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Intl Saturdays 30: Formals Vs Casual, Japanese style

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Early weekday mornings, most people in Tokyo streets will be seen in a formal attire with pale grey, blue, black and whites. The one week that i was there, the colour of formal shirts never really went beyond the blues and whites, something totally different from the multi-coloured formal shirts you see people wearing here to office (agree, some shirt choices are downright atrocious!). 
So it came as a pleasant surprise when i spotted this woman walking in front of me in such a colourful getup. Last time i had seen so many colored clothes in Tokyo was when i had visited the Takeshita Dori opposite the Harajuku metro station. You may have seen the Harajuku Girls and Harajuku Boy on the blog before.

Well, apart from the blue-colored boots, the detailing on her iPad cover was particularly attention grabbing. The same glass glitter material adorned her headphones as well, i wonder if she got it as a set.
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Intl Saturdays 28: When in Tokyo, make friends with this!

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It may look insanely intimidating, but is not really that hard to get around it. The ticket vending machines at the Tokyo subway stations are things you should get familiar with if you expect to travel economically within this city. Economical with respect to the taxis there, but not really economical in the true sense of the word. The minimum fare when i was there last year was 160 Yen which comes to around Rs. 95!

With as many as 13, yes THIRTEEN different railway lines, the metro is indeed the best way to get around Tokyo. And don’t sweat if you have a hard time finding your correct station. I was helped out by the locals, on three occasions in two days, without me even asking for help. People in Tokyo are really really helpful and will go out of their way to ensure you get the right ticket for the right location. Some will even escort you to the correct platform and see you off.  This happened twice with me.

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The original Bollywood Superstar and his successor

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Bandra’s charming lanes keep throwing up surprises in the form of old world bungalows which seem to have withstood the vagaries of time (with the help of responsible families living within them of course). As part of the Bollywood Art Project, celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema, there are many such murals adorning the otherwise drab walls of many a houses in Bandra.

While entering Bandstand from the HK Bhabha road (im not really sure of the name) you come across these two murals depicting the original Superstar Rajesh Khanna on one side of the wall and his successor Amitabh Bachchan on the other side.

The project was started by an artist named Ranjit Dahiya last year and there is a third mural as well on Chapel road, which i will hunt down when i head to Bandra the next time:)

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