Hakone and Ghibli Museum revisited

We spent last weekend going sightseeing with our friends Christine and Adrien. Ch has been here for an internship and Ad came for holiday.

It's been a while since I went to Hakone. The area is very nice and well worth a visit if you're in Tokyo but want a day away from the concrete.

Got the Hakone Free Pass; return ticket, free rides in the area, maps and guides.





Three companions.






Hakone Open-air Museum. A walking flower and Man & Pegasus by Milles.

Hand.







Adrien on Lake Ashi.

The day after we went to Ghibli Museum. It contains a lot of art related to the movies by Miyazaki Hayao, and also exhibits that explain how to tell a story through animation. If you're a fan of Miyazaki then you should try to go there. I say try, because it's a bit tricky to get tickets. Can't take any photos in the museum... The following snaps are from the Inokashira park were we had lunch afterwards.

Ad & Ch under a tree.





This what I look like nowadays.

That's it.

Take care!

Hello Sugamo

Cohabit, according to the free dictionary by farlex.
Co·hab·it co·hab·it·ed, co·hab·it·ing, co·hab·its
1. To live together in a sexual relationship, especially when not legally married.
2. To coexist, as animals of different species.

None of these two meanings sound very nice, but that's what I am, a cohabiter, and I fell very, very good about it. This time the distance relationship lasted for 1½ year (Osaka/Tokyo) and I can't say that it was easy. We met perhaps 20 times during 18 months... Bygones!

I love it in Sugamo! The atmosphere of the area is great, it's close to both our jobs (every sunny morning I walk to the lab, 45 minutes) and it's close to downtown Tokyo. And the apartment feels so big. I have to wear glasses when watching TV...

Close by we have an old Japanese garden, Rikugien, and on Saturday it was crowded with people watching the cherry trees.

I wonder how many people fall of this bridge in a year...

Someone taking photos of a tree with the cell phone. A very common scene...



I have to admit that I find it beautiful.

Still taking pictures of the Japanese carp (koi).

We've only lived here for a week but already had a bunch of people visiting. This is from the other day when Tomo and Sachi came by for some drinks.

Tomo, the salary man, straight from a wedding party.

Sachi. Note the ring. That's a pretty big diamond! ^^


My cohabiter.

Ok, that's it.

Take care!