[Taken in Sendai, Japan last month.]
In keeping with the spirit of wanting to use this blog as tool to practice my writing, I am starting a new column called Lost in Translation, which will be a series of (hopefully) humorous stories and snippets from my travels to Japan. I say hopefully because I don't have a lot of experience with humor writing, but I want to get better, so - lucky you! - you get to be my guinea pigs.
Tokyo by Numbers
4: Times I've visited
at least 12: Times a Japanese person has looked at me and laughed...at me
75+: Miles I've walked throughout Tokyo
12.8 million: Population of Tokyo
9.8 million: Population of Los Angeles
5470: Miles between Los Angeles and Tokyo
16: Time difference between Los Angeles and Tokyo in hours
14,582,954: Number of photos of cherry blossoms I took on my last trip to Tokyo
2: Average size of clothing available for sale in most Tokyo shops. In other words, I'm an amazon.
2.5: Hours it takes to travel from Tokyo to Sendai on a bullet train
7: Hours it would take to travel the same distance by car
250,000: Number of people who cross Shibuya Crossing every Saturday
Tokyo by Other Bits & Pieces
Stationery, pens, washcloths: three things I always buy in Tokyo
Clothing: something I never buy in Tokyo (see last item above)
Chirping birds: The recorded sound that comes on in department store restrooms as soon as one sits on the toilet
Fish heads: weirdest food I've eaten, which may or may not actually be the weirdest, because sometimes I don't know what I'm eating
Little Bo Peep, Goth, Rockabilly: Fashion themes of kids in Harajuku
Move, Expert, Fit, Life, Comfort: Names of cars in Japan
Soybean paste: Main ingredient in most Japanese bakery sweets
Rainbow, First Wood: Names of hotels between Narita Airport and Tokyo
