e-erik:“The high ground of Yoyogi Hachiman, where on a clear day the panoramic overlook
e-erik: “The high ground of Yoyogi Hachiman, where on a clear day the panoramic overlook to the skyscrapers of the New Tokyo City Center in West Shinjuku is breathtaking. It’s a 30-year-old apartment with no bath and no elevator to the fourth floor, but the rent is cheap and it’s convenient to his job at a patent office in West Shinjuku. He’s big on Hermès, his "collection” having started from a necktie he bought when job-hunting “so as not to be laughed at on account of clothes.” Now he carries a 500,000 yen briefcase to work, the familiar trademark orange bags and boxes striking a currious harmony with the sun-faded tatami mats. White shirts (Hermès, of course) all hand-washed and hung up to dry, ready to wear to work. No need to iron, “just snap them smooth by hand and they’re fine.” He tends to sweat, so he always carris his precious briefcase wrapped in a towel. And no ordinary one at that - an Hermès bath mitten.“ HAPPY VICTIMS -- source link