Oakwood Apartments Shinjuku

... happy to have still kept in contact with everyone, I am excited to see my Kyoto/Osaka friends next week! The Japanese man that had a major crush on me (most of you know who I`m talking about) is also trying to meet up with me and take me out. Watch this space....

Going sightseeing today, maybe the Imperial Gardens, then meeting Lone and Jonas for dinner in the manga geek district.

Saiyonara!
Michelle

After saying a sad farewell to my dear little ole Mum (who kindly took me to the airport), me and Jules went through Heathrows check in where I got proper frisked (as I made the alarm go off by carrying my phone and had a big chunky belt on). Jules realised she hadnt adequately prepared for 13hrs without a fag and started to climb the walls of terminal five, before calling her mum (who works in the airport) to see if she could 'pull any ...

... triggered the milit*ry on both sides to set up opposing c*mps *nd *w*it * decl*r*tion of w*r. The decl*r*tion never c*me, *nd 20 ye*rs l*ter the English went home. I'm not sure why this exciting piece of history h*sn't been given the Hollywood blockbuster tre*tment, but I:m pretty sure the script would write itself. We w*ndered *round ch*rming h*mlets such *s Frid*y H*rbour *nd took * rel*xing ferry cruise *round more of the S*n ...

... have picked some prettier geisha but it turns out they were all male...YIKES!!! Anyways, after the performance we decided to shop for a bit down Ginza which is the most elite shopping anywhere in Tokyo and boy was it expensive. They wanted 400 - 600 for everything, even shirts and t-shirts. I do have to say though that we in the US have yet to see the fashion Andrea and I have witnessed here in Tokyo. A lot of the stuff is really cool and really expensive. TO BE CONTINUED....

... the hang of the train system - it's amazing, a train comes through every 5 minutes pretty much. And everyone falls asleep on the trains! Its crazy! Not many people talk, people just tend to sit there with their eyes closed, looking like they're half asleep. Although, I did feel like doing that myself last night, if I wasn't so worried about missing my connection. This is the map I have to use to get places - it's not as hard as it ...

... balls to swap for prizes (cigarettes and booze seemed the most popular). We had dinner, went to a few cafes, crepperies and bars, then headed to the trendy town of Ebisu, South of Shibuyu. A brilliant little place with bar on top of bar on top of bar. Thats the crazy thing about Tokyo, you really have to look up. Every building has a different thing on every floor, so every single thing you walk past has for example (internet floor 1, McDonalds Fl2, English Pub Fl3, Kareoke ...

... deck, and instead had a look around the building a bit and met up with Megumi (who works there). Then we headed to a traditional Japanese restaurant called Gonpachi, which apparently has been a little busy since Monkey Man aka George Bush dined there a couple of years ago (trying to convince Japan to buy their beef again after mad cow instead of Australia's). It looks like a treasure box from the outside (whatever that is), and inside ...

... were about 4GBP per bottle, so we thought we would make them last. When we reordered, we were given replacements! Turns out that the guy behind the bar was actually a customer but he spent so much money that the staff just let him do whatever! So, we had numerous beers for free. We insisted on buying him a drink but he was having none of it!! Of all the cities in all the world, we were pretty happy to be getting free drinks somewhere as expensive as Tokyo!