Fashion Antics: Harajuku Sunday Today was a Tokyo Fashion Forum as I headed to Harajuku park to see the city`s youngsters out in all their finery.It is a little like being beamed into one of those AmericanHigh School movies, as everyone moves within their own cliques, with dress and behaviour code to suit. First stop were the cosplay-zoku (costume play gang) who can be dressed in anything from frilly dolls to sado-masochistic Goths to cartoon characters to ma...

Following my Fish Market antics, which merited a whole entry in itself, I`m going to do my usual attempt of `long stories short` (which always end up longer than shorter) as I whiz through a quick update of my general activities.The day took a decidedly chilled turn, as I played it Japanese, heading out with Yumi and Mai, first to Yumi`s friend`s store, and then to a \100 place for some shopping, followed by ramen/gyoza for lunch.I have quickly learnt that my hap...

Curiouser & Curiouser: Japan Observations: lToilet Humour: let`s get this out of the way first shall we?Japan toilets are a whole university degree unto themselves.Provided you mange to actually get to the toilet, having taken off your shoes and backed into the provided slippers, you will then find yourself faced with a loo of astronomically technological proportions….first thing`s first, make sure you start one of the selection of `noise-maskers`.Take y...

Annabel this one is for you: a testament to what a devoted and loving friend I am, I have been on a Food Fiend mission, and emerged, if not victorious, then certainly more experienced than when I woke before 6 this morning. Delicate stomachs may need to look away for this entry, as once again Japan gave me the perfect excuse to push my adventurous eating boundaries to the extreme: with an early morning visit to Tsujiki Fish Market. Stepping bleary-eyed off...

Alexia`s Adventures in Mangaland continue, as my days continue to get more and more surreal and topsy turvy.Today so many mini-adventures happened (everything, incidentally, by definition, is an adventure, as EVERYTHING is an occasion/achievement - if I manage to get myself anywhere without getting lost at least twice it would be an unheard of miracle.) - most of these adventures were sadly not of the swashbuckling type, more admin I`m afraid.If I didn`t laugh, I...