I had a plan once. A grand plan. Each Sunday I would head somewhere different: a park, the beach, somewhere. I was concerned I would get to the end of five years here and will have really only spent that time in Tokyo, unless work commitments had me elsewhere. Well, it is a fine plan except for this time of year. Entrance exams. And we attend to supervise (last week) or meet the students who have passed and will come to the uni starting next year (today), a kind of orientation, or meet the staff type of thing.
Nice, I suppose.
Anyway, I went and found myself with a spare hour of so in between, unable to go too far (transport issues) nor did I bring any actual work with me, because I wasn't expecting the spare time. (Although, of course, one always carries a spare book or three just for moments like these.)
It gave me a chance to wander around the campus, which was nice. The leaves are mostly gone, but some colour is still there...
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| Red |
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| Red with sunlight |
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| leaves in the shade |
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| Bright, pitted |
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| Memorial for students killed by the Tokyo bombing during WW2 |
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| The fallen cone |
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| Leaves of the icho tree, Tokyo's tree |
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| Looks like this |
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| More afternoon sun |
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| Standing out a bit |
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| Camellias are on the way |
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| Blue sky and branches |
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| Pine needles in a stack |
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| Almost magenta |
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| Bird life |
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| tree trunk |
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| The fallen |
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| Purples |
It's back to the main job in the morning, the early start, the crowded train...there is a short holiday in just two weeks from now. And counting...
[Camera : Lumix TZ-85, 2.12pm-2.34pm; 10 December 2017]
