Okaeri!

For the first time I actually really enjoyed the time I spent in Tokyo. For 2 days I hung out with my friends and saw some stuff, but mostly it was the company that made it worth while. I saw Ueno garden, the imperial palace (from a distance), Tokyo Tower, Roppongi Hills, Ginza, Yasukuni shrine, Shibuya and a whole bunch of Tokyo fashion. Yesterday lunch we had all you can eat Indian and boy was it yummy! I ate so much that I was seriously still full at 9pm last night before I got on my bus home! On Saturdaywhen we walke dthrough the Ginza, which is an area where you can spend $10,000 without too much effort (or so I imagine), the streets were all blocked off for some kind of festival which hadn't started yet so we wandered along in the middle of the street. There were ladies walking up and down there who were wearing dresses worth more than my life.

Saturday the weather was hot, clear blue skies (cept for the fog over the skyline that I imagine is a permanent fixture). That kept the streets fairly empty so we had a good walk around. Saturday night we went down to Shibuya for dinner and karaoke and I was quite surprised to discover that the last train is at about 12! A city of 10 million and they can't see fit to leave the trains running all night? It was good to be out with so many young people left and right though. A welcome change from the weekends in Kamogata!

Tokyo is just so massive though, I really cannot comprehend how it even functions. There are just massive buildings everywhere and each one of the is full of people. There are roads and train lines and stuff all over the place, then think about the sewerage and electrical lines, gas lines. It must be a bloody mess underground. How it keeps in order I have no idea.

Anyway, pictures will be forthcoming when I can get a connection happening. Despite the expense of living there, I thought for a few minutes I might not mind it if it meant I could have a social life! I have more to say I am sure, just quite tired and can't think of it now! Just as well today is a public holiday, plenty of catch up sleep i think!