NEW YEAR'S EVE.

Tokyo Tower (centre).

Seconds before the balloons were released...

Quite the throng.

AKIHABARA & KICHIJOJI.

Akihabara.

Kichijoji.

FLORENCE.

The other Ravenscroft in Tokyo trying on some face-wear.

TOM TOWN.

Tom arrives and we bizarrely find ourselves in a Farrow & Ball party.

CHRISTMAS DAY.

Just another Saturday in Japan...

Christmas dinner.

And a quiet pint down the pub.

CHRISTMAS EVE.

'Twas the night before Christmas, which is of more importance here.

Mai's friend's nieces were the lucky beneficiaries of our generosity.

Some post-tempura origami, naturally.

Tempura proof.

SEASON'S GREETINGS.

If only you could hear what I was playing...

SHIMOKITAZAWA STATION.

The platform guard casts a shadow in an old station.  Very old for Tokyo.

TREE.

Some variety of fruit tree hanging over the car-park behind my place of work.

MONKEY.

The porch of a neighbour...

VAN GOGH.

Mrs Nakamura accompanied us to the exhibition.

It was a bright day, all right.

It was  a real fight to get anywhere near the paintings.  A real fight.

I call this, 'Bird Walking Past Me'.

A NIGHT OFF.

An evening sampling the locale of Meidaimae.

Raw chicken (right).

And a first trip to the arcade...

Good question.

EXIT TOKYO.

Mai and I made use of our day off in December.
Across the border in Tamagawa (たま川), just over the city limits.

NIGHT RIDER.

I still get excited by the roads of Tokyo.

KARAOKE / カラオケ.

A multi-story series of karaoke booths in Shibuya.

SIGNAGE.

I can nearly read this, an important and in this case useless milestone.

DINNER TIME.

Takashi and Kenji post dinner at our crib.