Aahhhh... just had a cup of tea followed by a shower and a lovely hot Japanese bath. Just a few minutes in the bath, but it has invigorated, not enervated, me, and I am ready to write this tonight after all, not put it off till the morning. It wasn't too long a day today really - maybe 5km walking? Maybe 6. We had a long easy morning, catching up with ourselves, doing laundry, resting, and then left a bit after 11. Forty minutes (slow train) into Tokyo this morning, but I finally figured out how to find the rapid train line across the city, so only 14 minutes to Shinjuku instead of half an hour around the perimeter. Yes, we tackled Shinjuku again, since the last time was so abysmal. At 12.15 we were at
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