Though more women in Japan are opting for epidurals, they are mostly still only available around major cities, while prohibitive costs and fears about safety persist. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/22/japan/science-health/epidural-rate/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #sciencehealth #tokyo #children #familyplanning #population #women039sissues #pregnancy #tokyometropolitangovernment #medicine #depopulation

New on the blog today: Four vanished shops from Itabashi Ward in Tokyo, Japan.

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https://www.norbertwoehnl.com/singles/itabashi-tokyo-japan-four-vanished-shops

Some #Tokyo loveliness

Good morning from Japan! Today looks to be the last nice day here before we are headed into a bit of a rainy stretch.

Here is a set of night photos from the Nakajuku and Honcho areas of my home ward of Itabashi in Tokyo.

Paranormasight: Back to Honjo, for Goods: https://boilingsteam.com/paranormasight-back-to-honjo/ #linux #linuxgaming #update #paranormasight #event #tokyo #japan

Yesterday's write-up now also available on my blog. It was a nice day.

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https://www.norbertwoehnl.com/singles/tokyo-japan-metropolitan-teien-museum-cafe-lunch-2025-04-20

After the museum visit, lunch and dessert at “cafe chocotto” in Komagome. Then a short walk to Sugamo station, and returning to our home ward of Itabashi.

Happy Sunday from Japan!

Today is my birthday, and I’ve got some nice things planned. Meanwhile, here is a simple urban scene with some special light from Mukugaoka in Bunkyo, Tokyo.

The #Tokyo National Museum is the oldest and largest national museum in Japan. It holds >110,000 artifacts of ancient and medieval Japanese art and art. It was our favorite museum in Tokyo. What is your favorite? https://backpackandsnorkel.com/Japan

Saturday, April 19

Some simple photos from my day in Japan, straight out of camera.

1. Figure decorations in drumming class lobby
2.-4. Lunch at “kitchen haco” in Nezu, Tokyo

I went to my drumming lesson again today. The focus was on learning variations of 8th-note beats. Here I’m trying one of the patterns for the first time along to a Backstreet Boys song.

Vegan cherry blossom ramen at T's Tantan at Ueno station in Tokyo
#japan #tokyo #vegan #ramen

Accidentally photographed 4 #red things almost in a row in #Asakusa.

I didn't photograph it, but a black ladybug with red dots landed on me halfway through these photos.
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I was super envious of @jezebelkat getting to play footsies with the ocean, so here I am at 海の公園 with half the damn city.
#Tokyo #Japan #beach

Yuccas(?) in front of Jiganji temple in Mita putting up inflorescences

Happy Friday from Japan! Here is an upward look at the dome relief on the north side of the old Tokyo Station Marunouchi building; a nice pattern to ease into the weekend.
Also, Happy Easter if you are in a country / region that celebrates it (I'm not).

I caught blossom season in Japan during one of my pre-pandemic visits, admiring the plum blossoms which usually come before cherry blossoms. Not quite as famous as cherry blossoms, but they can look similar enough / the same to the uninitiated.

This is a Japanese white-eye perched on a plum blossom branch in Tokyo's Koishikawa Korakuen Garden.

Good morning from Tokyo! To mix things up a bit format-wise, here is a vertorama I took yesterday at lunch time inside JP Tower (KITTE Building) in Marunouchi with the 65x24 app.