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Tokyo - take it from the top
... that comes with food here and I'm beginning to wander if the distant mountains are actually landfill.
Myths to enforce: People are embarrassingly polite and deferential. The trains, even the subway ones, do run to the minute. Even at the approach of the airport bus the three attendants helping us with our bags (well, not mine, that was still in London or Rome at that point) bowed to almost 90 degrees.
Also the food is wonderful. More follows, eventually
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Airport Roulette and the Mecca for Toilets
... very helpful though and we found our hotel and checked in.
Since Japan is a small island with millions of people living here, space is limited, as was evident in our hotel room. It was quite cozy with not enough space to fully open a suitcase. The bathroom was similar to what might be on a cruise ship with a seamless plastic compartment, floor to ceiling. But as is the case in all Japanese bathrooms, we had the holiest of all toilets, the Toto ...
...auf der suche nach dem BATHING APE
... wie ich dieses Gebäude liebe...jetz steh ich endlich davor...Fotooooo!!!
Ändern wir mal die Richtung...vielleicht ist der Affe ja wo anders. Ahhh ein Organic Laden...da muss ich gleich hin...und auch schon zugeschlagen...hier gibts Pumpernickel:-). Weiter die Omotesando entlang erwarten mich auch schon Toyo Itos Tods-Store ...
The last stop overseas
... and rest in the afternoon shortly after, while Em and I had some lunch in the area and went to the Sony building and the Imperial Palace in the afternoon. We weren't allowed to actually go inside the palace, but there are some nice views of the buildings from outside the gates, and we were fortunate to see the Emperor's horses and carriages enter the compound. It is likely that it was a new Ambassador visiting the Palace to present his credentials - one carriage for ...
11.56pm - Faster Than A Speeding Bullet
... its slipstream seemed to be limping pathetically behind, trying to keep up as it whipped through the station a moment later. Col was almost beside himself at this point, with his camera at the ready, preparing himself for our train to arrive. It was almost anticlimactic when it slid to a sedate stop in front of us rather than suddenly materialising from thin air and vanishing almost as quickly as its predecessor had done. And yet, I don’t think he was ...



