I took this picture a couple days ago. The tree is almost completely red!

I’m on my way home now from Akihabara, where I bought a new laptop computer. It’s a Toshiba with Windows 7, 16″ screen, 500GB hard drive, 4GB RAM, blu-ray/dvd drive, 2.20 GHz Core 2 duo processor and more. Best of all, I got a big discount!

I found lychee juice at Family Mart tonight and thought I’d try it. I like lychees, and thought the juice would be similar to grape juice. It sort of is, but has a sweeter flavour. Anyway, here’s the carton.

I was wondering about how my cell phone took fuzzy pictures, wiped the camera lens, and accidentally pressed ok. I meant to press cancel. Anyway, here’s Shin-Sugita station!

I took this picture yesterday and forgot to post it. It’s the same tree.

What a difference in the weather. Yesterday was 25 degrees. Today is 15. That’s a big drop! Most trees are still green, but many will start changing this month. Here’s one.

I’m 3 months behind on getting pictures up on here.  Today, I went out for a walk and took a lot of pictures, since the weather was great.  A very nice and warm 25 degrees on November 1.  Curious about what I have to post?  Well, here’s what I’ve taken pictures of in the last 3 months.

For the Exploring Japan series:

• Sankeien in Naka-ku, Yokohama on August 2.  There are a lot of pictures in this one.
• Museum of Maritime Science in Odaiba on August 16.
• Gundam statue in Shiokaze Park in Odaiba on August 16.
• Some random Kamakura (Kenchoji, Tsurugaoka Hachimangu, Daibutsu and beach) on August 30.
• Aka-renga in Naka-ku, Yokohama on September 14.
• Zou-no-hana Park and random pictures in Naka-ku, Yokohama on September 14
• Yokohama Chinatown and a couple of Motomachi pictures on September 14.
• Some Engakuji in Kamakura on October 11.
• Night view of Yokohama from the Marine Shuttle sightseeing boat on October 11.
• Kamakura-chuo Park in Kamakura on November 1.

For the Japan by Train series:

• Ofuna Station area in Kamakura on August 23.
• Hongodai Station area in Sakae-ku, Yokohama on September 21.
• Konandai Station area in Konan-ku, Yokohama on September 23.
• Fujimicho Station area in Kamakura on September 27.
• Shonanmachiya Station area in Kamakura on November 1.

I really need to work on some old pictures for Flashback, too.

While I was in Family Mart last night, I noticed that there were Christmas decorations. It was October 30th, still before Halloween. Nearly every other business has Halloween decorations, but they already put up Christmas decorations. I wanted to tell them it’s still 2 months away. Too early!

The Yokohama branch of Immigration moved from the Yamashita area to Torihama in Kanazawa Ward. I didn’t know that yesterday, so I went today to get everything transfered to my new passport. Nice day today after have a typhoon pass nearby. The immigration office is in a new building in an industrial area.

Today, I went to the National Museum of Western Art in Ueno and saw an exhibit about Pompeii’s artwork. But there was also a lot more other art, including Rodin, Monet and Picasso. I took some pictures of Rodin’s art outside the museum. Also, there were a lot of street performers, including a living museum. But I took a picture of another very funny man. Take a look.

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