おはようございます！ The beautiful, ancient rice field is now in harvest season. I felt grateful to be able to catch this sunrise as the only sliver of clear sky is just on the horizon and the space between the hill and tree only amounts to about a month of visibility. To think that my wife’s family…… Continue reading Sunrise in Saitama
Author: Mateo de Colón
Global Citizen! こんにちは！僕の名前はマットです. Es decir soy Mateo. Aussi, je m'appelle Mathieu. Likes: Languages, Cultures, Computers, History, being Alive! \(^.^)/
A rice field haiku
The ancient rice fieldSaturated by gray cloudsOf US warplanes aboveMateo de Colón Just walked through this beautiful landscape and was struck by the contrast of its timeless serenity and the roaring of the ceaseless American warplanes flying overhead towards Yokosuka. It is a melancholy feeling indeed and brought forth an unsolicited haiku. Update 9.25.2015 I…… Continue reading A rice field haiku
Hikawa Shrine 氷川神社
Hikawa Shrine 氷川神社 http://goo.gl/maps/W2tnW
Rainy morning
Doutor is one of my special places in Mejiro. Every time I visit I like to drink a cafe latte, read the Japan Times and watch people come and go early in the morning. On this particular morning Japan was getting hammered by Typhoon Etau. The rain wasn’t too heavy in Tokyo but I was…… Continue reading Rainy morning
Beer in Asahi Sky Room
Drinking beer while looking over Tokyo. Not having too many deep thoughts as the Asahi Super Dry Black Extra Cold has gone to my head! Asahi Sky Room
Tonight’s sunset
おはようございます！
Starbucks Gold Card
I’ve got elite status at Starbucks for another year. Why? Because one of my biggest pet-peeves is being late and here in the Bay Area being late is pretty easy to do with the traffic; especially because Californians are not very good drivers and it is almost a certainty that there will be an accident…… Continue reading Starbucks Gold Card