Shades of Game

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8r4d Well, we’re on our way out of Tokyo for now, headed to Nagoya (pronounced Nah-Goh-Yah) #japan for a couple days. The train station is huge and full of all sorts of wild shopping. [read more...]

Wednesday the 19th of November, 2025, late morning.
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Tokyo National Museum

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8r4d A quiet and contemplative afternoon at the museum looking at #japan antiquities. I liked the scrolls and samurai stuff. Karin loved the archeological exhibits. [read more...]

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, late evening.
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Kitchen Town

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8r4d Restaurant owners and home cooks alike flock to this little street with dozens of cookware, tableware , restaurant supplies and plastic food stores in tokyo #japan [read more...]

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, late evening.
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Senso-ji Temple

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8r4d Earlier today we visited the oldest buddhist temple in #japan [read more...]

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, late evening.
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Shrine of Enju-ji

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8r4d The shrine of strong legs is the temple for runners and #running in Tokyo #japan [read more...]

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, late afternoon.
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Shibuya Station

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8r4d Back on the train again for our last full day in Tokyo (until the ended of the trip, of course)

Your #japan phrase of the day is:

私にできること

or watashi ni dekirukoto which roughly translates to an empowering “these things I can do” which for me this morning was translating/deriving this phrase from a liquor ad on the train, which is something that I can apparently do now.

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, morning.
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Tokyo

8r4d I have been spending my down time in Tokyo documenting: posting here, obviously, but doing some light journaling and compiling my video clips. I have also been trying to caption the videos so that if you click the caption button to on there are some light descriptions of what is going on.

Maybe some day I’ll work up the courage to narrate my videos, but for now this is the best your gonna get. [read more...]

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, at breakfast.
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Shibuya Sky

8r4d 47 stories in the air and they are sending powerful searchlights into the #sky to mark our place in #japan [read more...]

Tuesday the 18th of November, 2025, during coffee.
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Shibuya Sky

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8r4d If you want to feel very small, stand 47 stories over Tokyo at night. #japan [read more...]

Monday the 17th of November, 2025, bedtime.
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Shibuya Sky

8r4d Tokyo from above #panoramic #japan [read more...]

Monday the 17th of November, 2025, bedtime.
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Hamarikyu Gardens

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8r4d As promised in a previous post, some nicer pics from our tour of Hamarikyu Gardens this afternoon in Tokyo #japan [read more...]

Monday the 17th of November, 2025, dinnertime.
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Goldfish Museum

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8r4d A weird and wonderful (even if it left me wondering about how the fish like it?!) collection of art aquariums. #japan [read more...]

Monday the 17th of November, 2025, dinnertime.
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