"Where is here?"

It's the beautiful season always surrounded by brandnew green when driving cab.

Since the huge quake and tsunami on March 11th, the economy in Kansai, western Japan around Osaka, seem to have little impact so far.

I keep earning a little more than last year's daily fare.

Yesterday, I had a research meeting about local agriculture in Kobe, actually this is nothing to do with my cab work but some consulting stuff.

Anyway I'd been out of work over five hours and bet on the roulette at late night station.

And I got the ride.

One guy, looks 30s, jumped on saying

"Itami station"

"Thanks , I take the industrial road there and it would cost more than 100 bucks. OK?"

"No problem driver"

Then, as always, he slept laying on the back seet.

When we got close to the Itami station, I woke him up and asking detail destination.

"Ah ... do you know M electric?"

"Yes, M electric in Itami right? "

"Right, I live around the factory"

"Goin down this one OK? "

"yeah"

Then I drove down the road heading the factory, cab meter was already over 13 thousand (yen).
After driving about a mile, he tweeted

"Where is here?"

"Sorry?"

"It's not familiar sight around here ..."

"M electric is just a couple blocks away"

"I mentioned another one"

Indeed there is the other one that never crossed my mind because that is "not on the road".

I soon turn around and he phoned asking more money to his wife as the meter was then over 15 thousand.

It was a big hit but not really happy one.

May 18th Thur.
Sunny
Fare Earned 27,650 9Rides
10.25hrs.
Max Ride 15,350

Nanohana

It's Rape blossoms in English blooming in fields around.

It's beautiful but the English name ... is far from romantic.

Shakunage

It's Rhododendron, in English, blooming under those rising carp which is another Japanese traditional culture for kids.

We went local festival named "Shakunage fest" yesterday.

It was held in Sasayama up north from Kobe.

It was a small local fest but we enjoyed foods and dances there.

Homemade donuts were splendid and cheep!

Hanamizuki

Dogwood trees are having fresh leaves now.

I walk up to my kids' kindergarten this evening with my daughter, she's now a school girl, pushing her bike.

It's a sunny and warm evening when I found these lovely little leaves down the road.

I feel not bad as my earned fare is devastating today so far ...

April 21st Thur. Sunny
Current Fare Earned 6,730 (21:00)
5Rides

Full Moon

It's full moon tonight.

it shows after the rain,

beautiful actually

Keyaki

It's a very popular Japanese road side tree, Zelkova.

I've seen the trees so many times in my life and found they bloom some brown stuff and turn green this time of the year.

Actually I found it beautiful even those dark brown flowers.

Kobushi

This is a Kobushi tree which flowers are bloomed beautifully as people's attention goes to cherry blossoms this time of the year.

I found these flowers beautiful recently as I glow my age.

I find lovely flowers every year in my thirties.

Lovely season has just started.