Sunday, December 31, 2006

Nothing Uncomfortable in Tokyo Station on December 31, 2006

Nothing Uncomfortable in Tokyo Station on December 31, 2006



Now the year 2006 is going to be left behind forever, maybe, like the fist day God created this world or the universe.

(Jesus Christ said not to keep looking back, though.)

The center of Japan is, for ordinary Japanese in their general point of view, the Tokyo Station.

The area around the station is the most secured business center as it is adjacent to the Imperial Palace, though some people might feel the streets there are a kind of high-blown.

Now a few tall buildings are under construction in front of the Tokyo Station.

When people saw such development of streets around any mega-stations in Japan, they used to look like feeling something specifically inspiring.

Now people may come to understand that glory does not lie in tall towers or huge buildings but in intangible assets.

Otherwise, people have become indifferent with whatever development going on in prime locations, since they are too much involved in or too much neglected by urban development schemes carried on an extraordinarily high-priced land.
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It might not be bad to feel heavy by seeing the late Mr. Saddam Hussein in a picture of a newspaper issued today in Japan.

We should not get used to such a kind of news; however, the newspaper also reported that 61 Iraqis were killed on the day of their former president's execution.
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Nonetheless I felt almost nothing uncomfortable in the Tokyo Station today while thousands or more people were walking fast or slowly with baggage or children around me, or otherwise waiting for or getting on trains during my short stay there.

If you never feel uncomfortable during whatever short stay in the center of your capital city, then it must be at least as hopeful as Tokyo is on Dec. 31, 2006.

(And, usually we wish "A Happy New Year" in writing a new year card which is a symbol of Japanese tradition still alive and practiced here and there.)


"BRINGING GOOD NEWS"