Somewhere in Tokyo.

「目標に向かってする事をしていれば、必ず道は明けます。」

Today, I decided to take a walk from 九段下 to 日比谷 cutting through 北の丸公園 and the Imperial Palace.

Along the way I stopped for some photos and to do a little reading. Surprisingly, there were not very many people out. The autumn air is perfect now and the weather is calm.

Sometimes you need to change your surroundings slightly to make you appreciate where you are. This mini-excursion was just what I needed to clear my head and it reminded me why I like being here.

Totoro’s Home in Suginami

totoro's home

An interesting article popped up on the Japan times yesterday about a park in Suginami-ward that has reopened as a place “that would make visitors feel [like] Totoro would live there”.

Drawing inspiration from the acclaimed Miyazaki Hayao animation “My Neighbor Totoro”, this park, which includes a house that was modeled after the home in the movie, has over 100 kinds of plants and spans 840 square meters in the Asagaya neighborhood of Suginami-ward. The house was originally 100-years old, but burned down due to a fire in 2009. Last Sunday however, the park has reopened to the public.

I plan to find this park. And I plan to find Totoro. Who’s in?