Tokyo

Wow. Tokyo is like being in a super-dense, clean, well-lit, not-too-distant future. Also, if the Machines ever rise up to destroy humanity, they surely will be led by the amazingly high-tech Japanese toilets – a wonder to behold. Our hotel’s offered an electrically heated toilet seat and the option to, ahem, “wash, blow and go.”

We had a pretty casual time. Walked around. Ate tonkatsu. Shopped. Juan took photos of “interesting surfaces” like pothole covers and concrete walls. On New Year’s Day we went to a shrine (or temple… someone please explain the difference) and said some prayers with all of the old people.

It’s only a two and a half hour flight so hopefully I’ll be back soon.

I've included a photo of a random street scene from our neighborhood, the futuristic Prada store (designed by the same architects currently designing the Olympic Stadium in Beijing,) a view of the Tokyo Tower from an observation deck, and Juan's reflection in a window in Roppongi Hills.