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Whoa what day is it! Where did I leave you... oh after i finished at Ginza I ended bumping into Imani Okenyo, a friend from Monash who I havent heard from for a year and a half! Shes been in Japan studying. In a city of this size there are rarely coincidences, but it was incredible to just bump into her like that. Hope I get to catch up with her again.
I got a new clie, its really cool. Its got wireless and a camera, its quick, a massive dictionary etc.
Spent a day feeling a little homesick - went to Shinjuku and went to the top of the government buildings to have a look at the view. I was blown away. I just stood there blinking at the stretch of city that just went as far as I could see. Mt Fuji was looking in the mist off in the distance too. I ordered a flat white too (I had to explain how to make it though - they knew latte and cuppacino though) and I sat looking at the scene before me of central Tokyo and finished writing and addressing my postcards.
Afterwards I went down and had a look at some cameras for Andrew, and spent my points at Yodobashi camera on some software.
Went out in Shinjuku last night. Was out all night in true tokyo fashion and caught one the first trains home. There were so many people catching the train at 5 in the morning!
Did some washing in the coin laundry the other day too. This really old and gentle man came in and started chatting to me, he kind of had the old man mumble so I didnt understand much of what he was saying unfortunately but I managed to glean that he was in the war posted in China, and he expressed his opinions on the result of the war, decided that it was a good thing that Japan lost the war. Really interesting to listen to him. He was interested in where I came from to, and I tried to tell him a little about Australia. Another old lady came in too and started chatting as well.
Tonight at dinner too, (I chose a Tempura place in Shinjuku) the goy who sat down next to me wasnt afraid of a good chat. He was quite a bit younger than the 80 plus laundromat gentleman (I should have got a photo)maybe about 30 and his girlfriend too was chatty as well. We all ate together and exhanged words, he taught me a few Japanese colloqual things including the "four letter saying" ICHIGO ICHIE which means basically "A once in a lifetime opportunity" which must have been what he considered talking to me was! And he also explaind the reading between the lines that you need to do in Japanese. He asked me if there were any Mottos I used in English that I lived by or remembered. It wasnt all serious deep talk though, he was smiling and laughing the whole time. He aslo payed for my meal in the end which I appreciated!
I had slept in all day recovering from the night before and had visited fashionable Harajuku again. Found a great Tshirt store, website www.beamsT.com you can order online apparently.
In the train on the way to Saitama to stay the night at Nami chan`s place this other, strange guy next to me struck up conversation as well, he was drunk though, and thought (because I smelt of Tempura so badly) that I was a chef of some sort! He asked me to come to his sushi shop in Shinjuku sometime, but I had a bad feeling about it, and this other young lady stading up before us (the train was crowded) gave me this "just dont encourage him!" look and mothed the words (In English) I'm not so sure, or something like that. I think she and everyone around me (about 10 people) were feeling a bit unfomfortable with the whole situation. I was glad when he'd gotten off the train.
Mum asked me what Japanese suburbia was like, or Tokyo suburbia. Well I experienced it for the first time tonight. Its kind of strange going there by train. Theres alot of apartments. Tokyo is really 3 areas, all connected, Tokyo, Saitama and Chiba. Theyre actually different prefectures. Its not what I would call sprawl, because its densely populated, and its not all neat and orderly in a geographical sense as Australian suburbia is. Theres alot of high rises that are the size or larger than commission housing, although they are a nicer looking. Theres alot of IKKENYA or one piece houses too though.
Hmm what else has been happening. Got lots of photos but not way to show them just yet.
Take care everyone, looking forward to seeing you all!
Mathieu
I got a new clie, its really cool. Its got wireless and a camera, its quick, a massive dictionary etc.
Spent a day feeling a little homesick - went to Shinjuku and went to the top of the government buildings to have a look at the view. I was blown away. I just stood there blinking at the stretch of city that just went as far as I could see. Mt Fuji was looking in the mist off in the distance too. I ordered a flat white too (I had to explain how to make it though - they knew latte and cuppacino though) and I sat looking at the scene before me of central Tokyo and finished writing and addressing my postcards.
Afterwards I went down and had a look at some cameras for Andrew, and spent my points at Yodobashi camera on some software.
Went out in Shinjuku last night. Was out all night in true tokyo fashion and caught one the first trains home. There were so many people catching the train at 5 in the morning!
Did some washing in the coin laundry the other day too. This really old and gentle man came in and started chatting to me, he kind of had the old man mumble so I didnt understand much of what he was saying unfortunately but I managed to glean that he was in the war posted in China, and he expressed his opinions on the result of the war, decided that it was a good thing that Japan lost the war. Really interesting to listen to him. He was interested in where I came from to, and I tried to tell him a little about Australia. Another old lady came in too and started chatting as well.
Tonight at dinner too, (I chose a Tempura place in Shinjuku) the goy who sat down next to me wasnt afraid of a good chat. He was quite a bit younger than the 80 plus laundromat gentleman (I should have got a photo)maybe about 30 and his girlfriend too was chatty as well. We all ate together and exhanged words, he taught me a few Japanese colloqual things including the "four letter saying" ICHIGO ICHIE which means basically "A once in a lifetime opportunity" which must have been what he considered talking to me was! And he also explaind the reading between the lines that you need to do in Japanese. He asked me if there were any Mottos I used in English that I lived by or remembered. It wasnt all serious deep talk though, he was smiling and laughing the whole time. He aslo payed for my meal in the end which I appreciated!
I had slept in all day recovering from the night before and had visited fashionable Harajuku again. Found a great Tshirt store, website www.beamsT.com you can order online apparently.
In the train on the way to Saitama to stay the night at Nami chan`s place this other, strange guy next to me struck up conversation as well, he was drunk though, and thought (because I smelt of Tempura so badly) that I was a chef of some sort! He asked me to come to his sushi shop in Shinjuku sometime, but I had a bad feeling about it, and this other young lady stading up before us (the train was crowded) gave me this "just dont encourage him!" look and mothed the words (In English) I'm not so sure, or something like that. I think she and everyone around me (about 10 people) were feeling a bit unfomfortable with the whole situation. I was glad when he'd gotten off the train.
Mum asked me what Japanese suburbia was like, or Tokyo suburbia. Well I experienced it for the first time tonight. Its kind of strange going there by train. Theres alot of apartments. Tokyo is really 3 areas, all connected, Tokyo, Saitama and Chiba. Theyre actually different prefectures. Its not what I would call sprawl, because its densely populated, and its not all neat and orderly in a geographical sense as Australian suburbia is. Theres alot of high rises that are the size or larger than commission housing, although they are a nicer looking. Theres alot of IKKENYA or one piece houses too though.
Hmm what else has been happening. Got lots of photos but not way to show them just yet.
Take care everyone, looking forward to seeing you all!
Mathieu
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