Babylon has fallen

It's been a week or a little less since I last posted, not because I have been so busy at my work (that is to say, writing), but because I made a little excursion down south (of Japan) to the Japanese Babylon, which anyone with any sensitivity will know to be Tokyo.

Although I was only there for four days, I too succumbed to my old wicked ways, finding myself spending money (a little), looking at and for nonsense (material garbage), and assuming my old identity of looking at luxury items and wanting to catch up on the latest things.  All around me was a world that catered to those unnecessary desires, and I was very surprised (and delighted) to find myself back in good old, home sweet home Sendai.  The country has claimed me for one of its own...

But, I was of course happy to see my friends who visited from far and away New York City, and also to see my great friend who lives in Tokyo as always (and with whom I went to the Special Effects Museum, where the following catastrophic photos were taken- a very large scale model used for the production of the Godzilla type films.  Each building is about six to twelve feet high).