So Kyoto...

Yeah. To save time I'll say we are both glad, very glad to be back in Tokyo. Took some decent pictures of Daitokuji Temple in Kitaoji which is in this really beautiful complex of perfect gardens and family temples that lay merely two minutes from our ryokan. Most of my tourist efforts were halted prematurely due to a horrible cold and traditional Japanese sleeping arrangments which felt a lot like sleeping on the floor, because it is just sleeping on the floor. I have been thinking recently about how lots of things in Japan make sense, some perhaps might be a little elaborate and unnecessary(like the trip activated flushing noise to mask your lavatory exploits) however they are usually based upon sound logic. Ergo my confusion at the whole sleeping on the floor thing.

Anyway Kyoto's comparitively sleepy and cultural roots were very much to my liking, not as much as Akihabara today however. Jesus Mary and Joseph its utterly insane. Notable among the insanities were; a shop with 5 floors of Maid outfits catering for sizes up to and including XL male, rows and rows of shops selling laptops, headphones, ipods, PSPs and DS lites etc and, the jem among it all was a retro gaming shop called, ahem Super Potato (I think, Japanese is still weak). If you want it, its here for a price, Mario Mushroom Slippers, 500 pound PS1 games, soundtracks, tvs playing Saturn, Nes, Snes, Mega Drive games, and every Shin Megami Tensei game I wanted!, and the crown? a freaking arcade at the top with old Neo Geo SNK arcade machines, ghouls n goblins and many others.

Culture This! I'll come back in 10 years time, OK 5 years time and take in the culture! AKIHABARA FTW!!!one one WOOSH!!

A Dichotomy I may be but the Cherry Blossoms and breathtaking, a sea of floating pink loveliness scenting the air! More pics to come!