So obviously right now, all the big news are about the earthquake aftermath, the tsunami victims and the current state of the nuclear power plants. I wish I could give you more information, but I’m not a news reporter, and this is just a puny photoblog after all. But I didn’t want to stop posting until everything settle completely, since it might takes many weeks, even months. So I’m uploading this photo of a sunset over Tokyo, and tell you at the same time, that from my point of view everything is pretty much back to normal in the big city. We are very lucky that no serious damage occurred in the area, and life is almost back as it was for most of Tokyo residents. Of course I am hoping that the people in the affected area will have the chance to go back to their normal life as soon as possible, even though we all know this will be a hard and long challenge.

This photo was taken near Shimbashi station, an area with tons of izakayas and bars. Seems like all the salary man of Tokyo meet each other for a beer after work in this district. It did not rain that day, but some owner of one of the bar decide to clean to street that night. I don’t like to waste water like that, but it does give good photo!

この写真は新橋駅の近くで撮影したもの。この辺りには居酒屋やバーなんかがたくさんあって、東京で働くサラリー マンたちが仕事終わりに集まる憩いの場になっているらしい。この日は雨は降っていなかったけど、地面が濡れていた。近くの店の人たちが、水を撒いて路地をキレイにしているみたい。水をムダにするのは良くないことだけど、写真の出来栄えには満足！