Tearing Down the House part 2

Usually workmen hang drapes around the property line before they tear down the house. That keeps the dust from spreading. These workmen put the poles but didn't put any drapes. See the laundry hanging from the line at the neighboring apartment house?

Also, note how thin the walls of this house were. That is an outside wall of the house. There was a piece of wood on the outside of that slatted piece. Then plywood with paper on the inside of the house.

The machine that broke the house also loaded the pieces onto the back of a truck. In this photo, pieces of the tin roof are loaded. See the man standing in the bed of the truck? Click to enlarge the picture and you can see the vegetable stand man standing by. Dangerous!

The pieces of tin were crushed with the crane and then wood from the house was stacked on top.

Tearing Down the House

Work at the vegetable stand continued as they tore down the house. The vegetable stand man's wife just finished washing leeks. A workman held a hose on the house as the bulldozer tore into the house.

They tore down the fence and the trees, too.

Getting Ready to Tear Down the House

This is the house next to the vegetable stand in our parking lot. Our vegetable stand man doesn't live here. His sister-in-law lives here. Her son is building a new house for her and his young family.

Usually, a curtain is draped around the property line before the house is torn down.

This workman is bringing an old blanket out of the house. He put it on a junk pile.

Junk is sometimes piled up to be thrown away with the debris of the old house.

Shichi-Go-San

Today was officially shichi-go-san. Though it was a beautiful day I didn't make it out to take pictures. Click on the label below to see old posts. Also, check Kids Web Japan.

I'll post an old picture of Big Sister and Little Brother later.

Kids Web Japan--shichi-go-san

Drying the Garbage

We wash pet bottles to put them out twice a month for garbage collection in our area of Tokyo. Drying them was a little difficult. I found this at the 100 yen shop. Five bottles can be drip-dried at one time. There's even a place for the caps.

What is this?

Outlaw

This person is breaking the law. A new ordinance in our district forbids using an umbrella while riding a bicycle. So what can you do?

Wear a plastic suit and hat!