Went down to the famed tsujki fish market this morning japanese take buying fish seriously and this is the first time i have noticed any annoyance towards disruptive tourists ( tuna is being sold for serious money 10 s of thousands of pounds).i enjoyed a sashimi breakfast after queuing with hundreds of Japanese for a seat .it wasn't cheap but it's the best in Tokyo apparently .the bonito was amazing however the raw scallop and salmon roe with wasabi was slightly ...

Back in Tokyo third and final time climbing fuji and the travel today wiped me out fell asleep on train and was woken by a Japanese guy I was the only one left on a earlier packed train.bought a saki set and just stumbled into a curry shop with A Beatles mad chef music posters the lot he is making me a special curry god nows what that will be..on another note I've only met one english guy in the whole time in japan lots of french, canadians, americans,swiss and g...

Today is mount fuji day highest mountain in Japan 12000 ft.sat in a cafe having breakfast staring at the mountain,excited and worried(fitness levels of a 20 a day smoker...no excuse but one I will be using several times during this blog)......UPDATE 1 ..at station 6 sat in the clouds which very refreshing the mountain is a volcano which meant the first part of my climb was through lava rock which is like climbing 50 degrees through sand sucks the life out of your...

Ok last japanese blog so Just a few thoughts on japan as i haven't done much in the last few days besides shop drink chat eat and oh,visited the famous red light district which is pretty underwhelming besides the various offers for illicit meetings (one from a tout dressed as a stormtrooper ,maybe it was some weird star wars fetish bar??)you could be in any shopping street in tokyo as in all things,, japan is a closed of society everything is behind closed doors ...

After a strange breakfast, miso soup, salmon teriyaki,sushi rice,pickled vegetables,sesame greens and a fried egg ..with an old jukebox playing Beatles records in the background at 8.30 in the morning ,picked for me by the manager who stated they were English like me.I find my self bored napping on a bench in the Center of town chain smoking listening to the stone roses , who played a few days ago at the fuji rocks festival in the ski resort a few hours away trie...