Walking home from school

Our school is in Shibuya. That’s a 5 minute walk from the apartment to the subway station, 2 stops on the subway (no changes), and a 10 minute walk from the station: allow 30 minutes. Today we walked home and here are some photos – 3 hours later!

It won’t last much longer so everyone is making the most of the sakura in Yoyogi Park

Parties under the trees go from the big office party, to a few friends, to a couple  seated on the ground already covered in petals

And an official wedding portrait

I think we observed the rules, but only saw this sign as we left:

Our meandering took us through the very cool area of Harajuku.

I must go back and try the lobster:

We usually know immediately what the signs mean, despite a strange use of vocabulary and/or grammar. But this dish? Any suggestions?

And what do you do when your daughter sprouts horns between 9 and 5?

Translation by Michael – no bicycles, Sundays and holidays, 9 am to 5 pm.  (Who knew?)

We are always surprised and delighted by what we see as we walk around this city, small adventures every time. Nearly home but first we made one stop: at our local Soba restaurant – kanpai!  (Warning – the exact same-sounding word also means utter defeat or annihilation.)