Walking on a Pathway ― 2009/09/15
This is my second walking route.
Being on a reclaimed land, which used to be a coal mine, everything here is artificially designed. This pathway looks natural, but every single tree is planted, and the road surface is unnaturally even.
I guess the winding route is designed to get the residents walk more. This kind (in other words, patronising) consideration appear to be applied to some fitness equipments dotted around.
But don’t you think it’s a bit uncomfortable to work out with these equipments while other people are going back and forth with their dogs few feet a way from you? Many people would agree with me. I haven’t seen anyone using these.
I wonder if the planner of this site really imagined himself using these meddling facilities when he decided to install these.
Being on a reclaimed land, which used to be a coal mine, everything here is artificially designed. This pathway looks natural, but every single tree is planted, and the road surface is unnaturally even.
I guess the winding route is designed to get the residents walk more. This kind (in other words, patronising) consideration appear to be applied to some fitness equipments dotted around.
But don’t you think it’s a bit uncomfortable to work out with these equipments while other people are going back and forth with their dogs few feet a way from you? Many people would agree with me. I haven’t seen anyone using these.
I wonder if the planner of this site really imagined himself using these meddling facilities when he decided to install these.
Coffee Connoisseur ― 2009/09/15
Someone may want to introduce you a tea ceremony as a Japanese tradition. In fact, like your afternoon tea, very few of us practice such ritual now. We do have a nice cup of coffee instead. Actually we are the world’s third largest coffee drinkers, consuming 3.4kg of coffee beans per head per year. This may be because of our historic tie with Brazil where many Japanese immigrated to work in coffee plantations in the beginning of the 20th century. …Sorry, I’m not supposed to give you a history lecture.
Anyway, I guess, although the masters of tea ceremony would get furious hearing this, the principle of tea ceremony is now applied to our way of having a coffee. You use your five senses to the full in order to appreciate the aroma, the cup in which your coffee is served, taste, background music, and the manner of the service staff.
Here we have many “serious” coffee shops at street corners. Although sometimes they may seem under pressure from modern cafes, represented by Sxxxbxxxx, their charm never wane. I don’t usually drop in at Stxxxxks. I’d rather have a canned coffee somewhere I can smoke than have to pronounce the ridiculous names and irrational size codes. But I can’t resist the tempting aroma from those coffee shops roasting coffee beans themselves.
In this shop you can choose your beans raw,
and get the beans roasted,
blended, and ground to meet your preference.
I am not a big coffee lover myself, but even I can taste the difference, and find myself actively enjoying the taste and aroma when I have a cup here. Incidentally, the beans dealt with here are mainly from a coffee farm owned by a Japanese immigrant to Brazil.
A cup of coffee in this quality doesn’t come cheap. Your satisfaction is guaranteed, though. A cup of coffee costs around 450yen (around $5, or 290r, as of 2009/09/11). Cost-wise, it may be more reasonable to buy a pack of coffee beans: the price starts at 840yen per 200grammes.
Anyway, I guess, although the masters of tea ceremony would get furious hearing this, the principle of tea ceremony is now applied to our way of having a coffee. You use your five senses to the full in order to appreciate the aroma, the cup in which your coffee is served, taste, background music, and the manner of the service staff.
Here we have many “serious” coffee shops at street corners. Although sometimes they may seem under pressure from modern cafes, represented by Sxxxbxxxx, their charm never wane. I don’t usually drop in at Stxxxxks. I’d rather have a canned coffee somewhere I can smoke than have to pronounce the ridiculous names and irrational size codes. But I can’t resist the tempting aroma from those coffee shops roasting coffee beans themselves.
In this shop you can choose your beans raw,
and get the beans roasted,
blended, and ground to meet your preference.
I am not a big coffee lover myself, but even I can taste the difference, and find myself actively enjoying the taste and aroma when I have a cup here. Incidentally, the beans dealt with here are mainly from a coffee farm owned by a Japanese immigrant to Brazil.
A cup of coffee in this quality doesn’t come cheap. Your satisfaction is guaranteed, though. A cup of coffee costs around 450yen (around $5, or 290r, as of 2009/09/11). Cost-wise, it may be more reasonable to buy a pack of coffee beans: the price starts at 840yen per 200grammes.
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