Free Show

(A supermarket in Edogawabashi.)

A huge bluefin tuna, inexplicably wheeled out to the supermarket floor by an employee and left there for customers to gawk at. Despite our massive consumption of tuna, it was difficult to reconcile the sight of an actual fish with the red tuna sashimi we usually see sold in plastic trays.

More than one curious customer walked up to the fish's gaping mouth and peeked in. Because its tail had been cut off, you could see out the other end.

Good for Chicken Lovers, Bad for Business

On Kagurazaka street. A restaurant during weekdays morphs into a yakitori (chicken on skewers) stand on weekends, when the main street is closed to traffic. The sight of hundreds of yakitori was mouthwatering, and they tasted delicious. However, when I passed by the stand again a couple of hours later, the chicken was still plentiful and looked as inviting as ever. Good for the eyes, but perhaps not for the shop: it meant they weren't able to sell nearly as much as they'd anticipated.

The Blinding Doorway

(In Edogawabashi.)

What's up there?

In the bottom right corner, a white cat with an oddly squashed face.

Mona Lisa Sighting

(In Kagurazaka.)

Mona Lisa, hiding in plain sight.

An Alternative to the Greeting Cat

Greeting dogs on the door of an information center in Urayasu. The dogs have a retro look unrelated to their being made from origami; they look like cartoon characters from the 1960s.