Comfort Hotel Yokohama Kannai

... hat mic fuer Tokyo entschaedigt wo ich ewig in der masse gequetscht wurde und wie 60% der anderen nix vom feuerwerk sah....<br>Tokyo megalopis hat ca 35 millionen einwohner, das ist 10 mal mehr als berlin...und die machen ein traditionelles feuerwerk an nem fluss der jetzt komplett von hochhaeusern umgeben ist...so das nur von den bruecken was zu sehen ist...grober unfug!!!<br><br>Anosten ist tokyo teuer, exotisch und ...

... just could not muster the courage to go on it. After we spent some time there, we headed back over to the massive interjoined shopping centres of the Queens Square and the Landmark tower. Today for some reason we saw more foreigners than on every other day of the trip put together. All Americans. We saw no less than 40 or 50 non-Japanese people, whereas on most days we have been lucky to see more than 2 or 3 (besides ourselves). I'm not sure ...

... today). Got the train to Yokohama and had a really good walk around, it's a lovely city which we both ...

... as it's a tourist pass for the metro. I went to the hotel... a small, budget Ryokan hotel which was immaculately done up and hosted by very friendly, although absent-minded staff. However, they spoke really good English which is a plus for a city like this. Akihabara Anyway, heading out to Akihabara, the electronics centre of Tokyo,... it was manic, my first taste of Japanese commerce left me really bewildered. People stand on the corner of every street ...

... sleeping homeless and farm plots on the righthand side of the book. I leafed through the book, and spotted his name. He was visibly proud of the snake photo. He explained to me his intention to create convergence. The cat is looking upwards and in the next photo is a homeless man sleeping. A bird wing is pointing towards a farming lady. That kind of thing, if my memory is accurate. I would like to think ...

... our apartment, crossed the Chuo Bridge, and headed toward the Tsukishima neighborhood on my way to Haruma Dori, which would take me through Tsukiji and on to Ginza. I would then turn right on Showa Dori through Ginza to Yaesu Dori and Tokyo Station. From Tokyo Station I would head past the Tokia building (where my girlfriend works) and on toward the Imperial Palace (formerly Edo Castle). The Chuo Bridge is a newer suspension bridge in an area called Shinkawa. Shinkawa is home to ...

... last me ages. Within half-a-mile radius we tried no less than four second-hand guitar shops. At the last shop we tried three guitars, and settled for a Martin D-16GT. The dreadnaught had a price-tag of Y100,000 (US$830). It has a wide range of sonority, handling high/sharp-low pitches. The guitar was last year's model, and feels and smells like a brandnew guitar. Taro and I immediately agreed that out of the three we tested, this was the one. The ...

... outside. We checked the basement next, which is an entire floor of counters selling every food items from gift wrapped sweets to sushi- some with counter to eat at quickly. We passed one attractive plate of sashimi which is usually $20 or more for an entire meal. The woman had a sign reading 300 yen- less than three dollars- and was yelling last one for the night 300 yen. Chris pointed this out and Jen snatched up the great deal. Well, it actually was too good to be ...

... of poker machines.It was 7 o`clock on a Saturday night but everything was still open.A few other things caught my attention today wandering arounfd the streets. Not many bins; funny public toilets where you can see people taking a pee as you walk along the footpath; no gangs of teenage riffraff loitering around the shopping centres(oh I miss Rocky City already); very few animals; tiny public parks; vending machines selling water to juice to beer ...

... of getting lost at Minowa station, I arrived at our hostel and met Dina about 11pm local time. She was in fact not in the room, but came downstairs with about 6 boys, as i waited for the lift. Can't believe it only took her half a day to get a following. They left then as they were going on an all night bender in town, and we didn't even know what we were doing once we had to check out the next day...