【Japan Culture Trip】42 Gingko Street Part 1 銀杏並木パート１

Fall Colors

Yoshi and I walked all around Tokyo shooting videos today.

The first destination is Gaien-Mae : Gingko Festival (^_^)

Playing with leaves. (^u^)

The next is Omotesando.

We went to Omotesando Hills to see Swalvski's Christmas Tree. 

And on to Ginza : Famous MIKIMOTO Christmas Tree.

Peeking Angel. (-^^-)

It was a fun & productive day!!

Akibatteru アキバってる - Taipei Comic Fair, Game localization and Tokyo Anime...

Shoplifting by Elderly People in Japan

Japanese Living Longer Lonelier

Japanese living longer, lonelier by MARK MACKINNON

Not long after reading this article, there was another Japanese article that talked about Japanese elderly people that I'm sure is related to this topic.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/national/news/20101014-OYT1T00415.htm

According to Yomiuri Online, the number of shop lifter whose age is 65yr+ reached twenty thousand and eighty two between January-September 2010, according to National Police Agency.

The number of elderly shoplifter has increased by hundred forty one since last year, and has been increasing every year for the past nineteen years.

If the elderly criminals whose age are 50+ confessed their loneliness and the loss of meaning in life, the police introduce them to the community gatherings and try to avoid their subsequent offense, and discuss different solutions with the small retailers who often find these criminals at their shops.

This issue if often featured in evening news and documentaries, and many people are aware of the situation. Just as the issues about the elderly homeless people, many are aware but feel almost helpless in the situation. 

Shoplifting once used to be done by kids who wanted attention from their parents or friends, now being done by elderly for the same reason. 

【島唄】代々木公園ブラジルフェス Brazilian Fest at Yoyogi Park

やっぱナマ島唄は鳥肌ものでした〜！！

I used to be a girl.

Found this pic.in the album. This must be from my 5th birthday! 

Haha, I used to be a little girl too!!

Now I'm all grown up and mature....

well, as you can see :D

This is from my 27th birthday. lol

Tokyo Bay Fireworks (And a little confession) :)

The Annual Tokyo Bay Fireworks kicked off at 7pm last night. My boyfriend and I tried to decide where to watch it, and that took us about 30 minutes. :p

Finally we ended up on the rooftop of my friend's house. By the time we got there it was 8:10pm. The fireworks was supposed to end at 8:20.

So what you are seeing on the video is the grand finale-the only part we got to watch!

Hope you enjoyed it as much as I did!! :D