It’s been long overdue but i finally made it to Meguro this weekend to have a geezer about the place as part of the series on the 29 stops on the JR Yamanote Line.
Unfortunately i didn’t make it to the parasite museum as planned, instead i covered a few kilometers around the west and then east sides of Meguro with a bite to eat in the middle.
Meguro is only a 1/6 dozen stops from home for me and lies in between previously visited stations, Ebisu and Gotanda
As always, proof i visited the station in question.
It looks just like any other station when you first come out of the station.
It’s a reasonbably quiet station though, in comparison to others close by.
Before coming to Japan i was never that keen a photographer, i hadn’t owned a digital camera when i was in Australia so the expense and effort in getting photos developed from traditional camera i had put me off.
Since moving here i’ve bought a few cameras with the current one being this Canon IXY Digital 2000 IS, and most recently i picked up a Sanyo Xacti HD 1010 video camera that shoots stills too. I try to take at least one of these with me everywhere i go, there’s usually one in the bag i take to work each day.
On the weekend however, especially at night, i usually rely on my iPhone to capture a few random photos, not the best quality but it does the job.
Any-hooo, with all these devices i manage to end up with quite a few pictures, some interesting some not so interesting, here’s a few i came across when freeing up some space.
I pass this cool fluffy black dog on my way to work most mornings.
Fireworks are readily available in supermarkets, this was at the last Hanabi Party i went too.
This week it was the Vietnamese communities turn to take over a section of Yoyogi Park with their culture. It only dawned on me on my way there i’d be able to get some rice paper rolls, a favourite from back home, those along with some 333 beers …. or as i found out, “Bababa” in Vietnamese.
It was another cracking warm day and living pretty close to the park it’s just as easy to walk as it is to get to the station, catch the train one stop then walk the rest.
Unfortunately i was over enthusiastic Saturday morning and stuffed the settings on my video camera so this week it’s still shots only, some of them came out a treat.
Music was plentiful at this festival and the beating of the drums got my attention.
