Pity the poor Salaryman

Grey suits and grey jobs. Hierarchical offices run by convention and duty.

It's distinctly bad form to leave the office before your job.

The relationship between salaryman and housewife is notoriously bad.

The Guardian recently reported on the annual competition of Salaryman Senryu (short, sardonic poems on daily life, brief as Haiku but with a comic tone).

The second prize went to this gem (translated into English):

The only warmth in my life is the toilet seat.

Brutal.

Yatta! ('I did it!')

For the first time, I've managed to get an article printed in a national magazine.

It is in the July/August edition of SONGLINES, Britain's leading world music magazine.

You can see the online version of my guide to the best music in Tokyo by clicking here.

I also took the picture of the Kabuki Theatre (bottom right).

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