Shinjuku New City Hotel

... Dieses Mal Toast mit Butter, weil sonst unser Magen vor lauter Onigiri bestimmt mal zu streiken beginnt. Hiermit haben wir den Streik wohl um ein paar Stunden verzoegern koennen, weil wir ja doch hauptsaechlich Reis mit Fisch und Seetang futtern XD

Weiter gings mit unsrer Erkundung jener Stadt, in die ich mich mal auswandern seh. SHINJUKU war unser heutiges Ziel. Nachdem wir ungefaehr eine Stunde lang durch West-Shinjuku liefen, vorbei an den ...

... school girl, hell kitty, etc etc. The love hotels are one of the few places where sex starved Japanese, the country having the lease boom-boom per year in the developed world, can knock the boots. Japanese families will typically live in incredibly small quarters with extended family in tow. Where in these abodes can you do 'it' in privacy? No where. So to the love hotels people flock for some alone time ...

... feel like you were taking part in a fuji speedway race, but in reality feels like your sat in a vibrating juddery seat. Very strange! We wandered into Venus Fort - this mall is based on an 18th century style European mall, very Venetian - for some food. It was very confusing because the skies were lit ambiently and we walked through into this place through a shop from the outside. So I got a little confused when I walked out of said shop and I could see sky. In my defence it ...

... most of the day, due to fact that got home a 5am full of ****. But on Monday went out sightseeing. The subway system here is amazing and at first is a bit daunting, but we soon got the hang of it. Trains come approx every 5 mins. Went to the imperial palace, found out that is closed on Mondays. But no problem, next went to the Ueno Zoo to see a panda. But on Mondays, that is closed. So did not really see to much in Tokyo ...

... up, barely an hour after it had set!), but I had to go out for a stroll after glimpsing the `bright lights`on the bus journey. I was based in Shinjuku for my initial 3 nights, and many believe it to be `the heart of Tokyo,` and I wouldn`t disagree after wandering around for 3-4 hours. It was exactly how I expected Tokyo to be - lots of people, huge video screens, pachinko parlours, neon signs...and neatly attired taxi drivers! I particularly enjoyed mooching around the 3 ...

... when the trains are colour coded) of the train system, a couple of times today I thought I lost it - this would've been a disaster. I did find it again, but it's getting fairly raggedy... Okay... long day, what I've written here covers maybe 1 tenth of what happened and what we've seen, but this writing business is tough work... Hope you're still with me! Check out the photos in the gallery - there are stories with them, and more photos than what appears here.

... same gravel paths 1000 years before me. Lunch was sushi and tempura which was awesome but very people liked it. Today was not as striking as yesterday, not because the places weren't neat but they just had a different feel. I liked the shrines and temples of yesterday, today was more of the Empirical buildings which didn't connect with me as much. We did get to go to a really neat market in Kyoto - we all had green tea soft serve - it was awesome. I realized the value of ...

... can-drink drinks-bar with millions of types of coffees and different juices. We did the typical English thing and spoke louder and did a lot of pointing while ordering, but the waitress was more than happy to have a go as helping us. So we got our toast and fresh breads with jams, Ben has an English both days as well, but I couldn`t face it at that time. We went into a swanky coffee bar in Electric City and had the nicest freshy sqeezed orange. That was a comfortable break on a ...

... 35,000. So, in the end we found a mixed group of Brazilians and Japanese sat on the floor just outside the ground watching the game on a mini TV.(http://groups.msn.com/TheLifeofRowl y/sambatime.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&Photo ID=735) It wasn't quite like being in the stadium but it was the closest you could get without paying a lot of money. When Brazil scored, ev**yone jumped up from the floor. Myself and Lina w**e nearly crushed by an ov** excited big, black Brazilian guy.(http://groups.msn ...