In The Park

In The Park
Originally uploaded by Jaqaroo.

"Up in the morning and out to work..." as Chuck Berry might have said.
Another typhoon is on its way to Tokyo. This is typhoon number 23 for the season, and I say "Get your storm on!"
There is something humbling and awesome about these typhoon blowing through the city; having their way with us.
I love watching the TV typhoon reports: in hard hats and rain wear, clutching their microphones and holding the earphones to their ears. Then cut to a shot of office girls squealing as their umbrellas implode and become wire skeletons, which the girls continue to hold over their heads in the charming belief that any protection in a storm is welcome... cut to a shot of a small mudslide in the countryside... cut to a shot of waves pounding a coastline... cut to a shot cancelled flight passenger misery at the airport... I love it. I'm snug and warm at home with a cup of tea watching the fury of nature doing her stuff.
Anyway, it was a beautiful day on sunday and we went to the park for a picnic and a walk on the carpet-like grass of Shinjuku Gyoen.