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55/365: Sept 4. Note the little cherub up in the field with his butterfly net. Why would you live anywhere else in Tokyo?

56/365: Sept 5. The view from my train platform in the afternoon light. A mellow place, to be sure. Lucky me.

57/365: Sept 6. Awesome organic vegetarian lunch at my local station.

58/365: Sept 8. The more astute among you will notice that Sept 7 is missing. That's coz I didn't leave the house. But Sept 8, now that was a fun day. Australia Flavour Biz Nite. I bored everyone senseless with a presentation about my new website. Had high hopes that some famous photo agency rep would sweep me off my feet and offer me a lucrative photo job that night but alas, I was sorely disappointed and ended up wading in the fountain with Tracey, Helen and Kirsten. Actually, I did get one job - Nathan from TRACE asked me if I'd be interested in taking photos for his band as we trained home together. Of course, of course.

59/365: Sept 9. A smile from Jake can just make my day. Darin, Tyler and Jake were sitting outside Starbucks as I finished my lessons this morning. Yay.

60/365: Sept 10. They stand waiting at the station, run on with their stools and bags of posters and race down the train carriage swapping the train ad posters then jump off at the next station and do it again on the next train....

61/365: Sept 11. Me and Haruka made a crossword puzzle today after she thrashed me at speed alphabet bingo. Brat. Smarty pants brat. Adorable brat.

62/365: Sept 12. Christians dad asked him to meet up with these 3 lovely young girls from Brisbane on their first big trip to Tokyo, we we took them out to an izakaya in Shibuya. The bitter old cynic in me usually don't have a lot of time for 23 year olds these days but these girls were a pleasant surprise. It was a great night out. Turns out they knew my friend Jack (from Brisbane) and invited him and his friend Clinton (just back from 6 months in NY) along too.

63/365: Sept 13. Kichijoji matsuri. There was even a horse. With a priest in fancy dress riding atop. Cool.

And so, the summer begins to end. I see yellow leaves dropping already in the park and wonder how it's possible that a place can only have 8 weeks of summer.

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Martine wrote this on September 14, 2008 3:25 PM

Lulu said:

Hi Martine! Lovely photos as usual, and so nice to see Haruka! How are the lessons going? I miss her a lot and will have to send a postcard in English too her soon along with a letter to her mum in Japanese!

I may have a job for you when we go back to Japan! We are getting married in Brisbane but more than likely will have a small ceremony/nijikai once we get back to Japan and would love to hire you to take photos if we end up having something so I will be in touch! Is the plan to still be in Japan second half of next year?

On September 14, 2008 4:40 PM,

frangipani said:

Hi Laura,

Haruka is great, she's such a cool kid. Thanks for the introduction there :)

I doubt I'll be here next year, sorry! But you never know.... nothing is planned for certain.

On September 14, 2008 5:27 PM,

Hi Mike - actually, the restaurant is a few doors up from the station, when we say "the Station" we mean the active little hub that gathers around the station... but yeah, there are more of these shops opening up all the time now. It7s great.

On September 15, 2008 12:58 PM,

Sandi said:

I think I had that same meal there. It was super yummy. I am already packing on the pounds now that I'm away from Japanese food. The daily rice has been replaced with pasta. And cheese.

On September 16, 2008 12:34 AM,

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