Hilton Tokyo Shinjuku

... nice salaryman, hey I guess my Japanese is still pretty good!), we arrived on the second floor with a sinister greeting which sounded like an evil robot. We then had to press buttons (or as they called it, selecting our blood types) and two big doors opened. We were greeted by a hostess dressed as a gothic, scantily clad nurse who proceeded to handcuff me. She filled out a patient form (for our orders) and then we were taken down the scary halls (full of lovely ...

... sammen og udvekslede mails og adresser, og saa sagde vi farvel, de stod ude paa fortovet til de ikke kunne se os mere. Jeg kommer virkelig til at savne dem! lavede jeg absolut ingen ting om eftermiddagen, Maibritt og Morten var paa date og Asger var syg. Men mens jeg gik rundt og lavede ingenting kom jeg i snak emd 2 fra Mexico, de skulle paa druk, og da hele min dag ikke skulle gaa tabt, lod jeg dem invitere mig med. Jeg gik op og tog en lur da det ...

... which came sliding across the floor towards us! After an hour or so of looking around the market, we headed to one of the many small sushi restaurants surrounding the market for breakfast. Again, only Japanese menus so we order from the pictures behind the counter and, being in Japan, we use a laser pointer to indicate our choices. As you would expect, the fish was as fresh as it gets without it still moving and the taste was simply out of this ...

... to take a bus and meet my sister in a certain station (the name of which escapes me now). The bus had its own toilet and there were only a few people with us that time. I vividly remember how cold it was as we stepped out of the airport and how everywhere I look, the signs, texts, and labels I see were in Japanese. I guess I could count the times I saw English words. Our ...

... and definitely in a good location. From there we went to visit the war memorial that`s always in the news and is still a cause of friction between Japan and all it`s neighbours. About four or five convicted war criminals from world war two are buried here and every so often the Japanese Prime Minister comes along to pay his respects. Now I`m all for respecting war dead but to have war criminals in there too is just a tad insensitive and it`s understandable ...

... each packed with more clothes stores. And none of the streets have names! Moo, when you come to Tokyo I'm taking you straight to Harajuku - you're just going to go nuts! Everyone is wearing the coolest clothes, the craziest clothes, and everyone is eating crepes! All of a sudden in Harajuku we started seeing these Crepe stalls, where you can buy crepes filled with pretty much whatever you want! I ended up getting a Strawberry Cheesecake ...

... of the biggest disappointments. I've been to many big international cities and Tokyo is by far the most underwhelming in terms of architecture. This is not completely Japan's fault. Most of the city was destroyed by America during World War II and the rebuilding had to surely be done quickly and inexpensively - not much time or money for distinctive styles. So there are blocks and blocks of generic cement and steel structures. On my free day after the meeting, I went first to ...

... kroegen die op mannelijk publiek gericht zijn. Die love hotels kan je herkennen aan de namen, de flitsende neonlichten bovenop het gebouw met daarbij vaak een of ander raar standbeeld en de lappen voor de ingang van de parkeergarage. Het idee daarachter is dat men dan vanaf de straat niet kan zien welke autos daar geparkeerd staan. Met halve lappen zie je alles nog hoor maar gaat om ...

... work was being done on the museum`s building so we were only left with the expenditure of money, which we had no trouble in doing. A long time was spent at the 8 storey Tower Records store, checking out the huge range and becoming resentful of the fact that almost all CDs have extra bonus tracks unique to Japan. Following lunch nearby we headed of to HMV, which was another huge multi-storey store, again taking advantage of the better weather by staying indoors. Once the ...