Current affairs programmes on TV are so hypocritical. I saw an advertisement for Today Tonight on Seven that made me laugh. They had a big spiel about their upcoming feature on Australian companies selling out to England, Korea, China and the USA, asking the viewer, “Can we afford to keep it up?” Then they finish […]
Archive for January, 2006
Pictures
Here are a few photos we’ve taken around the place. Just a few to capture some of the things I’ve mentioned.
Getting Around
So far, we’ve been getting around Tokyo on trains. We didn’t really think a great deal about the other forms of transport, because the the trains have been so good. Tokyo is one of only about two cities in the world where public transport runs at a profit, and you can see why: trains go […]
Big Things
When I said that everything here is smaller than in Australia, I was making a bit of a generalisation. While most things are, in fact, smaller, a few things are quite a bit bigger than we’re accustomed to seeing. Tokyo itself is the prime example. It’s a single city with the same population of the […]
Out and About
As you go around, you think things. A lot of them seem out of place, and a lot of them have no connection to anything else you thought in the day. When you see new things, you form an initial opinion instantly. This opinion rarely lasts long as you become accustomed to what you have […]
In Shinjuku
Japanese crows have a Japanese accent! I swear it’s true, and it totally flips me out! They’re also very big, and have big beaks. Probably best to keep out of their way. It seems we’re just in time for all the big new year sales. Since the department stores don’t open until ten or eleven […]
東京
Well, I’m married, and I’m in Japan. The flight was uneventful, and immigration and customs were painless. Not like trying to get into the USA, but that’s another story. I can’t really place what it is, but Tokyo is a very different city to any other I’ve been in. Every city has its own distinct […]