Tanabata & 5000

Last weekend was the holiday Tanabata in Japan. Japanese people put up bamboo and hang fancy paper decorations on it. Then they write their wishes/hopes/dreams on pieces of paper and tie them to the bamboo.

In the basement of the Hep 5 department store in Osaka, they had one set up for the public to use. I wrote a wish down, too. Mine said "いいしごとをみつけるように".

I took a picture of the tree when I had finished. I tried to wait until the people left, but the longer I waited the more people came to write their wishes...


When I opened up this picture to send to my photo blog file, I noticed something. The filename my camera automatically assigned to this picture was DSC05000.

That means that this is officially the 5000th picture I've taken with my camera.

...wow.

Let's go shopping!

If there was a neat shopping center like this nearby, wouldn't you want to go?

Keep your eyes open

This is a liquor store near the local train station. The building has some amusing characters painted upon it.


Here's a closer view.

Hi Mom!

I took this picture right before Mother's Day, then forgot that I had it. This was a store window display in Osaka. I thought it was cute so I'm posting it despite the fact that Mother's Day is long gone...

Big Step

Last Shinsaibashi picture for now...this is Big Step, the shopping area from whence the previous two pictures were taken. Complete with futuristic capsule elevators (you can see them on the left).

Shinsaibashi!

I forgot my camera today...so you get a cell phone picture :p



This is Shinsaibashi, the cool hang-out/shopping area for young people in Osaka. Crowded!

Also - happy daylight saving time for those in the USA!

Start!

So I've been thinking for a while about starting a photo blog of Japan - posting one picture a day, every day, until I leave. Here goes!


My first picture is from the Clever Cafe (though I think they might have meant "clover," judging from the store logo) in the underground of Umeda in Osaka. Their mugs all have cute kitty pictures! You can also see the shoppers walking by in the background.