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Back to Tokyo 3 years later and it's better than ever!
More super happy thihgs coming up yo.
In the words of the Mart+Mari ... it's all about good feelings. And yes, there were plenty of good stuff going around. links to this post
I am hungry hungry and I want to eat cakes that look like plastic!
Let's go back there soon ok? links to this post
Surgeon wrapping up corpse and body parts are displayed in sanitised vessel.
Nah, just a fishmonger taking great pains to wrap his frozen prized catch and the top cuts are displayed in a radically modern refrigerating device.
This counts as one of my favourite parts of the city for me. The sheer size of the Tsukiji Fish Market is enough to make me want to meander through the many lanes of organised mayhem and splattered liquid grime. Just look at the treasures you can find and the discovery that octopus do come in that brilliant technicolour ... so shiok.
I do like the neon lights and all, but give me the real stuff anytime. links to this post
Yes, there are things that I do miss about Tokyo.
Under an elevated driveway at The Big Sight where we took our breaks and where the impromptu shoot for the badges were taken. links to this post
So ... traveling brings about it's many stories of bowel movements (and non-movement).
This water closest has seen it's fair share of action which I shan't quite talk about ... Except that it involved a certain disposable toothbrush that has joined it's comrades in the tomb of mass destruction, albeit with less dignity.
So there was also the problem of airflown constipation that caught up with me, causing the buckets of top-grade beef and kyushu ramen I've eaten to compact freeze within, under the erratic Tokyo weather. Of course, the act of coagulation did nothing to help me ... erm ... purge.
2 days worth of fibre jelly later, in the company of Lonely Planet Tokyo ... the thoughtful act was finally done. This was Day 6 of an 8-day trip. Bless me.
Meanwhile, the misses come in the form of the separation anxiety I am suffering from sorely missing a vital part of me that can only be found in Sydney at this moment.
... And only that extension of myself can understand the significance of Anthony Bourdain in the bathroom.
I miss you. links to this post
I got my White Trash Charm and I was the happiest woman in the heart of Tokyo on 25 May 2006 to be back in 1984. I've been pining for it for nearly a year now ...
Play Me! links to this post
Capricious weather dominated Tokyo.
When we entered the musuem, the entrance was a serene picture, short of a couple of Victorian ladies perambulating their children around in one hand, with silk parasols in another.
An hour later, torrential rain took over and turned the same entrance into a bleak war-torn picture, short of soldiers marching around in heavy overcoats.
Tsk tsk tsk ... like that how to not fall sick sia? links to this post
Random stairwell defined by lines cast a lovely silhouette against the dreary sky.
Very dystopian. links to this post
While Tokyo wasn't quite the concrete shrine that's dotted with enough Tadao Ando's to make me lick the walls ... there were happy moments where the design goes beyond the visual candy that saturates the city. Now we're talking about spatial relationships ...
The Observatory at Roppongi Hills. links to this post
What's with my fascination with windows?
View from the room in it's Ultraman/Godzilla surburban landscape splendour of matchbox houses and the rudimentary tower. links to this post
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