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Within two miles or so from Yedo, and yet well away from the toil and
din of the great city, stands the village of Meguro. Once past the
outskirts of the town, the road leading thither is bounded on either
side by woodlands rich in an endless variety of foliage, broken at
intervals by the long, low line of villages and hamlets. As we draw
near to Meguro, the scenery, becoming more and more rustic, increases
in beauty. Deep shady lanes, bordered by hedgerows as luxurious as any
in England, lead down to a valley of rice fields bright with the
emerald green of the young crops. To the right and to the left rise
knolls of fantastic shape, crowned with a profusion of Cryptomerias,
Scotch firs and other cone-bearing trees, and fringed with thickets of
feathery bamboos, bending their stems gracefully to the light summer
breeze. Wherever there is a spot shadier and pleasanter to look upon
than the rest, there may be seen the red portal of a shrine which the
simple piety of the country folk has raised to Inari Sama, the patron
god of farming, or to some other tutelary deity of the place. At the
eastern outlet of the valley a strip of blue sea bounds the horizon;
westward are the distant mountains. In the foreground, in front of a
farmhouse, snug-looking, with its roof of velvety-brown thatch, a
troop of sturdy urchins, suntanned and stark naked, are frisking in
the wildest gambols, all heedless of the scolding voice of the
withered old grandam who sits spinning and minding the house, while
her son and his wife are away toiling at some outdoor labour. Close at
our feet runs a stream of pure water, in which a group of countrymen
are washing the vegetables which they will presently shoulder and
carry off to sell by auction in the suburbs of Yedo. Not the least
beauty of the scene consists in the wondrous clearness of an
atmosphere so transparent that the most distant outlines are scarcely
dimmed, while the details of the nearer ground stand out in sharp,
bold relief, now lit by the rays of a vertical sun, now darkened under
the flying shadows thrown by the fleecy clouds which sail across the
sky. Under such a heaven, what painter could limn the lights and
shades which flit over the woods, the pride of Japan, whether in late
autumn, when the russets and yellows of our own trees are mixed with
the deep crimson glow of the maples, or in spring-time, when plum and
cherry trees and wild camellias--giants, fifty feet high--are in full
blossom?
Takechanpoo wrote:recently overcrowding in tokyo is getting worse and worse than ever before because the suburbanization, which had started since late 70s, ended and re-urbanization(tokyonization) has started. the population of my tama area, which is located in west suburb of tokyo, is decreasing because of death of jiji and baba and youngsters exodus to central of tokyo. im happy with it personally though.
when they learned that I own land in Japan
Takechanpoo wrote:when they learned that I own land in Japan
cats forehead plot of land, right?
Yokohammer wrote:and basically not fuckable with. Of course that also says something about the kind of potential employers Wuchan deals with, but I wouldn't call BS.
wagyl wrote:Does the question "what wards are suitable for a foreign person to live" mean the same as "where do we want to site the ghetto?"
Are you suggesting that prestige addresses differ for different nationalities?
Are you also suggesting that one unfortunate incident means that a place is off the list? How long is the hive memory meant to last for that? How for does that influence flow .. to the ward/municipality? To the prefecture -- is all of Tokyo tainted by this? To the nation? To the continent? To the Pacific Rim?
In answer to your question: how do the Japanese decide which address in Tokyo is prestigious? Same as anyone anywhere else -- historical cachet, proximity to noxious industry, how many empty sake one-cup glasses roll from side to side in the evening trains. Is it leafy, or grey? Are people with money already there, and does it cost a lot of money to move in?
Takechanpoo wrote:recently overcrowding in tokyo is getting worse and worse than ever before because the suburbanization, which had started since late 70s, ended and re-urbanization(tokyonization) has started. the population of my tama area, which is located in west suburb of tokyo, is decreasing because of death of jiji and baba and youngsters exodus to central of tokyo. im happy with it personally though.
paranoid schizophrenia wrote:Signed and paid last week... Just need Pocahontas to drop by and check if it 's a proper cursed indian sacred land
If not I will never be able to ressucitate the dead Korean hookers that I ordered from SJ...
Takechanpoo wrote:paranoid schizophrenia wrote:Signed and paid last week... Just need Pocahontas to drop by and check if it 's a proper cursed indian sacred land
If not I will never be able to ressucitate the dead Korean hookers that I ordered from SJ...
this la la retard is talking as if signed and bought by himself in spite of the fact that just followed close behind his wifes shopping.
way too fucking funny
Russell wrote:Takechanpoo wrote:paranoid schizophrenia wrote:Signed and paid last week... Just need Pocahontas to drop by and check if it 's a proper cursed indian sacred land
If not I will never be able to ressucitate the dead Korean hookers that I ordered from SJ...
this la la retard is talking as if signed and bought by himself in spite of the fact that just followed close behind his wifes shopping.
way too fucking funny
Well, at least he has a wife...
Wage Slave wrote:Russell wrote:Takechanpoo wrote:paranoid schizophrenia wrote:Signed and paid last week... Just need Pocahontas to drop by and check if it 's a proper cursed indian sacred land
If not I will never be able to ressucitate the dead Korean hookers that I ordered from SJ...
this la la retard is talking as if signed and bought by himself in spite of the fact that just followed close behind his wifes shopping.
way too fucking funny
Well, at least he has a wife...
Top drawer.
wagyl wrote: I don't think you will find many people who pay for their Hiroo accommodation with their own money, nor many people who would regard it as value for the money that is being paid for those places.
Wage Slave wrote:Russell wrote:Takechanpoo wrote:paranoid schizophrenia wrote:Signed and paid last week... Just need Pocahontas to drop by and check if it 's a proper cursed indian sacred land
If not I will never be able to ressucitate the dead Korean hookers that I ordered from SJ...
this la la retard is talking as if signed and bought by himself in spite of the fact that just followed close behind his wifes shopping.
way too fucking funny
Well, at least he has a wife...
Top drawer.
wangta wrote:..Anybody want to relate any info about the wards of Tokyo and how the Jp classify them?
My wife's aunt and her husband live in Hiroo. I their place is paid for not with their own money.
It's an apaato in a danchi if you must know.
TennoChinko wrote:wangta wrote:..Anybody want to relate any info about the wards of Tokyo and how the Jp classify them?
A Tokyo ward or city is probably too broad a definition or classification to be useful; especially if you consider the "zoning diversity" or general lack thereof.
Certain neighborhoods provide better cues ... but still, you could live in Den En Chofu, SeijoGakuenMae, Azabu, Meijiro, Omotesando etc... but in a 1979 1DK public housing project similar to what yanpa indicated about his in-law's in Hiroo.
Some descriptions are very specific ... for example, "Roppongi Hills" generally it taken to mean it's one of the residential towers bearing that name...
Although most people will indicate the Western-style tree-lined residential boulevards of neighborhoods like Den En Chofu & Seijigakuenmae etc., I was surprised a few years ago when I visited a house in Edogawa Ward along the Arakawa river...
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