Tokyo May 12, 2007
First Christmas Mom! not only because tomorrow is your and our party all over the world, but because today is your compleanno.Ti feel quite sprightly when the risks to the phone, I can hear you just fine if you do not hear me ... and I want to congratulate you publicly for your decision to make the connection to the internet in my honor at all costs and for wanting to learn to use this computer system sometimes a little difficult.
Our friendly hosts house offered me a used bike for as long as I will Tokyo.Al time I was a bit worried why do not I get up half to two wheels from the April 27, 2001, after my serious accident on a motorbike that kept me still for about 1 year in rehab for 2, but I accepted the opportunity instinctively with joy.
After exploring the underground world of subway lines and the bus, I looked nice in person to decide the path without constraints of stops and route.
The truth is that scares me the opportunity to lose his balance and the presence of the machines, I have repeatedly promised not to andarmi looking for problems, I said "go to the foot or by car even though we know Milan is always clogged with traffic and use of the scooter you'd Gadagne long time, "
The memory of those two years was enough for me to agree to wait in line patiently.
There, I said, you're not stressed and you do not have time to respect, rather then go down and continue on foot. Having said that.
I lowered the bike saddle so good to touch the ground with his feet and tried to go around the island, are home to brush up and are broken down again, pushing a little more in the ... bellissimo.Oltre at the thought of losing balance, however, has added to the road since losing in Tokyo have reported only the names of the great arteries and the directions of the districts and è necessario sapersi orientare, in più Tokyo sembra un pò anonima in certe zone e può sembrare tutta uguale.Mi sono organizzata con una piantina dettagliata in caratteri latini,che avevo portato dall'italia e ho deciso la mia prima meta:il parco di Shinjuku gyoen.
Realizzato nei primi anni del 900, questo parco è uno dei più estesi di Tokyo.E' molto particolare perchè comprende oltre al giardino in stile giapponese anche una parte progettata in stile europeo,un giardino alla francese e uno all'inglese. Lo spazio è talmente grande che passeggiare da sola nei tre diversi giardini mi ha fatto sentire proprio in tre luoghi diversi tra loro.
Le differenze sono notevoli e alla zona geometrica europea con i viali alberati le regular flower beds and hedges, it happens a lot more area where small irregular stone paths to make you move along a serpentine path that offers performances are always different, as if around the corner there was always a surprise for your eyes .. . small streams, small bridges to span the lake, giant and colorful carp in the water, turtles swimming peacefully ... then turn your head and see a piece of wood that can be crossed, and after you find the grove near a kind of wooden pagoda where a woman in a kimono invites you to enter with a bow (not then steal not only from ' bow, but also from entering!) is made to accommodate a small veranda that offers yet another show with a small ceremony will be served green tea I found it to be an exhibition, as if the landscape were so many paintings that follow a straight path. Small hills, rolling plains and many trees and fragrant flowers also never seen before. I have seen few tourists while the Japanese have shown me a lot of quiet in their movements and even some young couple embraced without the usual excessive modesty.
Many groups of young people stopping in on an area of \u200b\u200blawn covered with a cloth and eat or drink, laughing with each other, but without making too much noise, older people stay with a dreamy look on benches or give food to the fish. The culture of Japanese Zen garden is very special, the garden wants mettere in contatto l'uomo con la natura.L'uomo può identificarsi con la natura perchè i cicli delle stagioni si ripetono come i cicli della vita, l'acqua è sempre presente come simbolo della vita che scorre e come mare da attraversare con i cambiamenti che la vita chiede, le pietre simboleggiano la durata e le colline rappresentano le montagne come le difficoltà da superare e le vette da raggiungere...L'energia della natura diventa energia per vivere con più consapevolezza.
