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Downtown

Downtown Shibuya, Tokyo. "Bustle" doesn't quite capture it. Everywhere you look, you could look more and see more. Notice the elephants on the big building on the right, above the Starbuck's Coffee. The entire top of the building is a video screen, as is the top of the building to the left. Action, motion, even the buildings move.

I realize what a bumpkin I am, good at negotiating familiar contexts, but in way over my head here. I can start a campfire in the pouring rain, but I cannot seem to buy the simple electronics that I set out for... in downtown Tokyo! So much of my life and my ability to live it is based on context. I need to get out more.

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