マンゴケーキ gateau de mangue

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Many cake shops have opened and closed at Asagaya these twenty years.
The Sugar Rose is the most successful cake shop among the shops.
It has now one cake factory and two shops at Asagaya.
The size of the cakes is big and a little sweet. I love them.
This mango fruits cake is so fantastic.

(Sugar Rose, 阿佐谷南二丁目、Asagayaminami, Suginami ward)

方々の煮魚 rouget-grondin

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Hobo(= gurnard) is a delicious fish. For the famous Marseille dish, the bouillabaisse, this should be inevitable fish, I've ever read.
This dish is very very good.

(酔芙蓉、西品川一丁目、Nishishinagawa, Ota ward)

枇杷の花 fleurs de nèfle du Japon

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These two weeks I've been standing for train watch guard near this loquat trees.
As there is few flowers these cold days, small birds fly to this flower. The birds are a pair of Japanese white-eye(目白）,　tits (四十雀）, a family or pair of sparrows and young bulbuls (ヒヨドリ）. These trees are in the railroad, so they never be disturbed by human being. The thick and dense foliage is very good defense against crows and cold wind.
The coldest days are near the end. Last Saturday I saw one of the sparrows eagerly catching the tiny insects behind the leaves. I saw one ant and one small bee and one big fly.

( 東十条二丁目、　Higashijujo, Kita ward)

夏みかん pamplemousses

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There are lots of Chinese citrons above my head in front of the door of my apartment room. These are too sour for me. So I enjoy only those colors.
♪Every morning they greet me, big and yellow, big and yellow....♪
Sometimes in the night the sound of their falls onto the ground make me awake.

(阿佐谷北二丁目、Ａｓａｇａｙａｋｉｔａ，　Suginami ward)

都庁から富士山 Mont Fuji

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I am sitting on a chair of coffee shop of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government tower with a glass of ginger ale. Many strangers and foreigners come up to this free observatory salon. I sometimes go there for mountain watching. This day I can watch all of the mountains and hills around the Tokyo area.

（都庁南展望室、西新宿、Nishishinnjuku, Shinjuku ward)

お気に入りの場所 au delà des verres

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My most favorite place at the Tokyo metropolitan government towers is the bar counter of an Italian cooking restaurant. I love the time to enjoy a glass of Guiness beer and the view over the glasses.

(La Terrazza, 都庁北タワー、西新宿、Nishishinjuku, Shinjuku ward)

アーティスト artiste

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She draws the outer decoration of the new Rahmen shop. The temperature is around six degrees. Her work is wonderful and fantastic, I think.
It's very very cold and she is very very cool.
And I wonder if the dish of the new shop would be good.

(阿佐谷北二丁目、Asagayaktia, Suginami ward)

金網の向うの美猫 Beau chat

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The beautiful cat looks at me with much alert. I try to greet it, but it only watches my action. This is our first contact.

( 豊町二丁目、Yutakamachi, Shinagawa ward)

捨てられました une poupée tristesse

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The doll looks sad on the loading platform of the track of scraps recovery.

(阿佐谷北二丁目、Asagayakita, Suginami ward)

太鼓革売り Bogolan Market

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What animal did have it? I remember the words, ”Ｔｒｉｓｔｅｓ　Ｔｒｏｐｉｑｕｅ　(Sad Tropics).”
Were their meat good?

(阿佐谷北六丁目、Asagayakita, Suginami ward)