More tokyo

A brief synopsis.....

I ended up staying in Tokyo for a full week, more than i stayed in any other place. There was so much to potentially do and if you factor in the time for getting lost and distracted by what it has to offer in just walking down the street, the days start to clock up. Ask Lina, she was supposed to leave on a Friday and didn't leave until the Sunday, just about making her second flight and narrowly missing an eternal slagging from me for being such a tokyo booze hound!!
However, I won't do that because Lina, being the top notch friend that she is, sat me down and pointed out the ridiculous,self-inflicted logistical tug of war i was evidently having with the Beast. In one selfless action that has changed my travelling experience by almost 5 kilos i reckon, she took home the doubles i had of everything and lightened my very heavy load. Again Lina , I am sincerely sorry for not telling you about the knife and any subsequent embarrassment, man-handling and general abuse you received at the hands of the Japanese Police and Narita Airport Security. I really am.

Tokyo wasn't all bright lights and fried tempura thought, it did have a dark seedy 'underbelly' (Lonely planey description, not mine). Aside from the fettish joints, prostitutes and weird reptilian Manga porn, they have cockroaches. And big ones at that. The last hostel we stayed managed to bring down all previous asian hostel standards I'd experienced in both China and Japan. We stayed for two nights but should have seen the warning signs with the monster of a cockroach we met on arrival. Lina, having lived in New York where they have cockroaches the size of buses, was even appaled at it's size. It set an ugly precedent for the rest of our stay there, resulting in us practically getting flung out the door on the last day for not checking out on time.

Saying goodbye to Lina, i left Tokyo, and set out on my way to climb Mount Fuji. I didn't mind being by myself again, but having company in Tokyo, expecially Lina's, made the experience all the more worthwhile. It's most certainly the sort of place best enjoyed when you can share the excitement of it's craziness with another like-minded Tokyo-obbsessive.
Good work Team Tokyo!