Ohaiyogozaimasu!

8AM Standard Tokyo TIme (since I haven't the foggiest bamboo forest what it is really called).

We awoke to the sound of the fishmongers heading to market with their early morning catch, the quick clacking of the Geisha's wooden sandals on the cobblestones below our window, and the warm morning sun glowing softly through the paper of our window screens...

Um...Right. This is Tokyo. What is more, it is Shinjuku!

We actually awoke to the punishing sound of the alarm on Mark's blackberry and the white noise electronic hum of the instant tea dispenser out side the door. Although that is one thing you have to love about Japan, free tea absolutely everywhere you go.

By now, Mark should have posted some pictures on this site somewhere, somehow - if it plugs into the wall or runs on batteries, I don't ask questions - such things are Mark's domain. There should, I've been told, be pictures somewhere here though.

This morning, after finding some breakfast (and praying I can get a decent cup of coffee somewhere since the Japanese have not yet mastered the brutal art of grindning decent beans and pouring hot water over them. It is enough to make me even wish for Tim Hortons coffee which means I MUST be desperate), we are heading to Akihabara. 5 square blocks of electronics stores. I think our entire travel budget has a fairly good chance of being used up in one day. He will be kid in candy store!

Jet lag might hit later on, but both of us feel like shiny neon magic this morning! Have a nice evening.

mikael