中目黒の桜 Naka Meguro’s cherry blossom coming into bloom
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Meguro City Hall, built 1966, has quake damage fixed with duct tape
Meguro-ku city hall is a listed building dating back over 50 years – meaning it can’t be knocked down and rebuilt. Friends of mine who work there told me how during the recent quake they thought the building was coming down. The stairwell now features some impressive cracks – cunningly fixed with duct tape. Sent […]
Our chairs now all have socks. Aren’t they cute. 椅子の靴下買った。かわいいでしょう。
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Looking West: This building always strikes me as somewhat sinister.
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iRun 4.0を作っています Making the iRun 4.0
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飯田橋三丁目
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Finally, after a month in temporary storage, the iRun is coming home!
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Spring!
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Just for the record: first night in new home
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Saying goodbye to a duck
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This is how much @twinkletame likes this place
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The Final Box #movingday
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Buying Sakura Cookies for our new neighbours
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Want toilet paper in Tokyo? You’d be lucky!
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Powercut Blessing: TVs blaring ads on supermarket shelves remain off!
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WANTED: All sorts, including blankets
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Volunteers sort through donations received at 2nd Harvest prior to despatch to Tohoku
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Volunteers write messages of support on side of relief truck heading to Tohoku
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Clothes shopping: All profits go to Tohoko earthquake appeal (as if @twinkletame needed another excuse!)
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Spring blossom (perhaps the focus should have been on my wife?)
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Very encouraging – Exiting the station am given a flyer with details of a local relief goods drop-off point in Koshigaya (Saitama) – a lot of groups now working to help those in the north
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With many companies closing early today, the 9pm train’s a lot quieter than usual
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Commuters in Tokyo photograph reduced train timetables as blackouts loom
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Good to see escalators, some ticket gates switched off on Tokyo Subway to conserve power
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Hair salon cuts prices by 30% to help customers at difficult time
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144 of 4,295 people checked for radiation exposure at Koriyama today tested positive
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Heading North – 50km from Tokyo
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Trains only reach Takenotsuka station, platform packed
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Queuing for gas, central Tokyo, 6:50am
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<!--:en-->Huge Earthquake Hits Japan<!--:-->
Just a quick entry to reassure people that we’re unhurt here in Tokyo. Just shaken up. You can read my somewhat garbled account of what I experienced on The Guardian website. Here’s an audioboo i posted shortly after the quake: Listen! I also posted many many links etc on Twitter. Going to try get some […]
Just found the clock amongst the mess. Stopped when the earthquake struck
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Emergency kit essentials: toilet kit
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Nothing but empty shelves as people prepare to spend the night in Shibuya
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Thousands stranded in central Tokyo
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Big quake hits East Japan
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I had to run a marathon wearing a pencil-thin thong
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Personal message from a hard-headed restaurant owner
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Post-Marathon Recovery
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