boy's day

Today we went to Yurakucho and Ginza.

Ken's wife Heidi is a professional artist, and we spent a bit of time hunting around for some paint brushes for her. Apparently there are now brushes made from mongoose hair.

A nice counterpart to the pig-hair toothbrushes you can get in this city.

After that we went to Shibuya to meet Yaguchi-san and Jon for sushi at a place that the pregnant (and therefor absent) Manami-san had discovered.

May fifth is "boy's day" in Japan, a day when large flags shaped like stylized fish are flown from balconies and poles all over the country. Girl's day is earlier in the year, on March 3.