New Year’s Holidays

Buildings in Shinjuku.

I went to the condominium of my parents-in-law with my family during the New Year’s holidays.

We did shopping on January 1st in Odaiba Tokyo Bay area. My wife and my daughters like buying New Year’s lucky bags; they are called Fukubukuro in Japan.
Shop owners make Fukubukuro filled with random contents and sell them for a substantial discount. People buy bags without knowing the exact contents.

I also went to Shinjyuku where the office of Tokyo metropolitan government is located. I like walking around Shinjyuku and taking pictures of high rise buildings.

Emi and Rina received Otoshidama or money in a small envelop from my brother-in-law. Japanese people have a custom of giving money to children. They were excited about thinking of what they wanted to buy.

From the Left: Emi, brother-in-law Masashi and Rina.

Emi and Rina are showing an enelop of Otoshidama.

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Tokyo / Ebisu, Shibuya, Harajuku and Shinjuku

I took pictures and videos in Tokyo a monuth ago. I edited them last week and uploaded it on YouTube site today.
Please check it out.

Rain, Rain, Rain...Business Trip to Tokyo

I went to Tokyo on business yesterday and the day before yesterday. I attended a seminar of software development: that is about the standard of communication protocol between semiconductor production equipment. Learning new things is always fun to me and gives me power.

I’m working as a system engineer in my company. I had been in charge of a new project that would be completed in early 2008. But it was discontinued, judged by company’s top executives few months ago. It was sad not only for me but also for other members. Though, thanks to the cancellation of the project, I’m able to spend my working time more for learning, doing research and writing patents at my discretion.

Anyway, after the two-day-long fruitful lectures, I went to a photo gallery in Shinjuku one day and bookstores in Ochanomizu the other day. Those two towns are among my most favorites.
I took several pictures of rainy Tokyo.