Ninenzaka, Higashiyama-ku

by nils

2 comments

1 Dave { 08.30.04 at 9:25 pm }

Cool Place and nice picture. I have been there on that stair case during Obon week and it was so hot that I about melted and ran down the steps.

Dave

2 alfred { 08.31.04 at 2:25 am }

Once when walking down Ninenzaka I actually tripped and started to fall – as if on cue, everyone in the vicinity worked together and caught me in mid-fall and I ended up not falling (thereby avoiding the dreaded eventuality of falling on Ninenzaka). So I have about nine people to thank for saving my life, and that was seven years ago, so I guess it worked…

It must have been quite a feat to catch a 240lb, 6’3″ gaijin in mid-fall!

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