Tokyo

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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 world has ever known, and the place is as clean and orderly as switzerland. the city runs like clockwork. 'gosai aragato mas'.

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Photos

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my friends who declared me 'tokyo master' as i was heading home

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nobu and me

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aiko-san

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service with a smile

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giant buddha

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for scale...

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kamakura - beachtown south of tokyo proper

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kamakura

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prada

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not so vertical...

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self-portrait

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saana's dior in omatesando

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harajuku

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piano's hermes in ginza

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imperial palace

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tokyo midtown

Comments

[ben howell]

gambarimashoo
Hello Rudy, Thanks for the update. I would like to see more pictures of china as well. Please let me know how things are doing... take care