roganjosh

I’ve been in Tokyo three days now but what with jet lag messing around with my sleep and the fact that I’m staying in the same neighbourhood as on my first visit it feels like I’ve been here much longer. It’s kind of funny how familiar everything is, how many places I recognise from stumbling around the streets last time I was here. I’ve done a couple of touristy things (shopping and sighseeing) and I even managed to make myself useful proofreading some stuff for the nice ladies in the Japanese Tourist Office! Still, where’s the fun in hanging around places you already know? I’ve got a week to kill before I get to the snow festival so I’m heading north from Tokyo into the countryside to a place called Matsumoto, and from there with any luck I’ll swing over to Nagano and find some snow monkeys swimming around in the hot pools! It’s a plan of sorts…