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Autumn Sunday Walk to Yushima, Tokyo, Japan
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Taking advantage of the nice Tokyo autumn weather this Sunday, I took a short walk from Ochanomizu to the Yushima area in Bunkyo Ward.
After a café lunch in Ochanomizu, I went across Hijiri Bridge. The bridge is a popular spot for its famous view of overlapping train lines, but today I focused on enjoying the colorful foliage that is starting to show up.
(unedited photos shot with iPhone 15 Pro)
Passing Kanda Myojin, the famous local shrine, …
Street scene outside the main gate of Kanda Myojin in Tokyo, Japan
… I went to Naruto Taiyaki Honpo. This chain of taiyaki shops drew some media attention a few years ago from the fact that Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler is a big taiyaki fan, and used to frequent one of their shops while the band was touring Japan. The fresh taiyaki was a tasty treat …
Taiyaki at Naruto Taiyaki Honpo in Yushima, Tokyo.
… on the way to Tohto records & books. I went to this shop for the first time, and found that they have a good stock of vinyl records, cassette tapes and CDs, all of which seem quite reasonably priced. I don’t own a record player right now, and there isn’t a whole lot of space in our Tokyo apartment to hold a new collection of records - but I like browsing through them like I did as a teenager in the 1980s, and I find it comforting that vinyl is still around these days.
Ringo Starr’s 1973 album, Ringo, at Tohto records & books in Yushima, Tokyo.
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