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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
Date: 20/05/07
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Tokyo
Tokyo is a city of contrasts. It says here
Date: 20/05/07
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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
Date: 20/05/07
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Tea
And here are Mattau and Skip tucking into said tea
Date: 20/05/07
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Yasakuni Shrine
The Yasakuni Shrine to Japan's war dead. Bit controversial. The museum attached suggests that it was all our fault, basically
Date: 25/05/07
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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
Date: 22/05/07
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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
Date: 28/05/07
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The Asakusa Kannon
The Asakusa Kannon. I got a shocking fortune prediction from Buddha here. The bastard
Date: 21/05/07
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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
Date: 24/05/07
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Another shrine
Another shrine. Or possibly the same one
Date: 24/05/07
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Holy water shrine in Kyoto
Holy water shrine in Kyoto. We drank said water. Nice
Date: 24/05/07
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I defile said shrine
I defile said shrine. "Hail, hail the Hibs are here" etc
Date: 24/05/07
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Twenties at a baseball game
Twenties at a baseball game. We cheered for The Yakult Swallows. And they subsequently lost
Date: 28/05/07
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The Swallows score
When the Swallows score their loyal fans wave tiny brollies. This only happened once
Date: 28/05/07
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The Good Doctor sups a Sapporo
The Good Doctor sups a Sapporo and sports a jaunty twenties cap
Date: 28/05/07
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