Last Look at Tokyo

We were in Tokyo for five days and I could have spent the whole vacation there. Every corner there was something new to see or do. The shopping despite the reports of it being expensive are incorrect as there wassome great little shops to be had. While I have been here I have also assembled a list of things you should bring or purchase as soon as you land to make your life easier in Japan...and more comfortable.

1. Bring your own map book, as English maps are still hard to find when you need one.
2. Your humility as you will have to bow a lot and get use to it.
3. Your sense of humour as the Japanese love a good laugh.
4. 2 hankerchiefs to wipe the massive ammount of sweat from your face and one for your nose as kleenex is not used much.
5. An umbrella, carried almost daily because it could rain any minute.
6. Bug spray as the mosquitoes love Canadians. MMMM...we are tasty!
7. Always keep an eye out for a 7-11 because it is one of the few places that take international bank cards and have edible yummies like onigiri!
8. There are loads of hot spots for the internet so bring your laptop, as I did not and kind of regret it but it would have been destroyed in Chine.
9. A phrasebook and a notebook to write down all the new words, foods etc. you will see or eat, even if you know the language
10. Learn that using Sumimasen (pardon me or excuse me) can get you a lot.

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