COME IN TOKYO
NEW IMPRESSIONS OF TOKYO
Inakamono means hick, rube; homesick souls floating
to Tokyo, whereas Attamemashoka? translates,
Would you like it heated up?
Yesterday rained heavy. This morning was an earthquake
in Kyushu. Tokyo has a complex network of trains and
explanations for weather and natural disasters.
Tokyo flows into Tokyo Bay where hostilities ended aboard
a battleship with stovepipe hats and grainy black and white
apologies. Sumimasen. Gomen nasai.
Tokyo Dome is known affectionately as the Big Egg because
of its oval shape.
Yasukuni Shrine is known affectionately as Yasukuni Shrine
because many Class A war criminals are buried there.
High Noon wasnt filmed here and neither was Gunfight At
The OK Corral. Nevertheless, Japanese still enjoy a good
old-fashioned in-house investigation.
The Japanese population is aging rapidly. At twenty-five,
people look fifty. At fifty they have cosmetic surgery so they
can look fifty again.
Most salarymen take only one weeks holiday because theyre
afraid they wont be here when they get back.
Betsu betsu means Dutch Treat. In Kyoto, Pease come over, means
Bugger Off!!!
Made in Japan used to mean cheap and junky, but now it means
Made in China.
Following the latest train accident, the president of the railway
apologized and offered the victims relatives a ten percent pay cut.
The national soccer team are up to their old tricks. Coming out
for the second coming then falling apart like a dead horse.
The face in the ramen bowl, the body on the driving range, tell you
its time for your yearly choke-up, time to blow another big putt
or swallow a hidden fish bone.
Tokyo, Tuesday, 06/13/06
