Toki

23rd October - Tokyo


Our last day of Jap rail pass meant only one thing - get to Tokyo. With our flight arranged for 31st, this meant a whole week in one of the worlds biggest urban areas. Good work.

Our first real taste of the city was a day aimlessly spent in Odaiba, the reclaimed islands in Tokyo bay. You arrive by monorail which is cool, but as a former Tokyoite and social commentator once noted; 'Arriving in Odaiba is a bit like arriving in the future, except that it's not the future, it's just a shit load of concrete.' As with most pre planned developments, there is little appreciation of the importance of packing skyscrapers together so that they block out the sky. Instead there are large areas of green and as a result, it feels like a place where people come to sleep.