SPRING TIME

Describing tokyo to someone who has never been here is really difficult.when someone asks how is it ?i just cant find words.what i like about it so much cannot be given with a word.I began to like it slowly and began to fall in love with it.

The most important part is i began to appreciate nature and its beauty.without makeup...

The seasons here make it more special and also the way the people treat the seasons.

Be it fall or spring they love to go with their families to huge parks which adorn tokyo.

Spring is a season they look forward fro the cherry blossoms (SAKURA) to bloom.They go to view them and they call it HANAMI(HANA=flower ,MI=see)in japanese.People here make it a point to have their lunches packed ,and sit below the widely spread blooms and enjoy the lunch or dinner underneath.First time i felt this strange, imagine we going and sitting below mayflower tree and having lunch backhome....

But now its a part of our life ,we like all others waited the flowers to bloom ,had our picnic baskets packed ,searched for a place in the crowd where we could spread our sheet and had the delight of sharing the happiness of the season.

Shimizu

Summer is about to cool.autumn is on the threshold.our gang planned a trip to a a beautiful blessed place called shimizu.i never knew that such a beautiful place existed near tokyo.it has hotsprings,breathtaking landscape,beauty explained in all ways.this place is also a famous skiing spot.a rejuvenating feeling for the soul.no i am not exaggerating.its so true.and above all the inn whichwe stayed ,was owned by more beautiful ,warm hearted people.reminded me of home.all in all i am still in the awe of this blessed place .

It happens only in Japan.

I picked this topic as most of my friends began forwarding a mail showing some pics about japan.wierd i mean.That mail would be for fun.i liked the heading so just did COPY PASTE.

There are really certain things that happen only in japan and they are endless i feel.

The best is cleanliness.mannerisms,preserving public property,carrying a friendly face.and ofcourse following the rules.

yes they stand in queue wherever necessary.they dnt pick fights in the middle of the street.they dont spit wherever they like.and its more secure.if u forget anything of value by chance in a park one evening ,u find it there untouched till next evening.i hope that happens only in japan.vendors always welcome u with "irrashaimase"thats wat they say to welcome for every customer and thank you ,every time .they do it from morning till night.thay carry a smile on their face allthe time.that happens only in japan.

A picnic

Spring has finally arrived in tpkyo,its almost summer now.we all had been to Chichibu flower garden .It is a huge flower garden where flowers of different colors but of same family are grown .It is about an hour and half train journey from tokyo.My family and some of my close freinds had a great picnic.here's a beautiful photo of that place.

Tokyo
Ya my story continues.we met some really cool frends here who made things easy for me. like going to supermarkets and going thru a range of milk cartons like full fat ,low fat,non fat ,extreme thick u get thick paneer from that differentiate between palak and radish leaves and god knows what leaves which looks like a twin of palak and crunchy even if u steam,boil or just rot . i began to slowly start to like this place called tokyo where people are fond to walk ,use trains ,and smile if u see them.yes i liked the people most ,felt like i was home.this is an old snap of a street in nakano where we stayed for some time,coming to tokyo.hope u like it.

tokyo

Our flight landed narita airport on a wintery evening of tokyo.a new place ,new country we boarded the airport limousine,to tread a 2 hour journey to our destination,nakano-tokyo. got settled and slowly began to explore this wonderplace called tokyo.
To begin everything here was ,to put in my words " wierd".The way people bow,their fashion sense,the way the young crowd dresses and theirhairstyle ofcourse,.i'l post every detai as i remember.
Now a bit of flashback:I have memories of japan thru a serial aired on DD long time back named "Oshin" ,i dont know how many remember that serial,but i remember it very well as i was named oshin by my maam,and other close ones for the hairstyle ,roundface and small eyes.
so let that be,the first thing coming to tokyo u realize ,u r an illeterate,a gawaar as they say in hindi.Coz u dnt KNowthe language and the languages u know japnese dnt care for it.English is something thats now picking up here.The most common and only words of English O K and GOOD.
So i picked some Language books and stuck to japnese TV hours together to know the lingo.T V programs were fun to watch,i wud have a dictionary within my reach to check for the meaning.watched daily soaps and slowly began to like them.I'l be going in detail about my experiences as a housewife in my future mails.

hi ,
this is the photo of chudi arranged for the chudi pooja in shravan,that was last month.lovely na.

konnichi wa

konnichi wa,
thats the way trhey greet each other in japan.have a good day.
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