tokyo-a-go-go

I'm having all these fantasies of Tokyo lately...I think it's because for some reason I've been stumbling across all these blogs of folks (ex-pats, mostly, but not all) based in Tokyo and all their photos of the city streets and eenie-weenie itsy-bitsy well-designed items are giving me flashbacks! I used to live in Tokyo (Chofu-shi, by the Tsutsujigaoka station) from 10 to 12 years old, and it was soooooo fabulous. My folks decided to move us there sort of on a whim (back in the 80s everything was "turning Japanese" and all new wave, remember???). They taught English and I went to the American School in Japan. But we lived in a Japanese house in a regular neighborhood (unlike other classmates of mine, who were mostly ambassador's kids, army brats who lived on the military compounds, or the brood of wealthy corporate exec types). The smell of the tatami mats is still something I miss, not to mention the heat of the summer, the snow falling in the river in front of our house, and the sound of crickets and semi (cicadas) in the trees.

One blog I've been looking at: pinku belongs to Katherine Mok, someone who just bought a top from me...I feel like I'm sending an article of clothing on a vacation in lieu of myself!

Damn! i've got to figure out how to get back there again and make the time for a trip...maybe next year???