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First of all. I wasn`t drunk the other night when I updated you. Despite Japan having the reputation of being technologically advanced, they cannot provide internet access in hotel rooms. This has meant that I have to use the free sevice the hotel provides (for the price of a drink). As Japanese keyboards are slightly diefferent to ours, there are buttons on it that I dont understand. If I touch one of these that happens to be next to the space bar it highlights the previous lines typing and copys and pastes it into where I am at that point. Its not me its this damn computer (also hence the lack of punctuation).
Right, now we have that cleared up, to let you know what Ive been doing. Yesterday I went to Harejuku, which is a massive piece of woodland in the city.It has a really pretty shrine in the middle of it, and I even got to see a Shinto wedding. They dress mighty funny!! It was all so peaceful there, and really gave me chance to reflect and think (not a lot of that been going on recently).
The afternoon was spent in Shibuya. This place is the image that people readily associate with Tokyo. It looks a bit like Piccadilly Circus, but more people which in itself is a real achievement. My god this place was insane, making my feet and head hurt at the same time. Not a good feeling. With all this rushing about I was getting hungry, and ended up in this place that I had overheard someone talk about. It serves Japanese food (well duh), but when you go in, you go to a vending machine and put your money in selecting (by picture) the food you want. It then prints a ticket and you wait for a seat to become available. Then you sit down they take your ticket and cook your food. How great is that?? It was nice food as well. Like a beef curry with a pork patty on top and sticky rice. They gave me a spoon and fork, but Im in Japan damnit, and I would not be beaten. Hand me my chopsticks!!
After a quick trip to Shinjuku, which is the real skyscraper district, it was back to the hotel for a couple of hours. A nap and a shower later I was ready for dinner, and a couple of drinks. I went back to the same place that I had met Nigel and Frog, but they weren`t in, so I ordered dinner, a beer and washed it all down with sake. As the nightlife here is all about whats on in the hotel, I didnt really fancy watching Tango Dream （a celebration of the Tango）, so I bought a couple of beers from the hotel shop, and settled in front of my laptop to watch Grease! What a thrilling Saturday night I had eh??
This morning I woke to a sound I am sick of hearing. Rain pitter-pattering against my window. After a good breakfast, I went off to catch the train. It was still raining. And it still is. As much of what there is to see in this city is outside, it has stunted my explorations somewhat, but I still managed to go to Hie Jinja shrine, which is quite a bizarre place. In the middle of office buildings, and high rise hotels is this little pathway covered in red Torii (like gateways) which lead to a shrine. Again, its a beautiful thing to have such a contrast from the hustle and bustle less than 100 yards away. After that it was back on the train to Ebisu to visit the beer museum. It was okay, but nothing special. As I said, this weather really limits what you can do, so I was back at the hotel by 3pm, and as I was shattered, went for a nap, dressed in my robe and slippers as is the tradition to wear when you get into your hotel room. I was quite unprepared for the rude awakening from the cleaning staff to make sure I had enough towels, as was she seeing a big fat English man sprawled across his bed wearing traditional dress and most likely disrespecting their proud nation.
Thats been the last two days. Im sitting here now with my eyes pointing firmly in the direction of Leicester.
Off to Mount Fuji tomorrow, so its an early start. After I get the result its bed and sleep.
Night all
Matt