tokyo night.jpg

tokyo night.jpg
tokyo night.jpg,
originally uploaded by kdt.

We could not help ourselves. We needed a dose of Lost in
Translation. We went to Shibuya for that famours massive
crossing and like all tourists we crossed whie randomly
taking photos! Then hopped a peak hour train (yes there was
a sold mass of people moving as one) to Shinjuku to visit
the spirtual heart of Lost in Translation to Park Hyatt
Hotel to eat in the New York Grill. It had pretty impressive
toilets!

The photo actually came from the Tokyou Metropolitan
Government observation deck (complete with cute stuff
shops). It’s true Tokyo’s skyline truly comes alive at
night.

KDT

How is this working….

Darn good question! Prior to leaving Kym purchased a PDA and wireless keyboard. Yes well be able to upload our entries during the day… no problem. It is Tokyo after all…. technological capital of the world.

HA! Wifi hot spots are not easy to find.. dominant technology here is the telephone, everyone has one and uses it. Every so often we stop and Kym spends about a minute or so staring at the PDA… if we could read Japanese maybe the chance of finding a wifi spot would increase.

So we have done a number of posts… and Kym is uploading them now. Although it does involve a lot of sighing. However, please keep in mind that I have to create them using his account…so some of them are by him, but have my name at the end of the entry so you know who wrote what. Okay Ill admit we stuffed up there.. but it is working … well some of the time.

Internet cafes are even harder to find. Just to do these few enteries and use the internet we joined the Internet Cafe.. paid 3000yen for membership plus the time that we use. Theyhave free drinks, books you can read, watch DVDs listen to music… and is very quiet ]except for me complaining about the darn keyboard} humm… does this type of environment it sound familiar to anyone? Okay so libraries don’t have free drinks… Cureently having some pink slushy thing… tastes okay, not that I would buy it.

Some of the photos we will publish will be direct from the phone we have to the blog… at least some thing is working.

Coffee in a can…

Coffee in a can...
Coffee in a can…,
originally uploaded by kdt.

When I first heard about coffee in a can from Belinda and Tim, I’ll admit that part of me was skeptical. Iced coffee in a can.. Yes I can accept.. But hot coffee…. Doesn’t seem logical really.

However, I am pleased to say that I am no longer skeptical. Once we cleared customs, collected our bag, picked up the mobile telephone, train tickets, and used the ATM, we came across our first vending machine while waiting for the train to Tokyo. 120yen later coffee in a can was purchased. The moment I touched the can it was hot – and it tasted great!

Okay I know it doesn’t replace my regular mocha… But as they say “when in Tokyo…”. We are only at the end of our first full day in Tokyo, and so far I’ve had two of these cans… How many can I make it before the end of the trip…? :)

– Helen

Ueno

Ueno
Ueno,
originally uploaded by kdt.

Liveblog. Cherryblossom

After visiting the Imperial Palace Gardens… we went to Ueno. There is the International Childrens Library {apologies forthe bad grammer and lack of punctuation – I cant work out how to use the Japanese keyboard!!!!)…. however before we went there there was a very long walk around a park full of trees with Cherry Blossoms…. it was absolutely beautiful. Ive never seen so many people… there were businessmen sitting down on plastic mats eating sushi, and families with their snacks, all below the Cherry Blossoms. The above photo was taken with the phone we hired. Youll have to wait for us to upload the rest.