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I miss nighttime Shinobazu pond in Ueno. Sitting in a bench, eating kombini grilled food, drinking and listening to traffic and noises coming from Ueno Zoo, looking at the city skyline. Late night walk along the Sumida river and narrow streets of Asakusa...

I used to live in Hinatawada, which is two stations beyond Oume station. There are so many Tokyoites who refuse to acknowledge that that is also part of metropolitan Tokyo, because it's completely countryside with Tama-river and mountains. Evening in the big city and for the night, back home to the "countryside", best of both Japanese worlds in one day. Aah, the glorious bachelor days.