Friday 3rd April

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After a long flight i arrive at Narita Airport @ 8.45am. I am exhausted, thanks to another night of crap sleep & jet-lagged to fuck. I get my bags and go through customs. I am really looking forward to getting back to my hotel for a shower, shit & kip. The guyatcustoms seems very suspicious but i suppose it is all part of the job. I am a Gaijen after all!

I decide to get the coach into Tokyo as it seems the cheapest option, it is 1 hr 30 minutes to Shinjuku so i doze on the bus. I wake up right at the station and miss the drive in.

In Shinjuku i am fucked. I am completely lost, bewildered, have no map, none of the taxi drivers speak English and it is baking hot. Fantastic! - it is right then that i realise i am in for a crazy trip.

I absolutely LOVE Japan,. Nuts!

I manage to - after trying 6 cabs - to find one who knows the general area and jump in. The price is 1346 yen, equal to about 10 pound. I am not bothered by the cost as i am just happy to get to my apartment.

I check into my room, it is very Japanese-esque. Sliding doors, tatami mats and all that malarky. It is not the best room in the world but you get what you pay for. tokyo is one expensive mutha of a city so i am not too fussed.

I have a shower & lie down for a kip. This quick sleep turns into an all day affair and i waste my Friday. What a fuckin plum!

I wake up late at night and i am absolutely starving. I go off to check out the area and find a delightful restuarant. the food is fabulous, really cheap & the staffare mega friendly. I feel happy & mellow.

After what seems like a long day i head back to my apartment 5 beers, half a box of fags & a fat munch later. I am buzzing my tits off after buying my first ever vending machine beer. What a place!

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Photos

Vending Machine Beers!
We soooooo need these in the UK

Comments

[Sam Kelsey]

Good stuff!
Really impressive photos! I like them, it looks exactly how I picture the place in my mind.

[Shazza]

Sounds great Laurie, good to hear you got there in one piece. Love the pictures!

[His Dive Shadow]

what is pachinko?
Hey Buddy, Looks so cool over there - but wtf is pachinko, i saved the pic as my backround it looks like some weird gambling game am I right? + have you heard any News about the North Korean Rocket (ICBM) i have been reading about them testing it and Japan up in arms as it invaded there airspace, i wondered if it was big news there or if our press is over-exagerating things. anyhow chow for now boy bach

[FrogyMax]

An other world...
Seems like it's an other world. Does your camera can record some video ? Enjoy Japan ;-) !!!

[Lawski]

Thanks!
thanks babe, that is really cool coming from you.xx

[Lawski]

Pachinko!
You're right boyback, it is some weird gambling game. the Japanese are addicted to it. It is like a mini pinball machine - the payout is abismal! They seem to love it tho, not quite sure how it works. I got majorly told off for taking that picture...hehehe