the long day and heat,
I would have photographed the farmer and his wares; all of summer's bounty,
as I remember it used to be; abundant, colorful, and reasonably priced.
I admired this unassuming farmer, an old guy with smiling eyes,
he seemed unhindered by the heat.
I took home a good sized container of raspberries and blackberries...
What Else Is There (Trentemøller Remix) - Röyksopp
Vogt Dig For Kloppervok - The Books
Third And Seneca - Sun Kil Moon
Trust In Me - Siouxsie and the Banshees
The Memory Of A Fallen Tree - Windsor For The Derby
The Room Of Oracles - Harold Budd
Wavy Gravy - Kenny Burrell
Osiris Pt. #1 - Klaus Schultze
Should Be Fine - Weval
Save Me - Hanni El Khatib
Space Farm - Mint Royal
Petit Pays - Cesária Évora
The Lotus Eaters - Lightning Bug
World Keeps Turning - Tom Waits
I had my 6 month check up yesterday.
It was in the 80’s, (28c) sunny, with a breeze.
I had some time to kill between tests and my actual appt.,
so I wandered Omotesando dori,
taking snaps of things that caught my eye...
All My Colours - Echo & The Bunnymen
Future Proof - Massive Attack
Morgengruß - Popol Vuh
Since First I Saw Your Face - John Harle, Elvis Costello, Andy Sheppard, ft. Sarah Leonard
Deep Shit, Pt.1 & 2 - Kruder & Dorfmeister
Suspicion - Larry Marshall
Shakatakadoodub - Kruder & Dorfmeister
55 (Hamsa oua Hamsine) - The Master Musicians Of Jajouka
Talisman - Air
Three Hours - Nick Drake
Easy Does It - The Oscar Peterson Trio, ft. Sonny Stitt
Beatrix - Cocteau Twins
Top Floor, Bottom Buzzer - Morphine
Donimo - Cocteau Twins
Pharoahs - SBTRKT, feat. Roses Gabor
Little Dark Age - MGMT
Strawberry Skies - Games
Uni Blue - Alva Noto
Rio Tejo De Lisboa - Maria Armanda
Cumbanchero - Rubén González
Kiko - Dead Can Dance
Blue - Miles Davis
Did You See Butterflies? - Jane Weaver
Way Out - Ellen Allien
Space Woman - Charlie
T. On A White Horse - Eberhard Weber
My bi-annual visit to my doctor on Omotesando dori,
was yesterday…
It went very well.
It was an unseasonably warm day, for December,
and I enjoyed the walk along Harajuku’s most fashionable street,
observing people, the shop window’s, and general going’s on…
I had a lovely first-day-of November stroll along Omotesando Dori, where I go to visit my doctor.
Although famous for its designers, & high-end shops, for me, the little bits of nature, that add perfection to the architecture, is what catches my eye...
I love the colors of November in Japan!
My favorite month has always been October, But November in Japan is becoming my favorite.
Photo: Michio Yves Ueda
