April 1, 2007 - Tokyo
Perfect Sunday weather - warm in the morning, cool in the afternoon brought an estimated 18 million people outdoors today.
The reason?
Cherry blossoms.
Tomorrow, the new fiscal year and the new school year start and milllions of students will start new classes, or recent college and HS graduates, new jobs.
The obverse face of Samurai Socialsm is "Club Capitalism." On our 50km training ride we finished at the Yomiuri Gold Club and saw dozens of black chauffer driven limos full of .... capitalist captains and club members. It is the other PERFECT metaphor for the governance of this country.
And you know. NO ONE SEEMS TO MIND.
Ballistic Blossoms
Message from naruhodo1
at 10:00 PM KDT
Updated: Monday, April 2, 2007 12:26 PM KDT
