I'm only writing one blog about Tokyo, as it seems all our days here have meshed into one and become kind of the same. In retrospect it was probably a mistake to spend so much time here, but cest la vie, it has given us some time to have a bit of a rest and we've managed to keep the sightseeing low key for the past few days.

We've seen a few things, but mainly attempted to look at the shops. The first day we went out to the Harajuku district, which was billed at Tokyo's alternative underbelly. I was expecting Camden Town, however I think I got Hello Kitty town. I wouldn't really call it an alternative underbelly, but I did get some pretty cool stuff. I got some Itchy and Scratchy socks, an Alice in Wonderland watch with the White Rabbit in the middle, a new wallet and a really cool Alice in Wonderland phone cover with Alice wearing a Jack Daniels shirt and covered in tattoos.

Our second stop on our shopping day was Ginza, which was billed as Tokyo's Oxford Street. I don't know who wrote that in the Lonely Planet, but it was definitely someone who had never been to Oxford Street. The only really good thing that was there was yet another H&M and Darren got a really nice jacket.

That particular night, we decided to stay in and have drinks on the roof top bar. I had my signature cocktail, a mojito, which the person at the bar had no idea how to make, it was almost undrinkable. Darren asked for a Red Bull and Vodka, but the waiter didn't seem to know what that was and made him get a black Russian. It was so strong Darren was almost floored by it.

We didn't feel like going out, so we elected to have dinner at the hotel. What a costly mistake that turned out to be. Darren really wanted a steak, we saw "Steak Set" on the menu, 6000 yen for 2 (3000 yen each). Thinking that meant a T bone was 3000 yen ($30.00) we agreed to have dinner here. When our meal came, the waitress placed a juicy looking T-bone and chips in the middle of the table with two plates. Darren and I gave each other a rather confused look. Darren summoned her back and looked at her and said "two" holding up two finger, "No" she said, "You must share".

I think I lost my s***, I'm paying 6000 yen for a steak, that I have to share????! We didn't quite believe it, however when we went up to pay, we were right, 7000 yen meal, with the drinks we had. To say I was ropable would be an understatement and I made no effort in hiding this from anyone.

I must confess I sat on the bed playing with my phone for a good two hours stewing about it before going to bed that night.

The next day we had another sleep in and went off to try and do some shopping, we stopped at Shibuya, which is home to the largest crossing in Japan, kind of like their version of the Arch de Triomphe. There was nothing open again, except for the big H&M, which I went nuts in as they seemed to have more than the others we had been in.

Next up was Shimbashi, to try to go to a model car shop for Darren, after wandering around this district which had very little English we finally found it and it too was closed. Darren's turn to stew for a couple of hours. We went back to Shinjuku and had lunch at a place called Jonathans. Which was really nice, and reasonably priced and best of all I felt full after. Unlike the T-bone incident, after which I still felt like I needed to go out and get McDonalds.

After lunch we spent the rest of the day back at the hotel watching TV, until it was time to go up to the roof for New Years Eve. Darren actually managed to get a Vodka and Red Bull from the waitress who actually knew what she was doing and a Jack Daniels and coke for me. When the clock ticked over to midnight, there were a few scattered fireworks but nothing spectacular. Still very cool to spend New Years in Tokyo.