I've been in Tokyo for one week, and I am finally able to get online!

Fumiko and I are staying in a place in the Ikebukuro area.  It's not so crazy and busy as in some of the other metropolitan areas, so it's nice to walk around on breaks from working.

Yesterday I was walking bya small shop.  Outside was a table filled with packages of stockings.  An older woman was standing there pondering her selection. Unaccountably, her hair was colored bright neon yellow.  Not just yellow, but neon yellow. 

I crossed the street, and took another peek at her.  The sun happened to be shining on her head, and I was desperate to get out my camera and take a clandestine shot of her.  It took me about 30 long seconds to locate my camera at the bottom of my bag, and when I turned back, she was gone.

It was like a movie scene--a vanishing figure.  Since I missed the shot, I am blogging the moment instead!

I must always remember to keep my camera in my pocket.