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  • Akiba 3

    Akiba, bought headphones, bluetooth keyboard
    Åsa did laundry
    Went to Asakusa market, bought gifts and jinbei
    Limp Sushi
    Plum wine

  • Imperial Palace

    Imperial Palace
    Ninja Restaurant
    Nakano Broadway
    Shibuya

  • Katy

    Katy
    Ueno motorcycle shops; bought riding trousers
    Roppongi

  • Cambiare

    Sumida Street jazz festival
    100 yen shop
    Skytree
    Shinjuku,  Golden Gai, Cambiare

  • Akiba 2

    Hama-Rikyu on my own
    Shaved ice in the hostel
    Akiba evening

  • WIMA

    Met with Åsa’s WIMA friends.
    Hama-rikyu Gardens
    Kabuki area
    Japanese restaurant.

  • Moriaka to Tokyo

    Ruins of Morioka Castle.
    Museum of History and Culture
    Rock-splitting cherry tree
    Devil’s handprints
    500 disciples
    Flags at half-mast; Japanese surrender

  • Hakodate & Morioka

    Went to Hakodate. Had really nice sushi and bought a Hakodate draft beer. Drank it by the dockside.
    Arrived in Morioka. People taking photos of two shinkansen trains coupling.
    Interesting streets in Morioka.
    Adult TV brochures in hotel room.

  • The Odori Umbrella

    JR Tower
    Left umbrella in Odori station
    Returned to centre, found umbrella.
    Sapporo beer garden

  • Genghis Khan

    Returned to Sapporo. Arrived lunchtime for once. Went to Nakajima Park, then Sapporo Bier Garten. Had Genghis Khan lamb. Thought jengiskan sauce was ginger & plum sauce.
    Walked to Sapporo Station. Aardman exhibit. Then to Odari Park. Saw beer gardens. Heavy rain. Apparently was offered a menu of ladies.