Se alzi gli occhi al cielo vedi l'azzurro il verde e i corvi e le cornacchie che volano. A Tokyo ci sono tantissime grandi cornacchie nere in ogni quartiere e cantano in modo inconfondibile. Davanti a casa abbiamo scoperto, proprio vicino al nostro balcone, nonostante there are trees, the sparrows prefer to be inside the nest boxes of light poles, as they had decided that a small caravan of iron is more convenient but also more protected from the crows. Makes me laugh to think that even the sparrows in Tokyo should use all available space. By Simon
agree in saying that every time the elderly and Japanese children are beautiful, the elderly on their way to circulate freely and independently, by the way nice to smile and bow our eyes met, for they wear hats or coasters that push to get support, always with their bags or purses and their umbrella ... because the kids are chubby with red cheeks and their mouths carnose, anche loro con cappellini colorati da esploratori già a 5-6 anni,con lo zainetto girano attenti da soli per le strade dei quartieri.Ora poi che giro in bici li vedo sempre e capisco che il metrò non fa per loro!
Dopo un pò di giorni di giri in bici mi sono accorta che qui la bici è la vera padrona delle strade e anche dei marciapiedi.Quasi tutti la possiedono anche se la città non è proprio pianeggiante...e dato che la strada con le macchine è spesso evitata, c'è la possibilità di usare il marciapiede come pista ciclabile delimitata a terra da una riga gialla sulla sinistra, puoi anche permetterti di suonare il campanello per chiedere strada, i pedoni si spostano anche perchè sono abituati a vedere anche dietro... and exceed them ... so do not forget that even the sidewalks are often small, in the crossroads there is always more up and down a life that makes you comfortable!
A bike but not basta.Bisogna have two because the game is complete! Convinced Simon, you are pedaling your legs and your legs to do aikido is essential.
Then you are ready, turn left for much longer and more difficult goals!
In Japan you can bring the dirt bikes on trains or rented for a few yen in almost every small town near the station. Then go back to our beautiful Kamakura sea, this time in a particular local pedalando.Qui eat where the food is exposed and three cute ladies cook ramen (especially noodles) fried with bacon and cabbage on a plate cut for purposes bollente.Nel middle of each table is a plate to cook to your taste and keep warm prepared foods, like small omelettes stuffed with vegetables. ... fun and pleasure!
the Japanese Golden Week we also enjoy the city less congested and through parks and sanctuaries and the area of \u200b\u200bskyscrapers. We go up to 54 floor of City Hall, we stopped their ears so the climb is fast and a little disappointed by the local glass overlook it. I am reminded of the Empire in New York, when he still walked with a cane and We had passed the first, since I had a disability, without queuing! Actually I did not like what was even then being locked up without being able to breathe the air fresca.Allora was more than once that I climbed on Madoninina of Milan ... the needles, without windows. Rise, however, is always exciting.
They could not stop? Of course there is a Koban no.In every neighborhood that is a small police station, the guards are always present and one evening as I had no lights on, let's say that was just after sunset, I stopped and I think I have asked in Japan where it came from the bicycle. Read the small plaque telling him not abbastanza.Sul time we did not happen of course so I had follow the cop, in turn, riding a bicycle, until it Koban.Ho since consults with his colleague and although I have provided all the data in Japanese pradrone of my home, naturally including the phone number, continued to prevaricate , smiling but saying that in practice the small plaque did not give them any information, so I was suspected of theft "you steal?" Simon said, and because I was lucky sorridevano.Per which are known to be a beast in all languages, I did not know just wanted to say that to steal steal ... They still knew only that word in English .... Well I have begun to irritate me because I only steal the vases without flowers (I've already written) and I'm very much giapponese. Stavo per alzare la voce, naturalmente in italiano, quando Simone ha deciso di alzare il telefono e chiamare direttamente mr Gennai.Tutto bene, dopo mezz'ora sono stata rilasciata...Ho letto poi sulla guida che basta un sospetto della polizia per essere fermati anche per 48 ore senza nessuna particolare altra ragione.Sì, a Tokyo le biciclette hanno una targa e un regolare propietario, ma non c'è un documento che lo attesti,boh!!Paese che vai...In questo paese però si può lasciare la bici senza lucchetto perchè generalmente nessuno ruba, posso anche lasciare nel cestino la spesa con tranquillità entrando per esempio in un altro negozio o dimenticarmi di mettere il lucchetto la notte...(una notte mi sono dimenticata! in più the bike is not mine!) To feel so free and so safe it feels good and I do not think it depends completely out of control, the result of education is certainly very civil. 
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