Went to the TIC in Tokyo and the lady there booked us a fab hotel (a bit above budget but we were desperado and deserved it) In Ueno in Tokyo. Had to get there on the subway and make a changeover at 6.30 the bloody height of rush hour in TOKYO…it was not easy. Ueno is described as Japan before the economic boom of the 80’s and 90’s and it really had a deadly vibe. EXACTLY like what you see in films from that time and Gary said it was totally Blade Runner but I have never seen that so can’t [View Full Entry]

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Well we arrived in Japan after a long flight (during which I downed three quarters of a bottle of wine and bawled me eyes out a the Extras Christmas special- I don’t even watch Extras ) I was really nervous about Japan incase it would be really difficult to get by in our day by day tasks and was kind of crapping it about getting the train, food and even finding the loo. After getting my photo taken and submitting fingerprints (if they wanted a photo they could have just asked instead of having to go through the charade of pretending [View Full Entry]

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