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Time to ring in the New Year on this blog, albeit a little behind the curve. The actual night seems a while ago now.
As you can see, I’ve added a picture of me to the template of this blog, and also refreshed the pictures elsewhere.
Thanks to Liam, who took a rather good set of pics of me at the weekend.
The last few times I’ve been to Tokyo, I keep noticing things that seem very similar. This afternoon, I was walking around Wimbledon in London, and I spotted a detail on the side of the public library that I’d not noticed before. I was struck by the visual similarity to a photo I’d taken in Tokyo a few weeks ago.
Wimbledon:
Tokyo:
In Wimbledon, the brick and tile detail are so apt for a Library, and in Tokyo, I was intrigued by what I understand to be prayer cards. Here’s both objects in context:
This weekend seemed to mark the start of the Christmas feeling for me, even if the celebrations had started a few weeks ago. Merry Christmas all!