Super Happy Deckchair Nippon Adventure Update!
April 30th, 2009

Here I am in an internet cafe in Japan…somewhere…I forget the name of the place Shaun lives. All the things I was concerned about went without issue which was nice. I could have missed the plane at Charles De Gaul due to not remembering the hour forward thing, but I didn’t, no harm no foul.

Japan is mad. Proper proper mad. You have to see it for yourself to realise just how crazy it is. I could into detail on how barmy it is…but a) I don’t think I have enough time to write it all up and b) I don’t think enough people read this to make it worth stir it all up in that whimsical soup I like to do. So here’s a bullet pointed list of everything I can remember happening.

• Almost gave someone in the airport a cynical response to a stupid question but thought better of it.
• Got the french time wrong and if the shops were open I would have missed my flight (but I didn’t).
• Watched Benjamin Button on the plane (meh)
• Got to Narita fine
• Met a drunk frenchman in immigration, eating a baguette and asking me how much it costs to call france.
• Customs asked me politely if I had any cocaine.
• Met Shaun and took the crazy long train journey to his place.
• Had Naruto style awesome ramen.
• Went to sleep v late Nippon time which lead me to wake up at 8pm monday Nippon time, not clever.
• Bought some strawberry lollipops and found a little arcade with Marvel vs Capcom 2
• Next day went to Kamakura (holiday begins really)
• Kamakura is ace, loads of old shrines and such
• Beeped a japanese babies nose
• Had a tuna triangle rice thingee, proper yum
• Saw a massive Buddha’s sandals
• Had sushi in Machida, same as Yo Sushi but £25s worth for £5
• Went to bar in..Japan somewhere…met Shauns cool friends and chatted to Japanese girls about stuff
• Next day, went to watch Japanese football
• Kawasaki Frontale won 4-1…Japanese goal celebrations are a sight to behold
• Went to Shibuya…proper Tokyo neon madness
• Saw some hip hop kids dancing in the street while a basketball team did a beep test (I think)
• Sat in the park for an hour, highlights a man with a samurai sword and a man with his child playing beatles songs
• Mike, Shaun and I went to a really cool Japanese restaurant, getting better with chopsticks
• After spending about 600 Yen, sussed GuitarFreaks v6
• Today, went to a Shrine remembering dead war heroes and a very biased War museum
• Then went to a Science musuem and played with all kinds of daft toys (crashed a car)
• Off to Akihabara which is geek madness central, sat in the famicom throne
• Had a lovely (and cheap) Katsu curry
• Shaun and I went to a Maid Cafe, was rubbish

And thats about it. Has been a riot and I still have ages to go! Mount Takou tomorrow and loads of other stuff to do. I intend to buy a new pair of trainers and maybe a watch…party party

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