Found a used book store in 白金台(Shirokanedai)

A couple of weekends ago, we went to a museum near the 白金台(Shirokanedai) station and we visited one of the Book Off stores - they are a huge chain of used book stores with stores all over the place. But the Book Off in Shirokanedai has the largest selection of foreign language books I've ever seen at a used book store. I fact, I would say that this was bigger than the foreign language section of any regular book store that I have been to recently. They have a sign up that says that they have 40,000 book there. They even had five or six big shelves full of French books - something I've never seen in Japan. The prices were excellent, too. Most paperbacks with 350 yen with some at 200 yen and a handful at 500 yen.

The store even has a cafe with good coffee and snacks. The cafe is pretty crowded but still a good place to sit, read, or work. It is pretty easy to get to this store. Exit from the Shirokanedai station via Exit #2, take a left at the top the of stairs, and walk about 2-3 minutes. It will be on your left and you will probably see the cafe part first. If you are a foreigner living in Tokyo, this definitely worth a trip out there.

Tokyo Winter vs. Seattle Winter

Tokyo's winter has been very, very, very mild so far. It has been "long sleeve-shirt and light jacket only the morning" kind of weather. We've only had a couple of days of chilly and windy though we are supposed to get a couple of more days, apparently. Today was sunny and the high was 20 degree Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit) and the overnight low was at 14 C / 57 F.

Since Seattle is supposed to have a high of 11 C / 52 F, a low of 4 C / 39 F and rain... I think I like the Japanese version of winter a bit better. Of course, the real winter has moved in, yet.