Thursday, November 15, 2012

Tokyo Day 1

First mistake: don't sit down at a restaurant where the prices are only printed in Japanese. You may end up paying $50 for a tempura lunch. Not that it wasn't delicious; the sake was warming, the deep fried goodness hot and delectable, but the check left us feeling cold... s-s-so c-c-c-cold... Lesson learned.
The search for our bank in Shiodome yielded little at first until we wandered into the Ginza and found a branch among the giant multicolored signs and brilliantly shiny shop fronts. Yay! We have cash!! It's amazing how far some people will go to avoid ATM fees.
Evening. Okachimachi station. A seemingly endless maze of stalls hawking everything from carharrts to vans to gyros to girls. We skipped the houses of ill repute and opted for noodles and beer. Excellent choice.
-Ken

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  1. Lyrical and lively - thanks for taking us with you! All day, I've been humming Graham Parker's "Discovering Japan" and Bruce Cockburn's "Tokyo" -- the sleepless phantasamagoria of the mechanical city: "Oh Tokyo/I never could sleep in your arms/Mind keeps on ringing like a fire alarm." Momo

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