The bags have landed
Ok, things are looking up. The bags are now here in Tokyo and even better with us. So after sleeping for about 14 hours we have braved the tokyo Metro system. Have to say it is the cleanest and friendliest city we have been to for a while. Everyone tries to help us even though we can only point and pronouce things so badly that we have surely told someone their mother is a goat.
Loads of people are wearing those surgical masks here. It is either that they have colds and are too polite to pass their germs to everyone else, or they know something we don't (hmm ... perhaps we should check the news ..)
We have wandered over to Asakusa to the famous Senso-ji shrine with its magical healing cauldron of incense (well you have to give it a go don't you) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sensō-ji] and to Ueno Park [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ueno_Park] for a wander through the bare trees (we had to imagine the blossoms which are meant to look amazing), but it was such a nice day that we didn't mind. There a homeless man spoke to us for ages in suprisingly good english until we had to make our excuses as we would have remained there for the rest of the day (why he was homeless is a mystery to me)
Unfortunately, by the way, our phones don't work here either so we won't be picking up any messages for a few days (just in case you tried!)
Ok must go as this is a shared computer in the hotel lobby. Take care.
2 Comments:
Tokyo's great and yes, the crapper requires a degree, perhaps in rocket science. :-) I do like the wash, blower and remote flush options. Never, ever remove the remote for the crapper.
Definitely go to Akihabar, Electronic Town, and of course you've been to Ueno. Hopefully you've seen the vendor with the chocolate covered bananas with sugar sprinkles. Harajuku's another not miss and definite buy some Gloomy Bear stuff, the anti/goth answer to Hello Kitty. Of course Shibuya's worth a visit. Yeah, place is cleaner and more organised than anywhere on earth. And there's Ginza, where you need more Yen than God can print but then again the almighty £ coverts quite nicely. Anne's kindly passed on your email and blog so I've taken the liberty of putting in my 2 pence. Sorry we will miss you in Hong Kong. Kind regards. Calvin
thanks for stopping by Calvin, it's a shame we'll miss you in Hong Kong.
We saw the chocolate covered bananas although i didn't believe Rob they were real.
We loved the harajuku girls and that area. It was a lovely sunny day to stroll around weird looking people.
well we are off now and hope to catch you soon somewhere.
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