Tokyo

Been running around the city for the past couple of days, looking at the jaw-dropping assortment of boys' toys in Akihabara, a very different assortment of jaw-dropping boys' toys in Harajuku, and generally wandering around the streets. I must say that I feel extremely comfortable in Tokyo; I find it to be a very welcoming city (even if it appears to be daunting for the newly-arrived).

Here are a few (uninspired) pictures of a corner of the Imperial Gardens (no sakura -- they're long gone) and of the Hibiya Gardens.