Adam's balcony

Skip proudly surveys the view from Adam's balcony. One of the very few moments when the captain was not either drunk, hungover or asleep

Tokyo

Tokyo is a city of contrasts. It says here

A nice bridge in a park

A nice bridge in a park. Later on we drank tea in the park, crosslegged and in pain. The tea was nice though

Tea

And here are Mattau and Skip tucking into said tea

Yasakuni Shrine

The Yasakuni Shrine to Japan's war dead. Bit controversial. The museum attached suggests that it was all our fault, basically

View from the Tokyo government building

View from the Tokyo government building 45th floor. The big tower contains the hotel in which Scarlett Johansson moped about in the hit film Lost in Translation. Possibly

Shibuya

Twenties in Shibuya. Very much a place to head in Tokyo if you want to look at attractive ladies or search for a curry house for two hours

The Asakusa Kannon

The Asakusa Kannon. I got a shocking fortune prediction from Buddha here. The bastard

A shrine in Kyoto

A shrine in Kyoto. The little white ribbons are bad fortunes left tied up so that Buddha can deal with them. The boards are requests. We saw one that asked, in English, that the writer never be incarcerated in a Mexican jail

Another shrine

Another shrine. Or possibly the same one

Holy water shrine in Kyoto

Holy water shrine in Kyoto. We drank said water. Nice

I defile said shrine

I defile said shrine. "Hail, hail the Hibs are here" etc

Twenties at a baseball game

Twenties at a baseball game. We cheered for The Yakult Swallows. And they subsequently lost

The Swallows score

When the Swallows score their loyal fans wave tiny brollies. This only happened once

The Good Doctor sups a Sapporo

The Good Doctor sups a Sapporo and sports a jaunty twenties cap