Jap Blog 31st of July 1996

Bellybutton count is up to four [author’s note – don’t remember playing this game but it obviously eventuated due to a lack of visible Japanese bellybuttons]. Had a real sleep in today. Had lunch and went into the city. It was 3:30 pm and all of the banks had closed their foreign exchange sections [author’s note – don’t take a credit card to Japan to survive on as this is a cash-based society]. Felt strange to walk into a bank and see only ATMs and no tellers. Went to Sunshine City – a huge department store within a 60 storey building. Played arcade games – we beat two Japs at Daytona. I managed a baseball pitch at 106 km/h.

Next stop was Toyota Amlux building – heaps of new models to look at and jump in. On display they had a futuristic model – Prius – which was designed to give 30 km/litre! It has a 1.5 litre engine and a capacitor that was charged from the axle. All the passenger seats could be folded out to reveal child seats and belts. It also had a CVT – continuous variable transmission. Photos in Ikebukuro station. Went to city government building but it was closed. Homeless village in the chikatetsu.

- posted by Hammy @ 8:22 am