Jap Blog 13th of July 1996

So far, so good. I’ve seen a few things already that have surprised me. Some beautiful Japanese women, trees everywhere alongside the expressway into Tokyo and lots of smog. You can barely see for 5kms. So far everyone I have dealt with spoke English. A couple of other notations – people who drive all seem to wear white gloves and they spell with American English. Trying to speak any Japanese feels daunting. Also, no facial hair and lots of babies but very unusual to see parents with more than two kids. Very few people overweight or tall. Very clean airports, Black hair seems to be quite fashionable at the moment, everybody is wearing it that colour.

Looked for a tall white guy (Wayne) at Fukuoka airport there he was with Masa Koga and Imrie Sallay from Hungary. Took the chikatetsu (subway, or underground railway) to Imrie’s flat. Walked about for a bit to a temple and then had a great tea at a yatai (portable restaurant) where some of the locals laughed at my efforts to eat soup with chopsticks. Can’t believe how friendly the girls on JAL are, and they will speak English to you.


Shinto Torii
- posted by Hammy @ 8:44 am