Tokyo

There were mixed feelings arriving in Tokyo: sadness that it was our last stop, happiness that we didn't have to drag our big heavy bags around anymore and excitement and anticipation that we would be seeing our families in no time, then jetting off to South America soon after. We kept telling ourselves to live in the now and plunged head first into exploring Tokyo.

Boos Boos had not been to Tokyo before so she was quite overwhelmed by the sheer number of people. First order of call was Shibuya, that famous intersection riddled with a bevy of giant billboards each screaming at you to buy this product or that.



We spent a few hours cruising some bars and doing what we aptly named a 'food crawl'. It ended a little earlier than expected at a Japanese Bourban Bar where after a couple of long island iceteas, macadamia and watermelon lacquer shots we realised we had run out of money. It was 10pm, all post offices were closed and no ATM's were available that would take our cards. We weren't ready to finish the night yet so made a mad dash back to Shinagawa where our hotel room held the sweet cashola bounty. Not half an hour later we were back at Shibuya hankering for some Burger King, and where we discovered you could get a beer or whiskey highball with your meal deal...Excellent! Over a boozalicious burger we decided the logical next step was alas - Karaoke.




Understandably there were no shortage of opportunities, so we chose 'Big Voice Karaoke'. We were quickly ushered into our private room and realised the beauty of Karaoke in Japan, and why they love it so much. You don't have to subject a crowd to your terrible drunken wailing, crutch grabbing and head banging. But instead have a little room to yourself, thousands of songs to choose from and the ability to order food and drinks over the phone while sitting on a couch. There were a few revelations that night, the main ones being Boos Boos is severely tone deaf and Doodles hilarious attempts at gangsta rap sounds suspiciously like Snopp Dogg on ICE! They booted us out around 2am when we realised the subway had stopped at 1am we had an interesting time trying to describe to the overly expensive cabbie where we were staying.

The next day we hit Shinjuku for some shopping and edibles before heading back to Shibuya that night for a further 6 hours straight karaoke. Yes, we know, that is a lot but were addicted!

On our last day we went to some markets that followed a train line, where there were more shoes than you can poke a stick at and Boos Boos finalised her present shopping. On the way back to the hotel we stopped at Akihabara Electric Town, where we drooled over some sexy digital SLR's.



Alas our time in Japan had come to an end, we packed our bags for the last time and made our way out to the Narita airport for our over night flight back home. It had been an amazing month filled with experiences we will never forget!

Sayonara Japan!

Peace and Love
Doodles and Boos Boos