Boxing Day

It didn't start out that well...

But after a tasty business lunch in a basement, discussing a paper revision with a colleague also attending the meeting, we went home the slow way.

The light was a bit wild at the newly refurbished Tokyo station. Swung by the Imperial Palace The pale brown stuff below is grass. It always does this here, because it is so dry in winter. Found some end-of-year leaves (ginkgo) And some 10th month cherry blossom And then ran to meet James (who had been peacefully reviewing papers - his main occupation since August - in a cafe a couple of miles away), only pausing occasionally to photograph the architecture.