A common site outside Japanese restaurants are samples of the top menu items, all made in plastic. They can look very realistic.
The Japanese are nationally obsessed with the 'cute'. I haven't quite got to the bottom of what defines cute, but this is certainly the quality which has spawned phenomenon like Hello Kitty; and why the Eton choir is so warmly received when it comes here on tour. Unsurprising, then, to find a pet shop in the centre of Tokyo filled with tiny puppies and kittens. The bottom photo was make a Japanese girl swoon all the way to the bank to fish out the £800 or so they were asking...
Tonight we're off to Yokohama to see a Cambridge acting group put on some Shakespeare.
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