Living in Japan teaches you a lot about patience, forbearance, waiting. It is not a bad thing really. It can be quite calming in some ways...
And so it is today. Flying out of the country means leaving home with enough time to catch the train to catch the bus to get the plane. A 7.30pm departure from the airport usually means an 11.00am departure from home, just to be on the safe side really.
Being the time of year that it is, I also planned to leave a little earlier in order to catch an earlier bus, just to be on the safe side really.
Turned out the earlier bus was full so I had to get my usual 3.00pm bus which meant waiting around just that little bit longer than planned...
What to do?
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| Lunch time |
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| Coffee, foreground, and makings of an affogato in the background |
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| Much ice cream, very little coffee |
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| Passing observation 1 |
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| Passing observation 2 |
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| Passing observation 3 |
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| Passing observation 4 |
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| Passing observation 6 |
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| From the bus window |
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| Demolition |
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| A quick and sneaky pic of the Skytree |
Why, sit in a nearby coffee shop of course and observe the world go by...and sometimes, such enforced stopping to smell the coffee (and ham and cheese toastie) is not such a bad thing.
Up, up and away. Eventually.
[Camera : Lumix TZ-85, 1.38pm-2.05; 4.03pm-4.32pm; 27 December 2016]
