Okay, that turned out awesome.

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Nothing much has been happening here, at all. Paid next month’s rent, so I’m alright for a bit, and I have enough cash to survive into the new year.
“Why not go to Akihabara?” said my subconscious. “Because it’s wrong! I’ll spend money! I’ll — oh hell, why not.”
Oh, Akihabara. If you’re tired of Akihabara, you’re [...]

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“Ueno Hill,” says the Lonely Planet, “was the site of a last-ditch defence of the Tokugawa shogunate by about 2000 Tokugawa loyalists in 1868. They were duly dispatched by the imperial army, and the new Meiji government decreed that Ueno Hill would be transformed into Tokyo’s first public park.”
I had Ueno Park on my [...]

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Half-Life 2: Episode 2. Portal. Team Fortress 2. Metroid Prime 3. World in Conflict. Company of Heroes: Opposing Fronts. Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. Flight Simulator X: Acceleration. Unreal Tournament 3. Call of Duty 4. Gears of War. Sam & Max Season 2. Mass Effect. Guitar Hero III. Crysis.
I go away for a while, and they [...]

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Sitting in Wendy’s eating burger. On the train here, I saw the reports of delays come flooding in (which is damn rare in Japan). Tokaido line. Sobu line. Joryu line (I think I made that one up but you get the picture, half-a-dozen lines). Status: Operation stopped. Cause: TYPHOON.
Eek.
Comically hilarious, in its own way. In [...]

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It just doesn’t stop…

I’ve been reading about a supposed secret underground network of tunnels in Tokyo (some of the stations and lines mentioned I actually passed through this morning!) and it makes me want to do some urban exploration. Like this abandoned ropeway in Okutama, which I would visit if I could work out where [...]

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It’s been raining here for two days now.

Went to karaoke again last night. Yes, I sang My Way. Karaoke is truly the finest innovation of Japan.

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Totally of no interest to anyone but myself, but I found a map of how Evangelion’s Tokyo-3 fits into the Hakone region, and it’s essentially the bit I travelled all over!

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Hey there Delilah
What’s it like in New York City?
I’m a thousand miles away
But girl, tonight you look so pretty
I know it’s a corny, shamelessly indie song, but I can’t get it out of my head.
Inspired by this week’s Movies You Should See, I watched Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind for the third/fourth time [...]

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