Welcome to Tokyo!
Exploring Shinjuku and Roppongi and De-Jetlegging
Personalized passport holder (Thank You, Tax Team!),
Rail Pass, and we’re ready to explore . . .
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| Suicide-proof train stations |
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Whoa, looks like we ordered way too much food for lunch!
(Good thing dinner was only about a hundred courses.) |
An Earthly Paradise — aka Food Porn, Department Store style
(barely, barely, barely scratching the surface)
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| About $150 per melon |
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| Puffer fish, extremely poisonous if not prepared expertly; aptly named, “Fugu” |
It’s uncanny — price and availability are much better here than home!
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OK, at $5 a can, it’s definitely not cheap(er), but the point is,
Sierra Nevada is everywhere you want to be |
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| Maker’s Mark for $18 a fifth, wow! |
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| $12 for a fifth of Four Roses, yes! |
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| Ardbeg for $39, incredible! |
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| On allocation and almost unobtainable in the US/Bourbon Country, Blanton’s is $37 here! |
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| Unsurprisingly, the next morning was a tad rugged |
Street Sightings / Res Ipsa Loquitur
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| Indoor mountaineering |
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| Puffer Fish (Fugu) restaurant |
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| What, is that a pay phone? I haven’t seen one of those in decades. |
Goodbye to Tokyo (for now), and off to Hokkaido for Skiing & Seafood . . .
