Sumida Sun

The mad heat of summer

Sumida Sun

The burning blue sky of a Tokyo summer

I find a ramen shop with extra thin noodles

The owner and I can't decide on English or Japanese

but he's cordial and kind — I say the noodles are great

The burning skin on my sunburnt shaved head

from Niigata beaches with too much beer

tourists now flood the streets of Asakusa

after the big disease scam