It's common for Japanese people to exchange gifts, especially when visiting or being visited. Recently we received a package from some of our friends in Musashi-Koyama, Tokyo, Japan. And along with a couple of purses for Nona and some food items, there were some N scale items.
I received a Tomix suburban house, and a transit bus, and a set of baseball players from Tomytec. I know our friend Tamami picked these out because she always gives me N scale items when we visit Tokyo. Even though she is not a modeler herself, she seems to know just the right items that I can use.
Both the Musashi-Koyama modules and the Hot Springs Junction Ntrak module have items that Tamami has given me.
I've got a couple of old modules that were given to me that I've been wanting to refurbish and perhaps I can make more suburban scene on one with a baseball field. The inspiration for this idea is one of the first Japanese dramas I saw years ago. I can't remember the name of it now, but it was about some high school baseball teams and where they played was next to some railroad tracks which we were fairly sure was the Chuo line.
