Phone, for staff use only, at the Tokyo National Museum, 2nd fl. back of building near men's room at: 35°43'09.3'N 139°46'35.2'E 🧐

Wet and cold here in Tokyo, with snow on the way, and this tanuki has been staring at me for an hour. I wonder if he wants to come inside.

Flooding in old Tokyo, from the Arakawa in Honjo, Sumida in 1910 and in 1907 in the area where Tokyo Skytree now stands

The “Twelve Storeys” (1890 to 1923), home to Japan’s first elevator and once a majestic symbol of Asakusa. Ed Seidensticker in 𝘓𝘰𝘸 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺, 𝘏𝘪𝘨𝘩 𝘊𝘪𝘵𝘺 writes, “The elevator was thought dangerous, and shut down after two months.” In 1910, 1920, and after the earthquake.

Fenestrations in a cracking Park West in Itabashi-ku and a sky blue facade with garden in Asakusa, Taito-ku

Tokyo Daibutsu, in Akatsuka, Itabashi City, Tokyo at 35°46'55.3'N 139°38'40.6'E

📚 Finished Jake Adelstein’s 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘠𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘻𝘢, which mentions filmmaker Juzo Itami, then watched Itami’s satire 𝘔𝘪𝘯𝘣𝘰 (ミンボーの女, 1992). 🎥 Six days after its release Itami was attacked by yakuza gangsters who must not have liked the film. I enjoyed it. 👍👍

🎥Meiko Kaji in 𝘈 𝘎𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘔𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘴 (盛り場仁義, 1970) directed by Yasuharu Hasebe🎥

Camouflaged pipes in Kichijoji
at: 35°42'13.9'N 139°34'55.9'E