Status Updates From Falling From the Floating W...

...shoji-sided maze page 244 "His turned his attention to me" east asian tiger japanese black bear kunimitsu-blade...

...izumiya ageya ningyocho shin new yoshiwara 1657 the meireki fire moto old yoshiwara the great miura hotel hamadaya restaurant - 🙂 - gaikokujin...

...horimono courtesan harajuku ota memorial museum of art 'Flowers of the Floating World - The Courtesans of Yoshiwara' utamaro daikanyama shimokitazawa

Dreaming of the Floating World 5...

That's it man, come on; get that energy going.

...horimono courtesan harajuku ota memorial museum of art 'Flowers of the Floating World - The Courtesans of Yoshiwara' utamaro...

...horimono courtesan harajuku ota memorial museum of art 'Flowers of the Floating World - The Courtesans of Yoshiwara' utamaro...

...page 217 "It doesn't sound like there's much you can for me then, does it?" ikebukuro...

...shin okubo tokyo's little korea ikemen dori seoul street nakano iidabashi pachinko blue tarpaulin ⛺ 90s bubble koshu kaido road shinjuku station southern terrace toyama koen park shinjuku sports centre "concertinaed" tetsuko shizuoka bakufu chitairo cotton yukata wooden geta sandals zola budd...

...page 198 😔 sakae dori chiba tokyo bay the liquid rooms kabukicho...

...senzoku sokaiya ishikawa report page 183 that's a hell of an emotional read...

...senzoku sokaiya ishikawa report...

Thank goodness the note of dishonour was raised, the constant questioning of the relations was getting frustrating were to be mentioned one more time. At least he's now been made aware...

...omotesando dori kuromaku gaien-nishi dori yoyogi takadanobaba...

...ryogoku kokugikan stadium tatami page 162 "I get shouted all the time" chankonabe old guard rikishi heya fujiwara daisuke grateful days dragon ash dewaya-kai tebori Hokusai ka-chan kabuki tasogare talent group...

...tayu yoshiwaran kabuki ryokan yamanote line train shibuya scramble crossing nonbei yokocho drunkard's alley miashita koen harajuku 🐈 street nhk sumo Basho yokozuna hakuho Mongolian tatzuzan shiko oyakata...

...senzoku-yon-chome yoshiwara matsubaya page 147 "trying to looking" sakura mawashi dohyo ring rikishi sumo tsuzi-zumo...

...katsuyama michiko kaoru namiji lord genpachi moronobu ageya nihonbashi daimyo...

nissan teana ginzo-kai kobe duke Ellington late-period soulful jazz sycophants shinjuku gyoen station maple ginkgo 🌲 hanami page 124 "life's dictating to you" kunimitsu tanto 🖐️💅🤞🤫🖕😐

Grammatical error: 'Weren't they were called oiran?'

...kami yoshiwara katsuyama-chan tayu edo kyoto osaka courtesan the great miura bathhouse bordello utagawa ukiyo-e danjuro kabuki sumo...

...energy NGO nuclear KanEnCo AGM Hiroshima Nagasaki Fukushima banana republic soviet kamigawa leukaemia president's ear seppuku meiji restoration 1868 samurai sword 🍣 knife Fathers4Justice sokaiya takata-gumi yakuza "politician KanEnCo" energy minister ginza office Energy Without Affect horishi mizu shobai asakusa tokyo senbei kabuki fundoshi horimono firefox ukiyo-e hokusai kuniyoshi...

...leukaemia president's ear seppuku meiji restoration 1868 samurai sword 🍣 knife Fathers4Justice sokaiya takata-gumi yakuza "politician KanEnCo" energy minister ginza office Energy Without Affect...

...burakumin honne tatamae kumicho oyabun gaikokujin seiza ikka utada hikaru automatic...

...hine antique cognac meoji era japan ldp party Japan oyabun...

We're getting into the murky depths now 😎

...manual ningen koban police station Okinawa takata-gumi dewaya-gumi shinjuku southern terrace east deck bridge takashimaya times square east shinjuku ginza kabukicho koma theatre kabukicho fuzoku mizu shobai uzumaki shinjuku dori road yasukuni dori...

More depth to the storyline now, I'm really loving this work; not so many cultural references as earlier on, sporadic, an appropriate amount, all in the right places as before. These: "fuzuko", "tanzen cultural consultancy", "tayu", "ikebana".

References to: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabi; and: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geisha; :)