or question...

i have a visitor...

...i am fostering minnie while she is waiting for someone to come along and give her a permanent home...she did have one once but the owners took her back to the cat home because she was `dirty`...well...she isn`t dirty and is lovely...she likes my futon!!!

teppanyaki in liverpool

i can`t bear to go in here because of the extortionate prices for what i pay next-to-nothing for in tokyo!!!

conveyor belt sushi in liverpool

sit at a counter and select what you want from the moving dishes of kind-of-japanese food on coloured plates...it is not bad really considering it is in england...but very expensive compared to my fave kaiten sushi bars in harajuku and shinagawa...but nice colours for the dishes!!!

a good idea, isn`t it?

i came across this in hunts cross last week...i didn`t realise liverpool had a mobile library service...the mobile library service covers over 90 places in the city...schools, old people`s homes, sheltered housing and areas where there is no community library...i think it is really good for people who can`t get to the normal libraries...and it is encouraging reading and listening to music...i don`t mind paying my taxes for this service!!!

i seem to see a lot of these!!!

this last one is in my street!!!

i went out last night!!!

another good reason to have come back home!!!

painted on the pavement in hunts cross...

unfortunately...
some english dog owners have to be reminded!!!
(english learners...please note the 2-part verb `clean up`!!!)

liverpool`s regeneration...

there are mixed reviews of the city centre updating...
some hate it...some love it
i personally am all for
upgrading spaces used for leisure time
and this use of colour is great!!!

yesterday i had to go to the dentist in a little suburb...

hunts cross station

st hilda`s church

semi-detached houses

the pretty places made the visit to the dentist less painful!!!

banksy in liverpool

i know some hate banksy...but i don`t...and i am pleased he came to liverpool and did this...i see it every time i walk into the city centre...more info on him here

do you...???

(berry street)
this is just near chinatown
can you see the nice street light?

do you...???

(duke street)

a welcome home present...3 fab badges...

liverpool has great shops now...
...including onitsuka tiger
but actually i have never seen this shop in tokyo???
is it?

i might be busy tomorrow...so here is tomorrow`s today...my favourite bar in liverpool

the same thing happened again with the short spoon in the fact cafe

friday
.....................................................................

so i decided to take the problem into my own hands
and use my own spoons

saturday

problem solved!!!

new and swish...

...the re-development of liverpool continues...this block of flats was built on what was basically wasted space...nothing was destroyed during its construction so i don`t object to it...i wouldn`t mind living here actually!!!

do you care?

do you???
(off bold street...on the back of rapid`s)

i have changed...

...the date/time on this blogging system...but regrettably it has also changed the times on all my previous tokyo posts...never mind...we are now in the uk time zone!!!

liverpool taxis are just like london taxis

we call them `black cabs` tho strictly speaking they can be any colour...and as you can see some have become an advertising medium...the last one here is advertising a local radio station...i like black cabs...but sometimes the taxi driver is too talkative!!!