Pageant of Lights

 The organizing groups calls this the Pageant of Lights. Josenji Dori, one of the main streets, has a wide tree-lined divider in the middle as well as a row of trees on each sidewalk. During December each year these trees are covered with small lights. This year there were fewer bulbs than usual because we are still not producing as much electricity as before the quakes. There is enough and we have not had to have the rolling blackouts that they were predicting, but everyone is being careful.

 The view from the divider between lanes.

 One of the trees at the end has blue lights and is particularly pretty.

 At the end of the arcade a tree is decorated with red and green lights and looks very Christmasy in contrast to the yellow bulbs on the trees.

 The police are out in force, directing cars and pedestrians.This policewoman was preventing pedestrians from standing in the road while waiting for the street lights to change. She was the shortest police officer I have ever seen.

One of the entrances to the subway goes through the basement of a large department store. As we passed through the first floor on our way to the escalators, we saw this chandelier, made of crystal glass from some place in Eastern Eurpoe. I thought I might buy it to use as a reading lamp behind our sofa, but I realized that it is taller than our ceiling.