The perfect shop?Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Tokyo Post #5: Stone Pigeons of Asakusa
As I walked through Asakusa Temple, I came across pigeons - both flesh and stone. The live ones are very tame (no-one is allowed to catch or feed them) and they walk about as they please. The stone pigeons are charming too, as you can see - though not too many people pay attention to them - the temple dominates one's consciousness completely. There must be some history associated with them, which I'm yet to find out.
As I stood there, a local person approached and waited for me to finish my picture-taking. When I was done, he smiled and pointed to the pigeons, and I nodded back. Then he said, "Where from, you sir?" I replied, "India." He looked puzzled, so I reiterated, "India, land of Buddha, Buddha - yes?". Upon which he said, "Oh, India hai-hai! Buddha hai-hai!" He smiled, bowed to me (I bowed back) and left.
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