The Room Shibuya

... rush back into the city. That night we felt kind of bad about not going out, but neither of us felt like even walking across the room, let alone going out. I did wander across the street to see if Pachinko would treat me any differently, It didn’t, ...

... to the park while others rushed to work. We walked around the lake and then headed back to get some breakfast. Once back in the room we read for awhile before taking a midmorning nap! In the afternoon we took a walk and arrived at a tourist shopping ...

... of trays, filled with the shiny pachinko balls stacked in elaborate piles, sometimes three feet high, and filled to the brim. Though the room was full with people, almost every machine with a player, nobody was talking to each other but rather fixed at ...

... There is a museum showing the historic Fujifilm camera models, there is also an art gallery showing some nice pictures of Japan.  A nice area of Tokyo is Odaiba. We spent two days visiting the attractions here as there is quite a bit to do. ...

... at the desk nice enough to stay up until 11 to wait for us and let us check in as we had called ahead from the airport.)  The room... a large cupboard, it was a good price though and we had a cupboard each to sleep in with a futon on the floor and ...

... Next thing I know she gets us in a cab and pulls up at a hotel. Into the Lobby and pays for my room saying the taxi and the room is on her company, puts me in the lift and says goodbye. Unbelievable!!! Spent yesterday getting my shit together, ...

... the flight we had to fill in an disembarkation card so that we could get our visa and entry to Japan. Under "Address in Japan" I wrote "Hotel in Tokyo" and still my visa was granted no worries. I now have a 90 day visa although I will only be staying for ...

... has entailed moving branches, but fortunately not very far away. I now work in Omote Sando, an area of central Tokyo that serves as the headquarters of Japan's fashion industry. I was somewhat perturbed to find out that this did not mean it would be just ...

Wow - I'm in Japan! Flew to Hong Kong and then on to Tokyo on 15th Nov, arrived at about 8pm. Victor came to meet me at the airport. I met a guy on the flight over called Chris, who was actually from Hawaii but was half Japanese and was ...

... before 30 or so men and women, possibly monks as they were all dressed in robes with white socks and flip flops,  walked around the room, always bowing when the passed a central axis. We watched quietly for about 10 mins, it was very serene. When ...