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In april I took photos of Azusa in Yanaka when the sakura were all out. None of which can be seen in the photo BUT you can see something weird about my nostril when the loopy end part of a Capital A is placed over it. I don’t know what is ever expected from our photo shoots- I enjoy taking the photos and she sure does like to be photographed, and despite not giving her the color 35mm prints until later in the summer (and not even yet printing the black and white from these sessions) we both have plans to have similar outings in the future.

This was also the month when Mike and I walked from Minami Senju to Shinjuku. Coming across Nippori station we “found” this TanTanMen shop that makes their noodles loudly by hand in a small shop that is painted red and black with large windows. The sakura trees outside reflect nicely in glasses of water and it is this kind of picture that makes me really like digital phtotography for the ease. The soup was great but just a day or two before (?) I had a wisdom tooth pulled and it was not as easy to eat as I had hoped. Repeated visits have proved it to be A Good Shop for food.

I went to Akihabara once this year. At a shrine they have this statue and I promise you that is not a peach.