Mastodawn

Not a common sight at a matsuri: this food stand sells pizza margherita and arancini with tomato sauce, a classic southern-Italian street food:

The sign calls them ミニライスコロッケ (mini rice korokke), but the taste was legit 😋

( ˶°ㅁ°) I thought we lived in the inaka now?!

Tonight #Tokorozawa station is so packed with people that it rivals Shibuya.

The #Tokorozawa #Matsuri near my new home at the far edge of #Tokyo prefecture.

渋谷で乗り換えるはずが気づいたら…⇒「これは確かにビビる」コメ欄では東北まで行ってしまった猛者も
https://www.huffingtonpost.jp/entry/story_jp_6813419be4b08d746559d529

投稿には「どこで降りる予定だったんですか？」「寝すぎぃ」「大宮から寝てたら新青森だった　呪いのはやぶさ事件」といったコメントが寄せられました。

ハフポスト

A 26-year-old woman was arrested for allegedly acting as the financial coordinator in a violent burglary that occurred in October.

The Japan Times

Saitama police have arrested a 31-year-old company employee from Aichi Prefecture on suspicion of soliciting participants for a violent robbery that occurred last month in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/11/04/japan/crime-legal/crime-recruiter-arrested/ #japan #crimelegal #organizedcrime #japanesepolice #saitama #tokorozawa

The Saitama Prefectural Police have placed Rikuya Morita, 24, who is suspected of being involved in a string of violent home invasion robberies in the Kanto region, on a public wanted list. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/04/japan/crime-legal/tokorozawa-robbery/ #japan #crimelegal #japanesepolice #saitama #tokorozawa #theft #gangs

Rikiya Morita and three other men allegedly broke into an elderly couple’s residence in the city of Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture.

The Japan Times