had to go out of china to get my work visa issued, and tokyo is a 3 hour flight from shanghai. so, while beijing was booming with the olympics, i was sipping cappuccino in a megalopolis ghost town, as i was there during their national holiday, which is a week of everyone heading home-home, like our Thanksgiving, except...for a whole week. aside from that, tokyo is not as vertical as i expected, not nearly as crazy as I expected (that may be due to the holiday). but the food is rediculously delicious (even the 7-11 has great food) and the service is incredibly polite and attentive. of course, best sushi i ever had (in tsukiji) thanks to my tourguide aiko, as there was no english menu. in terms of population, tokyo is the largest city the
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