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highlyeccentricBecause mostly I'm using this journal to whine about things, with occasional glancing references to stuff I *actually* did. Instead, here is (an installment in) a list of Things, with brief notes.
(Late March and) April
29 March: Machida - explored Serigaya Park in Machida, which had lovely cherry tree coverage
30 March: around a work orientation/training day, got to explore Chiyoda park a little, but avoided the main cherry tree avenues. Dinner in a British pup in Shibuya, which sounds like a cop-out but is a reliable way to find gluten-free food. Encountered 'the scramble' for the first time.
31st March: went for a tramp in Aihara Park. Good, not crowded, cherry trees and some nice foresty-tracks.
1 April: went in to Yoyogi Park, observed cherry blossoms. Preferred the solo cherry trees tucked into the small lanes, over the massive cherry arbours. Also tramped all over Shibuya area. Paid too much for a fairly bland meal at Neals Yard.
6 or 7 April: went to Musashino to find gluten-free baked goods. Did not succeed in catching a bus to the Edo Tokyo Outdoor Museum. I think this was also the weekend I explored Hachioji a little, and bought a floral scarf because I'd already lost my transition-season scarf (it turned up again, this past week! Inside a cardboard box at work!).
16 April: I don't know what exactly I did the previous week(end?) but I lost my Suica (transport pass) in the process. Might have been the trip to Shinjuku to Books Kinokuniya that did it. At any rate, by the 16th I had (with the help of my boss) tracked down my transport pass to the TOEI subway lost property office, and set off to retrieve it. I had had hopes of getting to the Tokyo Feminist Book Club meeting afterwards, but no dice; went to Crêperie Briezh in Ginza instead, and had an Experience over a galette montagnarde. And by Experience I mean 'the smell of raclette cheese makes me achingly homesick, I did not predict this'. I would recommend Briezh to anyone with gluten issues in Japan and/or anyone desperate for European food, they were great, but not cheap.
20-21st April: absolutely no idea what, if anything, I did. By evidence of DW I was having An Anxiety.
28 April: attended Tokyo Pride, the Quietest Pride Parade Ever. Most of the excitement was focused on the fair, not the parade itself. I had Indian for dinner with some people from a feminist Meetup group - Milan Naturaj, in Shibuya. Good for allergy labelling, not great for... actual flavour.
I shall endeavour to make similar posts for May and June, and eventually July and August.
(Late March and) April
29 March: Machida - explored Serigaya Park in Machida, which had lovely cherry tree coverage
30 March: around a work orientation/training day, got to explore Chiyoda park a little, but avoided the main cherry tree avenues. Dinner in a British pup in Shibuya, which sounds like a cop-out but is a reliable way to find gluten-free food. Encountered 'the scramble' for the first time.
31st March: went for a tramp in Aihara Park. Good, not crowded, cherry trees and some nice foresty-tracks.
1 April: went in to Yoyogi Park, observed cherry blossoms. Preferred the solo cherry trees tucked into the small lanes, over the massive cherry arbours. Also tramped all over Shibuya area. Paid too much for a fairly bland meal at Neals Yard.
6 or 7 April: went to Musashino to find gluten-free baked goods. Did not succeed in catching a bus to the Edo Tokyo Outdoor Museum. I think this was also the weekend I explored Hachioji a little, and bought a floral scarf because I'd already lost my transition-season scarf (it turned up again, this past week! Inside a cardboard box at work!).
16 April: I don't know what exactly I did the previous week(end?) but I lost my Suica (transport pass) in the process. Might have been the trip to Shinjuku to Books Kinokuniya that did it. At any rate, by the 16th I had (with the help of my boss) tracked down my transport pass to the TOEI subway lost property office, and set off to retrieve it. I had had hopes of getting to the Tokyo Feminist Book Club meeting afterwards, but no dice; went to Crêperie Briezh in Ginza instead, and had an Experience over a galette montagnarde. And by Experience I mean 'the smell of raclette cheese makes me achingly homesick, I did not predict this'. I would recommend Briezh to anyone with gluten issues in Japan and/or anyone desperate for European food, they were great, but not cheap.
20-21st April: absolutely no idea what, if anything, I did. By evidence of DW I was having An Anxiety.
28 April: attended Tokyo Pride, the Quietest Pride Parade Ever. Most of the excitement was focused on the fair, not the parade itself. I had Indian for dinner with some people from a feminist Meetup group - Milan Naturaj, in Shibuya. Good for allergy labelling, not great for... actual flavour.
I shall endeavour to make similar posts for May and June, and eventually July and August.