I have worked more this week than EVER before. Four full days in a row this week! Whew.The weather has been perfect, which I am sure will change once my weekend comes back around.
We walked home through the park yesterday evening, just in time to catch the last of a group of little doggies that had been part of a dog show in the afternoon.
It was all I could do not to bundle them all up and run away with them. They were all small and matching.
I wish I had taken a photo of the grandpa we spotted collecting up his six little grumpy doggies onto his person and riding off on his bicycle. He zipped three into the front of his jacket with their heads poking out the collar and the other three wriggled about in the basket on the front of his bike.
They had some big enclosures in the park where people could let their dogs run about safely off their leads, a large one for large dogs, and a couple of smaller ones for the smaller dogs. This seemed a very good idea to me, it saves picnicers from being bothered by dogs running all over the park and saves the owners from the worry their dogs might not want to be caught again once let off the lead.
We also passed the last few remaining performers near the NHK building on our way home. On Sundays, hundreds of singers, musicians and dancers gather to perform near Yoyogi Park. They don’t perform for money, just for enjoyment or recognition I guess. By the time we had walked past, there were only 10 or so people remaining, but they were still all too loud and too close to each other to get much of an idea what each of them would be like alone.
Hopefully I will eventually get a Sunday off to go and see everyone in full swing.
Patrick had another competition this morning, this time an ekiden with Jason’s team. They won, and Patrick got a lovely towel as a prize - about time he was rewarded. He didn’t run the race backwards, but did run the wrong way for a while, just to give the other teams a bit of an advantage. They still weren’t good enough to keep up.
The photo at the top of the post is of the Docomo Tower and a Harajuku street we walk along on the way home. It is easy to find our way home from wherever wo go in Tokyo, we just head for the Docomo Tower. I think it may hold the record as the world’s tallest clock tower or something of the sort…
Patrick won his race again today, this time he was properly rewarded.
Patrick gave me a photo of his team’s win at the relay on Monday, so I thought I should put it in here, as I am usually at work and never around to take photos of his races.
