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Day 12: Tokyo Motor Show & hot cocoa
... than what was present. International manufacturers such as Porsche, Audi, VW and BMW were there, but missing were the big 3 of General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, as well as all specialist Euro manufacturers such as Ferrari, Lamborghini, Zonda etc.
The reason why these companies were not present I don't know. Perhaps there is some embargo on the attendance of these cars so as not to overshadow the Japanese offerings perhaps? ...
Flying IAD-NRT
... It is pouring rain outside – totally different weather than the gorgeous sunny day I left behind in Washington!
It’s now 4:04. My connection to Bangkok departs at 6:35, so I have a little under two more hours to kill here in the lounge before heading to Gate 38. The computer shows First Class is full on the 747 to BKK and Business Class has only six available seats, but the seat map indicates four seats are open in First and 11 in Business. Who knows what the real story ...
Happy Year of the Rabbit!
... Ginza shopping district for some more window shopping and to check out some more of the department store food shops. We bought some soba noodles and ingredients to make supper at the hostel and headed back there for a rest before New Years Eve.
Everyone heads to the temple so that's what we did, along with tens of thousands, perhaps even hundreds of thousands, of people. They lined up for hours to go to the temple doors ...
唐辛子 - wieder was gelernt
... llisch laut, leider hab ich den Fotoapparat/Handy nicht mitgehabt. Am Nachmittag ist es plötzlich noch lauter geworden, hab aber nix sehen können. Nach zehn Minuten oder so, habe ich dann in der Entfernung 4 solche Hubscharuber ausmachen können. Tät mich interessieren, was da los war...
Heute hab ich mal den Fernseher aufgedreht und mir eine TV-Show angesehen: ...
Hangout with the family
... br>
Tomoko's daughter dressed in her yukata to go out with her friends to the 2nd night of the same festival while the rest of us went back to our respective homes (well, for us our hotel would be our 'home' I guess).
Tomorrow will probably be seeing a bit of Tokyo (and of course, eating at a Hard Rock Cafe so that Trevor can check one out of three in Tokyo off his list).
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