Tokyo is in tomorrow
the journal of Michael Werneburg
twenty-eight years and a million words
Today it snowed. The first snow I've seen in the city. In fact, I believe that the last time it snowed was two winters ago, when I was absent (in visa exile). So, I found myself using an underground passageway downtown -- something I rarely do. And there I had one of those Tokyo moments.
Every day in Tokyo, one is reminded that this is a centre of fashion. The things you see people wearing here can be really amazing.
But of course it's also a centre for technology and cultural doo-dads. There's a lot more exploration and experimentation here than anywhere else I've learned.
An example of this was a game I saw a child playing in the concourse of one of the fancy new office towers in the Marunouchi.
There was an image being displayed on the floor by a computer projector on the ceiling. The image consisted of a square area of many colours. Bouncing around inside the square were some colourful balls. The child was running around the square, kicking at the balls. With only a bit of a lag, the balls would change direction as if they'd been physically kicked.
すごく おもしろい 町 ですね！