Fall in Tokyo or Have you seen Elvis dance

When we arrived in Tokyo we were greeted by some wonderful weather. I mention this because the true pleasure of our adventures around this city is to be able to walk around, randomly go down streets, lanes and the occasional cemetery. 


The down side of this is the effect on the parks in this city. Just like back home, the cold nights and warm days brings out nature's painter's pallet. This year I have to admit that the normally dramatic scenes in the parks have been rendered somewhat boring. Those of you who have followed me thus far may wonder when do I connect the fall to Elvis. 


Well this is Tokyo and one of the most magnificent parks is Yoyogi. All of the parks so far have been beautifully sculpted masterpieces of nature. So despite the lack f colour, we continue to explore. After all, a previous park let us to a king. This time, we have Elvis, rather many of them. It appears that this park encourages self expression. At some point, we come upon some very loud rock music, guys dancing and, wow, there is this group of guys and some girls in leather, grease back ducktails with some really cool moves. This is definitely the peoples park. Further on there is the frisbee guys, badminton afficinatos, drummers, random guitar players, and, yes, boot dancers. As you can see, culture in Tokyo is not limited to the few and select, it is for every one.


One last weather comment, there is no snow but today the cold winds hit with a vengeance. I guess the message is there, go inside and shop. Issey Miyake, here we come.


Good night and stay warm


Marcel