Nippon Safes Inc.

1st October - Shimonoseki, Japan

And so, at last, we have made it to Japan.

Get in.

First impressions continue to be good; the place is a pleasant mix of modern architecture, wooded hills and really small cars. We are in the Japanese equivalent of Felixstowe and yet I have no compulsion to run away screaming.

Shomonosek is famed for serving the poisonous fugu (puffer fish). And we`re not talking `swollen head nut allergy` type poisonous, we are talking double dark tetrodotoxin poisonous. We just had some for lunch and although I`ve got a slightly sore finger, I think I`m ok.