"Eats, Shoots & Leaves"

A couple of years ago, a business professor told not me but American students to read "Eats, Shoots & Leaves". It's a book about punctuation. It's one of the most common grammatical mistakes Americans make. Although I have to admit my English is lousy, however, I don't make such a mistake.

So, I haven't read the book, have no plan to read it and am not gonna write about it. Sorry, but if you're interested in the book, just check Amazon.com. I just like the title because it symbolizes how one can enjoy at the Showa Kinen Park, a national park in western Tokyo.


Eats

waiting patiently for the market to float

This little turtle (pictured above) reminded me of old Korean literature. The poem, 거북가, goes like this:

거북아, 거북아 머리를 내놔라
(A little turtle, a little one, get your head out of the shell)
내놓지 않으면 구워서 먹으리
(If you don't, I grill and eat ya!)

I was 17 years old or so when I learned this poem. Ever since, I've been wondering if turtle is edible...

Need FRB chairman's due care

Of course, we didn't eat turtle but beef, pork and vegetables!!


Shoots

Is market a mirror of economy?

With gardens, forests, fields, playgrounds and swimming pools, the 163-hectare park has plenty of photo shooting spots. The Japanese Garden is my favorite place in the park. Ooops, the picture above is upside down!

No more trick (until Halloween maybe). By playing sumo wrestling with the earth, I fixed the problem. Here you go. It's always good to have a different ponit of view, though.

museum?!

You can view this painting-like landscape at the Japanese Garden as well. Give yourself a time for meditation.

& Leaves

Exhausted...

The park closes at 5pm. Plan early to exit 'cause it sometimes take half an hour to get out of the park.

And REMEMBER, LADIES. Don't go shopping at Takashimaya or Isetan department store after enjoying conversation with nature (and your significant other) at the park. Never ever. Instead, by stopping by Krispy Kreme or Starbucks at Tachikawa, give your partner sweet treat. It has to come back to "eats". Life is karma.

By the way, the park is located at just 30 minutes from Shinjuku by train, and only JPY400 admission fee.

PS. Tomi, thanks for joining us yesterday. Hope you guys enjoyed.