Tokyo Drift

We have a brief sojourn in the wonderful city that is Tokyo, before beginning our journey to the Japanese winter wonderlands (Furano, Sapporo and Niseko).

The 9 hour Syd-Tokyo flight was marred by a dysfunction games console(robbing me the joy of probably being Tetris Queen). However the delicious red bean gelatin dessert was a good trade-off. It has been a precarious start to the holidays. Managed to lose my newly purchased, never worn, brand spanking new beanie on the airport to hotel transfer bus. Do you know how difficult it is to find a beanie that: a) fits my mong sized head; b) doesn't make my head look like a mushroom; and c) at an affordable price.

Anyway, acute sleep deprivation is really starting to kick in now. Thought I'd post some photos of one of my fave cities before catching some zzzzzs. Tokyo never ceases to amaze:

Everything is efficient and orderly ... (although some people clearly don't follow the rules)




Endearing quirkiness can be found everywhere ...



You can find the rest of these classic anti-smoking campaigns here

People are always thinking, for the greater good of society ...
Imagine my surprise when I came out of the shower and discovered this neat inventionn - see below - without the assistance of any human intervention. Absolutely ingenious huh?




A city that's always buzzing ...
This (below) is the infamous Shibuya intersection. If you look closely, you may be able to see the gang. I suspect Sharlene might be waving her arms around like a maniac in this photo.



Not to mention the availability of $5.50 ramen at 11 o'clock at night ...






And the Japanese version of homeless people ... (wonder what happened to his shoes)




And I haven't even started on the bidets yet. Until next time my beloved Tokyo ...