On Sunday morning Helen and Alan headed back home to Scotland and I got up early to catch the train to Saitama City to visit the John Lennon museum. Gettin the train was a doddle and after about 45 mins I reached the Saitama Super Arena. Unfortunetely I could only take pictures in the entrance hall but did manage to sneak a picture of his army shirt from the NYC gig. Altho I was totally caught by 3 japanese guys that were just leaving the room as I thought I had ...

Boxing Day Helen, Alan, Philip and I spent the day walking around Shibuya, Harajuku and Akihabara. Didn't see any of the crazies dressed up this time- must have been too cold for them. In Akihabara we enjoyed a Big Boi Donner Kebab for lunch- scrumptious!!!! NOTE TO BRUV- I ate it even with all the gunk! Thank god they dont have them in korea- I would be a fatty boom boom! Went to the big electronic markets again and finally got myself an external hard drive for...

Well I've returned from my 2nd trip to Tokyo and it was fantastic! Merry Christmas to those who I have not spoke to yet and Happy New Year!!! Had a great xmas in Tokyo with the McKenzie clan, different....but good! I must say I was a tad nervous about arriving at Shibuya station in the middle of Tokyo on xmas eve at 11pm at night.....and rightly so!! They place was jumping! But I found Philip no probs and we headed to the house. My mum and dads friends Helen and ...

On tuesday 26th Aug, Philip, Terre and Calum took me on a wee trip to Yokohama- a city about 1 hour south of tokyo. They have a huge China town there so we had a good wonder around!!! So quiet compared to tokyo!!! We even enjoyed a lovely Indian meal at one of Philips friends restaurant! It was nice to taste a good curry after 5 months and yummy naan bread! Ofcourse when we got home it was dinner time but no one was hungry after our huge lunch so we all settled d...

Monday the 25th was the day of my Tokyo City Tour, I was out on my own this time aarrgghh! I got picked up at the Cerulean Tower Tokyu Hotel at 7:40! eeek! Sha Sha was very tired :-( This bus then took us to the main bus terminal where you had to check in then were given a boarding pass and gate number just like an airport and it was crazy busy! Eventually found my gate and met my tour guide Junko who was fantastic. Our first stop was Tokyo Tour which is a copy o...